Matthew 8:31
World English Bible (WEB)
The demons begged him, saying, “If you cast us out, permit us to go away into the herd of pigs.”
In context
29 Behold, they cried out, saying, “What do we have to do with you, Jesus, Son of God? Have you come here to torment us before the time?”
30 Now there was a herd of many pigs feeding far away from them.
31 The demons begged him, saying, “If you cast us out, permit us to go away into the herd of pigs.”
32 He said to them, “Go!” They came out and went into the herd of pigs; and behold, the whole herd of pigs rushed down the cliff into the sea and died in the water.
33 Those who fed them fled and went away into the city and told everything, including what happened to those who were possessed with demons.
Matthew 8:31 in every translation
- WEB World English Bible
- The demons begged him, saying, “If you cast us out, permit us to go away into the herd of pigs.”
- KJV King James Version
- So the devils besought him, saying, If thou cast us out, suffer us to go away into the herd of swine.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- So the demons begged Jesus, “If You drive us out, send us into the herd of pigs.”
- ASV American Standard Version
- And the demons besought him, saying, If thou cast us out, send us away into the herd of swine.
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- and the demons were calling on him, saying, 'If thou dost cast us forth, permit us to go away to the herd of the swine;'
- DBY Darby Translation
- and the demons besought him, saying, If thou cast us out, send us away into the herd of swine.
- WBS Webster Bible
- So the demons besought him, saying, If thou expellest us, suffer us to go away into the herd of swine.