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Matthew 8:30–32

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8:30A54 large herd of pigs was feeding some distance from them. 8:31Then the demons begged him,55 “If you drive us out, send us into the herd of pigs.” 8:32And he said,56 “Go!” So57 they came out and went into the pigs, and the herd rushed down the steep slope into the lake and drowned in the water.

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Footnotes

  1. 54 Here δέ (de) has not been translated.
  2. 55 Grk “asked him, saying.” The participle λέγοντες (legontes) is redundant in contemporary English and has not been translated.
  3. 56 Grk “And he said to them.”
  4. 57 Here δέ (de) has been translated as “so” to indicate a conclusion and transition in the narrative.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

Now a herd of many pigs was feeding at some distance from them. And the demons begged him, saying, “If you cast us out, send us away into the herd of pigs.” And he said to them, “Go.” So they came out and went into the pigs, and behold, the whole herd rushed down the steep bank into the sea and drowned in the waters.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Some distance from them a large herd of pigs was feeding. The demons begged Jesus, “If you drive us out, send us into the herd of pigs.”

He said to them, “Go!” So they came out and went into the pigs, and the whole herd rushed down the steep bank into the lake and died in the water.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

A long way off from them, a large herd of pigs was feeding. “If you drive us out,” the demons begged him, “send us into the herd of pigs.”

“Go!” he told them. So when they had come out, they entered the pigs, and the whole herd rushed down the steep bank into the sea and perished in the water.

NLTNew Living Translation

There happened to be a large herd of pigs feeding in the distance. So the demons begged, “If you cast us out, send us into that herd of pigs.”

“All right, go!” Jesus commanded them. So the demons came out of the men and entered the pigs, and the whole herd plunged down the steep hillside into the lake and drowned in the water.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Now a long way from them a large herd of pigs was feeding. So the demons implored him, saying, “If you are going to expel us, send us into the herd of pigs.” And he said to them, “Go!” So they departed and went into the pigs, and behold, the whole herd rushed headlong down the steep slope into the sea and drowned in the water.

KJV 1900King James Version

And there was a good way off from them an herd of many swine feeding. So the devils besought him, saying, If thou cast us out, suffer us to go away into the herd of swine. And he said unto them, Go. And when they were come out, they went into the herd of swine: and, behold, the whole herd of swine ran violently down a steep place into the sea, and perished in the waters.