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Matthew 8:31

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So the devils besought him, saying, If thou cast us out, suffer us to go away into the herd of swine.

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  1. Matthew 8:29

    And, behold, they cried out, saying, What have we to do with thee, Jesus, thou Son of God? art thou come hither to torment us before the time?

  2. Matthew 8:30

    And there was a good way off from them an herd of many swine feeding.

  3. Matthew 8:32

    And he said unto them, Go. And when they were come out, they went into the herd of swine: and, behold, the whole herd of swine ran violently down a steep place into the sea, and perished in the waters.

  4. Matthew 8:33

    And they that kept them fled, and went their ways into the city, and told every thing, and what was befallen to the possessed of the devils.

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