Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:

And the Lord said, Simon, Simon, behold, Satan hath desired {to have} you, that he may sift {you} as wheat:

Lest Satan should get an advantage of us: for we are not ignorant of his devices.

Hast not thou made an hedge about him, and about his house, and about all that he hath on every side? thou hast blessed the work of his hands, and his substance is increased in the land. {substance: or, cattle}

But put forth thine hand now, and touch his bone and his flesh, and he will curse thee to thy face.

So the devils besought him, saying, If thou cast us out, suffer us to go away into the herd of swine.