Matthew 8:31

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And the evil spirits made strong prayers to him, saying, If you send us out, let us go into the herd of pigs.

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  • Mark 5:7 : 7 And crying out with a loud voice he said, What have I to do with you, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? In God's name, do not be cruel to me.
  • Mark 5:12 : 12 And they said to him, Send us into the pigs, so that we may go into them.
  • Luke 8:30-33 : 30 And Jesus said to him, What is your name? And he said, Legion; for a number of spirits had gone into him. 31 And they made a request to him that he would not give them an order to go away into the deep. 32 Now there was a great herd of pigs in that place, getting food on the mountain: and the evil spirits made a request to him that he would let them go into the pigs, and he let them. 33 And the evil spirits came out of the man and went into the pigs: and the herd went rushing down a sharp slope into the water and came to destruction.
  • Rev 12:12 : 12 Be glad then, O heavens, and you who are in them. But there is trouble for the earth and the sea: because the Evil One has come down to you, being very angry, having the knowledge that he has but a short time.
  • Rev 20:1-2 : 1 And I saw an angel coming down out of heaven, having the key of the great deep and a great chain in his hand. 2 And he took the dragon, the old snake, which is the Evil One and Satan, and put chains on him for a thousand years,

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  • Mark 5:7-18
    12 verses
    93%

    7And crying out with a loud voice he said, What have I to do with you, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? In God's name, do not be cruel to me.

    8For Jesus had said to him, Come out of the man, you unclean spirit.

    9And Jesus said, What is your name? And he made answer, My name is Legion, because there are a great number of us.

    10And he made strong prayers to him not to send them away out of the country.

    11Now on the mountain side there was a great herd of pigs getting their food.

    12And they said to him, Send us into the pigs, so that we may go into them.

    13And he let them do it. And the unclean spirits came out and went into the pigs; and the herd went rushing down a sharp slope into the sea, about two thousand of them; and they came to their death in the sea.

    14And their keepers went running and gave an account of it in the town and in the country. And people came to see what had taken place.

    15And they came to Jesus, and saw the man in whom had been the evil spirits seated, clothed and with full use of his senses, and they were full of fear.

    16And those who had seen it gave them an account of what had been done to him who had the evil spirits, and of the fate of the pigs.

    17And they made a request to him to go out of their country.

    18And when he was getting into the boat, the man in whom had been the evil spirits had a great desire to come with him.

  • Luke 8:26-38
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    92%

    26And they came to the country of the Gerasenes, which is opposite Galilee.

    27And when he had come to the land, there came to him a certain man from the town who had evil spirits; and for a long time he had had no clothing on, and was not living in a house but in the place of the dead.

    28And when he saw Jesus, he gave a loud cry and went down on the earth before him and in a loud voice said, What have I to do with you, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? Do not be cruel to me.

    29For he gave an order to the evil spirit to come out of the man. For frequently it would take a grip of him: and he was kept under control, and prisoned with chains; but parting the chains in two, he would be sent by the driving of the evil spirit into waste places.

    30And Jesus said to him, What is your name? And he said, Legion; for a number of spirits had gone into him.

    31And they made a request to him that he would not give them an order to go away into the deep.

    32Now there was a great herd of pigs in that place, getting food on the mountain: and the evil spirits made a request to him that he would let them go into the pigs, and he let them.

    33And the evil spirits came out of the man and went into the pigs: and the herd went rushing down a sharp slope into the water and came to destruction.

    34And when the men who took care of them saw what had come about, they went quickly and gave news of it in the town and the country.

    35And they went out to see what had taken place, and they came to Jesus and saw the man out of whom the evil spirits had gone, seated, clothed and with full use of his senses, at the feet of Jesus; and fear came on them.

    36And those who had seen it gave them an account of how the man who had the evil spirits was made well.

    37And all the people of the country of the Gerasenes made a request to him to go away from them; for they were in great fear: and he got into a boat and went back.

    38But the man from whom the evil spirits had gone out had a great desire to be with him, but he sent him away, saying,

  • Matt 8:32-34
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    90%

    32And he said to them, Go. And they came out, and went into the pigs; and the herd went rushing down a sharp slope into the sea and came to their end in the water.

    33And their keepers went in flight to the town and gave an account of everything, and of the men who had the evil spirits.

    34And all the town came out to Jesus; and seeing him they made request that he would go away from their part of the country.

  • Matt 8:28-30
    3 verses
    89%

    28And when he had come to the other side, to the country of the Gadarenes, there came out to him from the place of the dead, two who had evil spirits, so violent that no man was able to go that way.

    29And they gave a loud cry, saying, What have we to do with you, you Son of God? Have you come here to give us punishment before the time?

    30Now there was, some distance away, a great herd of pigs taking their food.

  • Mark 1:23-26
    4 verses
    75%

    23And there was in their Synagogue a man with an unclean spirit; and he gave a cry,

    24Saying, What have we to do with you, Jesus of Nazareth? have you come to put an end to us? I see well who you are, the Holy One of God.

    25And Jesus said to him sharply, Be quiet, and come out of him.

    26And the unclean spirit, shaking him violently, and crying with a loud voice, came out of him.

  • Luke 4:33-35
    3 verses
    74%

    33And there was a man in the Synagogue who had an unclean spirit; and he gave a loud cry and said,

    34Let us be! what have we to do with you, Jesus of Nazareth? have you come to put an end to us? I have knowledge who you are, the Holy One of God.

    35And Jesus said to him, Be quiet, and come out of him. And when the evil spirit had put him down on the earth in the middle of them, he came out of him, having done him no damage.

  • Mark 5:2-3
    2 verses
    74%

    2And when he had got out of the boat, straight away there came to him from the place of the dead a man with an unclean spirit.

    3He was living in the place of the dead: and no man was able to keep him down, no, not with a chain;

  • Luke 4:41
    73%

    41And evil spirits came out of a number of them, crying out and saying, You are the Son of God. But he gave them sharp orders not to say a word, because they had knowledge that he was the Christ.

  • Mark 3:22
    73%

    22And the scribes who came down from Jerusalem, said, He has Beelzebub, and, By the ruler of evil spirits he sends evil spirits out of men.

  • Mark 1:34
    72%

    34And a number, who were ill with different diseases, he made well, and sent out evil spirits; but he did not let the evil spirits say anything, because they had knowledge of him.

  • Luke 9:40
    72%

    40And I made a request to your disciples to send it out of him, but they were not able to do it.

  • Matt 9:34
    72%

    34But the Pharisees said, By the ruler of evil spirits, he sends evil spirits out of men.

  • Mark 3:11
    72%

    11And the unclean spirits, whenever they saw him, went down before him, crying out, and saying, You are the Son of God.

  • Mark 1:39
    72%

    39And he went into their Synagogues in every part of Galilee, preaching and driving out evil spirits.

  • Luke 11:15
    72%

    15But some of them said, He sends out evil spirits by Beelzebul, the ruler of evil spirits.

  • Mark 7:29
    71%

    29And he said to her, For this saying go your way; the evil spirit has gone out of your daughter.

  • Luke 15:15
    71%

    15And he went and put himself into the hands of one of the people of that country, and he sent him into his fields to give the pigs their food.