And there was a good way off from them an herd of many swine feeding. Treasury of Scripture an. Leviticus 11:7 And the swine, though he divide the hoof, and be cloven footed, yet he chews not the cud; he is unclean to you. Deuteronomy 14:8 And the swine, because it divides the hoof, yet chews not the cud, it is unclean to you: you shall not eat of their flesh... Isaiah 65:3,4 A people that provokes me to anger continually to my face; that sacrifices in gardens, and burns incense on altars of brick... Isaiah 66:3 He that kills an ox is as if he slew a man; he that sacrifices a lamb, as if he cut off a dog's neck; he that offers an oblation... Mark 5:11 Now there was there near to the mountains a great herd of swine feeding. Luke 8:32 And there was there an herd of many swine feeding on the mountain: and they sought him that he would suffer them to enter into them... Luke 15:15,16 And he went and joined himself to a citizen of that country; and he sent him into his fields to feed swine...
Context Jesus Casts Demons Into the Pigs
28And when he was come to the other side into the country of the Gergesenes, there met him two possessed with devils, coming out of the tombs, exceeding fierce, so that no man might pass by that way. 29And, behold, they cried out, saying, What have we to do with you, Jesus, you Son of God? are you come here to torment us before the time? 30And there was a good way off from them an herd of many swine feeding. 31So the devils sought him, saying, If you cast us out, suffer us to go away into the herd of swine. 32And he said to 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. 34And, behold, the whole city came out to meet Jesus: and when they saw him, they sought him that he would depart out of their coasts. Parallel Verses American Standard Version
Now there was afar off from them a herd of many swine feeding.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And there was, not far from them, an herd of many swine feeding.
Darby Bible Translation
Now there was, a great way off from them, a herd of many swine feeding;
King James Bible
And there was a good way off from them an herd of many swine feeding.
Young's Literal Translation
And there was far off from them a herd of many swine feeding,
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