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Luke 8:31 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition
" They begged him that he would not command them to go into the abyss. "
Luke 8:31
Verse in Context
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29 For Jesus was commanding the unclean spirit to come out of the man. For the unclean spirit had often seized the man. He was kept under guard and bound with chains and fetters. Breaking the bonds apart, he was driven by the demon into the desert.
30 Jesus asked him, “What is your name?” He said, “Legion,” for many demons had entered into him.
31 They begged him that he would not command them to go into the abyss.
32 Now there was there a herd of many pigs feeding on the mountain, and they begged him that he would allow them to enter into those. Then he allowed them.
33 The demons came out of the man and entered into the pigs, and the herd rushed down the steep bank into the lake and were drowned.
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Luke 8:1
"Soon afterwards, he went about through cities and villages, preaching and bringing the good news of God’s Kingdom. With him were the twelve,"
Luke 8:2
"and certain women who had been healed of evil spirits and infirmities: Mary who was called Magdalene, from whom seven demons had gone out;"
Luke 8:3
"and Joanna, the wife of Chuzas, Herod’s steward; Susanna; and many others who served them from their possessions."
Luke 8:4
"When a great multitude came together and people from every city were coming to him, he spoke by a parable:"
Luke 8:5
"“The farmer went out to sow his seed. As he sowed, some fell along the road, and it was trampled under foot, and the birds of the sky devoured it."
Luke 8:6
"Some seed fell on the rock, and as soon as it grew, it withered away, because it had no moisture."
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