A ¹  large herd of pigs was feeding some distance from them.

There on the hillside, ¹  a great herd of pigs was feeding.

Then the demons begged him, ¹  “If you drive us out, send us into the herd of pigs.”

And the demonic spirits ¹  begged him, “Send us into the pigs. Let us enter them.”

Those who had seen what had happened to the demon-possessed man reported it, and they also told about the pigs.

So ¹  the demons came out of the man and went into the pigs, and the herd of pigs ²  rushed down the steep slope into the lake and drowned.

So he went and worked for ¹  one of the citizens of that country, who ²  sent him to his fields to feed pigs. ³ 

Now a large herd of pigs was feeding there on the hillside, ¹  and the demonic spirits ²  begged Jesus ³  to let them go into them. He gave them permission. ⁴ 

He ¹  was longing to eat ²  the carob pods ³  the pigs were eating, but ⁴  no one gave him anything.

Like a gold ring ¹  in a pig’s snout ²  is ³  a beautiful woman who rejects ⁴  discretion. ⁵ 

Jesus ¹  gave them permission. ²  So ³  the unclean spirits came out and went into the pigs. Then the herd rushed down the steep slope into the lake, and about two thousand were drowned in the lake.

And he said, ¹  “Go!” So ²  they came out and went into the pigs, and the herd rushed down the steep slope into the lake and drowned in the water.

“As for those who consecrate and ritually purify themselves so they can follow their leader and worship in the sacred orchards, ¹  those who eat the flesh of pigs and other disgusting creatures, like mice ²  – they will all be destroyed together,” ³  says the Lord.

Do not give what is holy to dogs or throw your pearls before pigs; otherwise they will trample them under their feet and turn around and tear you to pieces. ¹ 

The wild boars of the forest ruin it; ¹  the insects ²  of the field feed on it.

The ¹  herdsmen ran off, went into the town, ²  and told everything that had happened to the demon-possessed men.

Now ¹  the herdsmen ran off and spread the news in the town and countryside, and the people went out to see what had happened.

When ¹  the herdsmen saw what had happened, they ran off and spread the news ²  in the town ³  and countryside.

Then ¹  they asked Jesus ²  to leave their region.

Also the pig is ritually impure to you; though it has divided hooves, ¹  it does not chew the cud. You may not eat their meat or even touch their remains.