Mat 8:31
So the devils besought him, saying, If thou cast us out, suffer us to go away into the herd of swine.
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And I saw an angel come down from heaven, having the key of the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand.
And Jesus asked him, saying, What is thy name? And he said, Legion: because many devils were entered into him.
And all the devils besought him, saying, Send us into the swine, that we may enter into them.
Therefore rejoice, {ye} heavens, and ye that dwell in them. Woe to the inhabiters of the earth and of the sea! for the devil is come down unto you, having great wrath, because he knoweth that he hath but a short time.
And cried with a loud voice, and said, What have I to do with thee, Jesus, {thou} Son of the most high God? I adjure thee by God, that thou torment me not.
And unclean spirits, when they saw him, fell down before him, and cried, saying, Thou art the Son of God.
Lord, have mercy on my son: for he is lunatick, and sore vexed: for ofttimes he falleth into the fire, and oft into the water.
He saith unto them, Moses because of the hardness of your hearts suffered you to put away your wives: but from the beginning it was not so.