Matthew 8:31
“So the deuils besought him, saying, If thou cast vs out, suffer vs to goe away into the herd of swine.”
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Matthew 8:31 Context
29And behold, they cryed out, saying, What haue we to doe with thee, Iesus thou sonne of God? Art thou come hither to torment vs befor þe time? 30And there was a good way off from them, an heard of many swine, feeding. 31So the deuils besought him, saying, If thou cast vs out, suffer vs to goe away into the herd of swine. 32And he said vnto them, Goe. And when they were come out, they went into the herd of swine: and behold, the whole herd of swine ranne violently downe a steepe place into the Sea, and perished in the waters. 33And they that kept them, fled, and went their waies into the citie, and told euery thing, and what was befallen to the possessed of the deuils.
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So the devils besought him, saying, If thou cast us out, suffer us to go away into the herd of swine.
- King James Version
The demons {began} to entreat Him, saying, "If You {are going to} cast us out, send us into the herd of swine."
- New American Standard Version (1995)