Bible verses about "swine" | Whiston

¹⁷ Think not that I am come to destroy the law or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to perfect [them]. ¹⁸ For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be done. ¹⁹ Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, he shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven:

⁹ On the morrow as they went on their journey, and drew nigh unto the city, Peter went up to the upper room to pray, about the sixth hour. ¹⁰ And he became very hungry, and would have eaten: but while they made ready, he fell into a trance, ¹¹ And saw heaven opened, and a certain vessel descending unto him, as it had been a great sheet, knit at the four corners, and let down from heaven to the earth: ¹² Wherein were all manner of four-footed beasts, and creeping things of the earth, and fowls of the air. ¹³ And there came a voice to him, Rise, Peter; kill and eat. ¹⁴ But Peter said, By no means, Lord; for I have never eaten any thing that is common or unclean. ¹⁵ And the voice [spake] unto him again the second time. What God hath cleansed, make not thou common.

¹⁴ Blotting out the handwriting of ordinances, that was against us, that was contrary to us, and took it out of the way, nailing it to his cross: ¹⁵ And having spoiled principalities and powers, he made a shew of them openly, triumphing over them in it. ¹⁶ Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of an holy day, or of the new moon, or of the sabbath.

¹¹ Now there was there nigh unto the mountain, an herd of swine feeding. ¹² And the dæmons besought him, saying, Send us into the swine, that we may go away unto them. ¹³ And forthwith the Lord Jesus [sent them] into the swine. And the unclean spirits went out, and entred into the swine, and the herd ran violently down a steep place into the sea, about two thousand, and were choked in the sea. ¹⁴ And they that fed them fled, and told [it] unto the city, and unto the country. And they went out to see what it was that was done.

¹⁶ And he would fain have satisfied himself with the husks that the swine did eat: and no one gave unto him.

³³ Then went the daemons out of the man, and entred into the swine; but the herd ran violently down a steep place into the lake, and were choked.

²⁸ And when he was come to the other side into the country of the Gerasens, there met him two possessed with dæmons, coming out of the tombs, exceeding fierce, so that no man might pass by that way. ²⁹ And behold, they cryed out, saying, What have we to do with thee, Jesus thou Son of God? art thou come hither to torment us before the time? ³⁰ And there was a little way off from them an herd of many swine feeding. ³¹ So the dæmons besought him, saying, If thou cast us out, send us away into the herd of swine. ³² And he said unto them, Go. And when they were come out, they went into the swine: and behold, the whole herd ran violently down a steep place into the sea, and perished in the waters.

⁶ Give not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither cast your pearls before swine, least they at any time trample them under their feet, and turn again and rent you.