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Mark 5:12

10 And he begged Jesus repeatedly not to send them out of that region.

11 There on the nearby hillside a large herd of pigs was feeding.

So the demons begged Jesus, “Send us to the pigs, so that we may enter them.”

13 He gave them permission, and the unclean spirits came out and went into the pigs, and the herd of about two thousand rushed down the steep bank into the sea and drowned in the water.

14 Those tending the pigs ran off and reported this in the town and countryside, and the people went out to see what had happened.

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BSB
So the demons begged Jesus, “Send us to the pigs, so that we may enter them.”
KJV
And all the devils besought him, saying, Send us into the swine, that we may enter into them.
WEB
All the demons begged him, saying, “Send us into the pigs, that we may enter into them.”
ASV
And they besought him, saying, Send us into the swine, that we may enter into them.
DARBY
and they besought him, saying, Send us into the swine that we may enter into them.
BLB
And they implored Him, saying, “Send us into the pigs, so that we may enter into them.”
ÅB
Og de ba ham: Send oss inn i svinene, så vi kan fare i dem!
OTB
Demonene ba Jesus: «Send oss inn i grisene så vi kan gå inn i dem.»
B1930
Og de bad ham: Send oss inn i svinene, så vi kan fare i dem!

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