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Matthew 8:31
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KJ21
So the devils besought Him, saying, “If Thou cast us out, suffer us to go away into the herd of swine.”
ASV
And the demons besought him, saying, If thou cast us out, send us away into the herd of swine.
AMP
The demons began begging Him, “If You drive us out, send us into the herd of pigs.”
AMPC
And the demons begged Him, If You drive us out, send us into the drove of hogs.
BRG
So the devils besought him, saying, If thou cast us out, suffer us to go away into the herd of swine.
CSB
“If you drive us out,” the demons begged him, “send us into the herd of pigs.”
CSBA
‘If you drive us out,’ the demons begged him, ‘send us into the herd of pigs.’
CEB
The demons pleaded with him, “If you throw us out, send us into the herd of pigs.”
CJB
The demons begged him, “If you are going to drive us out, send us into the herd of pigs.”
CEV
So the demons begged Jesus, “If you force us out, please send us into those pigs!”
DARBY
and the demons besought him, saying, If thou cast us out, send us away into the herd of swine.
DLNT
And the demons were begging Him, saying, “If You are casting us out, send us out into the herd of pigs”.
DRA
And the devils besought him, saying: If thou cast us out hence, send us into the herd of swine.
ERV
The demons begged Jesus, “If you make us leave these men, please send us into that herd of pigs.”
EASY
The bad spirits said to Jesus, ‘If you make us leave these men, please send us to those pigs. Let us go into them.’
EHV
The demons begged him, “If you drive us out, send us into the herd of pigs.”
ESV
And the demons begged him, saying, “If you cast us out, send us away into the herd of pigs.”
ESVUK
And the demons begged him, saying, “If you cast us out, send us away into the herd of pigs.”
EXB
The demons begged Jesus, “If you ·make us leave these men [L drive/cast us out], please send us into that herd of pigs [C ritually unclean animals].”
GNV
And the devils besought him, saying, If thou cast us out, suffer us to go into the herd of swine.
GW
The demons begged Jesus, “If you’re going to force us out, send us into that herd of pigs.”
GNT
So the demons begged Jesus, “If you are going to drive us out, send us into that herd of pigs.”
HCSB
“If You drive us out,” the demons begged Him, “send us into the herd of pigs.”
ICB
The demons begged Jesus, “If you make us leave these men, please send us into that herd of pigs.”
ISV
So the demons began to plead with Jesus, saying, “If you drive us out, send us into that herd of pigs.”
PHILLIPS
It happened that in the distance there was a large herd of pigs feeding. So the devils implored him, “If you throw us out, send us into the herd of pigs!”
JUB
So the demons besought him, saying, If thou cast us out, suffer us to go away into the herd of swine.
KJV
So the devils besought him, saying, If thou cast us out, suffer us to go away into the herd of swine.
AKJV
So the devils besought him, saying, If thou cast us out, suffer us to go away into the herd of swine.
LSB
And the demons began to plead with Him, saying, “If You are going to cast us out, send us into the herd of swine.”
LEB
So the demons implored him, saying, “If you are going to expel us, send us into the herd of pigs.”
TLB
so the demons begged, “If you cast us out, send us into that herd of pigs.”
MSG
They landed in the country of the Gadarenes and were met by two madmen, victims of demons, coming out of the cemetery. The men had terrorized the region for so long that no one considered it safe to walk down that stretch of road anymore. Seeing Jesus, the madmen screamed out, “What business do you have giving us a hard time? You’re the Son of God! You weren’t supposed to show up here yet!” Off in the distance a herd of pigs was grazing and rooting. The evil spirits begged Jesus, “If you kick us out of these men, let us live in the pigs.”
MEV
So the demons begged Him, saying, “If You cast us out, permit us to go away into the herd of swine.”
MOUNCE
And the demons begged him, saying, “If you drive us out, send us into the herd of pigs.”
NOG
The demons begged Yeshua, “If you’re going to force us out, send us into that herd of pigs.”
NABRE
The demons pleaded with him, “If you drive us out, send us into the herd of swine.”
NASB
And the demons begged Him, saying, “If You are going to cast us out, send us into the herd of pigs.”
NASB1995
The demons began to entreat Him, saying, “If You are going to cast us out, send us into the herd of swine.”
NCB
The demons pleaded with him, “If you cast us out, send us into the herd of pigs.”
NCV
The demons begged Jesus, “If you make us leave these men, please send us into that herd of pigs.”
NET
Then the demons begged him, “If you drive us out, send us into the herd of pigs.”
NIRV
The demons begged Jesus, “If you drive us out, send us into the herd of pigs.”
NIV
The demons begged Jesus, “If you drive us out, send us into the herd of pigs.”
NIVUK
The demons begged Jesus, ‘If you drive us out, send us into the herd of pigs.’
NKJV
So the demons begged Him, saying, “If You cast us out, permit us to go away into the herd of swine.”
NLV
The demons begged Jesus, saying, “If You put us out, send us into the pigs.”
NLT
So the demons begged, “If you cast us out, send us into that herd of pigs.”
NMB
Then the devils besought him, saying, If you cast us out, let us go our way into the herd of swine.
NRSVA
The demons begged him, ‘If you cast us out, send us into the herd of swine.’
NRSVACE
The demons begged him, ‘If you cast us out, send us into the herd of swine.’
NRSVCE
The demons begged him, “If you cast us out, send us into the herd of swine.”
NRSVUE
The demons begged him, “If you cast us out, send us into the herd of swine.”
NTFE
“If you cast us out,” the demons begged Jesus, “send us into the herd of pigs!”
OJB
And the shedim begged him, saying, If you cast us out, send us into the herd of chazirim.
RGT
And the demons begged Him, saying, “If You cast us out, let us to go into the herd of swine!”
RSV
And the demons begged him, “If you cast us out, send us away into the herd of swine.”
RSVCE
And the demons begged him, “If you cast us out, send us away into the herd of swine.”
TLV
The demons kept begging Him, “If You drive us out, send us into the herd of pigs.”
VOICE
Demons: If You cast us out of the bodies of these two men, do send us into that herd of pigs!
WEB
The demons begged him, saying, “If you cast us out, permit us to go away into the herd of pigs.”
WE
The bad spirits begged Jesus, `If you drive us out of these men, let us go into the pigs.'
WYC
And the devils prayed him, and said [saying], If thou castest out us from hence, send us into the drove of swine.
YLT
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;'
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