Matthew 8:28-34
Jesus Sends Demons into Pigs
28 aAnd when He came to the other side into the country of the Gadarenes, two bdemon-possessed men confronted Him as they were coming out of the tombs. They were so extremely violent that no one could pass by that way. 29And they cried out, saying, “ ▼▼Lit What to us and to you (an ancient idiom)
dWhat business do You have with us, Son of God? Have You come here to torment us before ▼▼I.e., the appointed time of judgment
the time?” 30Now there was a herd of many pigs feeding at a distance from them. 31And the demons begged Him, saying, “If You are going to cast us out, send us into the herd of pigs.” 32And He said to them, “Go!” And they came out and went into the pigs; and behold, the whole herd rushed down the steep bank into the sea and ▼▼Lit died
drowned in the waters. 33And the herdsmen ran away, and went to the city and reported everything, ▼▼Lit and the things of
including what had happened to the hdemon-possessed men. 34And behold, the whole city came out to meet Jesus; and when they saw Him, ithey pleaded with Him to leave their region.
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