Luke 8:31

New Testament · SCRIPTURE

Luke 8:31

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BSB

Berean Standard Bible

And the demons kept begging Jesus not to order them to go into the Abyss.

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KJV

King James Version

And they besought him that he would not command them to go out into the deep.

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WEB

World English Bible

They begged him that he would not command them to go into the abyss.

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ASV

American Standard Version

And they entreated him that he would not command them to depart into the abyss.

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BLB

Berean Literal Bible

And they were imploring Him that He would not command them to go away into the Abyss.

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READ IN CONTEXT · BSB

Luke 8

²⁹ For Jesus had commanded the unclean spirit to come out of the man. Many times it had seized him, and though he was bound with chains and shackles, he had broken the chains and been driven by the demon into solitary places.

³⁰ “What is your name?” Jesus asked. “Legion,” he replied, because many demons had gone into him.

³¹ And the demons kept begging Jesus not to order them to go into the Abyss.

³² There on the hillside a large herd of pigs was feeding. So the demons begged Jesus to let them enter the pigs, and He gave them permission.

³³ Then the demons came out of the man and went into the pigs, and the herd rushed down the steep bank into the lake and was drowned.

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