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The Book of Mark, Chapter 5, Verse 11

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And he besought him much that he would not send them away out of the country.
King James Version
Now there was there nigh unto the mountains a great herd of swine feeding.
American Standard Version
Now there was there on the mountain side a great herd of swine feeding.
New English Translation
Now the herdsmen ran off and spread the news in the town and countryside, and the people went out to see what had happened.
World English Bible
Now on the mountainside there was a great herd of pigs feeding.
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And all the devils besought him, saying, Send us into the swine, that we may enter into them.
13
And forthwith Jesus gave them leave. And the unclean spirits went out, and entered into the swine: and the herd ran violently down a steep place into the sea, (they were about two thousand;) and were choked in the sea.
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And they that fed the swine fled, and told [it] in the city, and in the country. And they went out to see what it was that was done.
15
And they come to Jesus, and see him that was possessed with the devil, and had the legion, sitting, and clothed, and in his right mind: and they were afraid.
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And they that saw [it] told them how it befell to him that was possessed with the devil, and [also] concerning the swine.
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And they began to pray him to depart out of their coasts.
18
And when he was come into the ship, he that had been possessed with the devil prayed him that he might be with him.
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Howbeit Jesus suffered him not, but saith unto him, ‹Go home to thy friends, and tell them how great things the Lord hath done for thee, and hath had compassion on thee.›
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And he departed, and began to publish in Decapolis how great things Jesus had done for him: and all [men] did marvel.
21
And when Jesus was passed over again by ship unto the other side, much people gathered unto him: and he was nigh unto the sea.