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Matthew 8:31

“So the demons begged Jesus, “If You drive us out, send us into the herd of pigs.””

Matthew 8:31 verse artwork: So the demons begged Jesus, “If You drive us out, send us into the herd of pigs.”

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²⁹“What do You want with us, Son of God?” they shouted. “Have You come here to torture us before the appointed time?”

³⁰In the distance a large herd of pigs was feeding.

³¹So the demons begged Jesus, “If You drive us out, send us into the herd of pigs.”

³²“Go!” He told them. So they came out and went into the pigs, and the whole herd rushed down the steep bank into the sea and died in the waters.

³³Those tending the pigs ran off into the town and reported all this, including the account of the demon-possessed men.

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