Matthew 8:31
So the devils besought him, saying, If thou cast us out, suffer us to go away into the herd of swine.In other versions
And the demons besought him, saying, If thou cast us out, send us away into the herd of swine.
ASV
And the evil spirits made strong prayers to him, saying, If you send us out, let us go into the herd of pigs.
BBE
and the demons besought him, saying, If thou cast us out, send us away into the herd of swine.
DBY
The demons begged him, saying, "If you cast us out, permit us to go away into the herd of pigs."
WEB
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;'
YLT
So the devils besought him, saying, If you cast us out, suffer us to go away into the herd of swine.
ENG
So the demons besought him, saying, If thou expellest us, suffer us to go away into the herd of swine.
WBT
So the demons begged Jesus, “If You drive us out, send us into the herd of pigs.”
BSB
In context
29And, 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?
30And there was a good way off from them an herd of many swine feeding.
31So the devils besought him, saying, If thou cast us out, suffer us to go away into the herd of swine.
32And 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.
33And 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.