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Source language
Original Greek   
οἱ δὲ δαίμονες παρεκάλουν αὐτὸν λέγοντες· Εἰ ἐκβάλλεις ἡμᾶς, ⸂ἀπόστειλον ἡμᾶς⸃ εἰς τὴν ἀγέλην τῶν χοίρων.
Greek - Transliteration via code library   
oi de daimones parekaloun auton legontes* Ei ekballeis emas, [?]aposteilon emas[?] eis ten agelen ton khoiron.

Intermediate language
Vulgate (Latin)   
daemones autem rogabant eum dicentes si eicis nos mitte nos in gregem porcorum

King James Variants
American King James Version   
So the devils sought him, saying, If you cast us out, suffer us to go away into the herd of swine.
King James 2000 (out of print)   
So the demons besought him, saying, If you cast us out, allow us to go away into the herd of swine.
King James Bible (Cambridge, large print)   
So the devils besought him, saying, If thou cast us out, suffer us to go away into the herd of swine.
Authorized (King James) Version   
So the devils besought him, saying, If thou cast us out, suffer us to go away into the herd of swine.
New King James Version   
So the demons begged Him, saying, “If You cast us out, permit us to go away into the herd of swine.”
21st Century King James Version   
So the devils besought Him, saying, “If Thou cast us out, suffer us to go away into the herd of swine.”

Other translations
American Standard Version   
And the demons besought him, saying, If thou cast us out, send us away into the herd of swine.
Aramaic Bible in Plain English   
But those demons were begging him and saying, “If you cast us out, allow us to go into the herd of pigs.”
Darby Bible Translation   
and the demons besought him, saying, If thou cast us out, send us away into the herd of swine.
Holy Bible: Douay-Rheims Version (Genuine Leather Black)   
And the devils besought him, saying: If thou cast us out hence, send us into the herd of swine.
ERV 1885 English Revised Version with Strong's Concordance   
And the devils besought him, saying, If thou cast us out, send us away into the herd of swine.
English Standard Version Journaling Bible   
And the demons begged him, saying, “If you cast us out, send us away into the herd of pigs.”
God's Word   
The demons begged Jesus, "If you're going to force us out, send us into that herd of pigs."
Holman Christian Standard Bible   
If You drive us out," the demons begged Him, "send us into the herd of pigs."
International Standard Version   
So the demons began to plead with Jesus, saying, "If you drive us out, send us into that herd of pigs."
NET Bible   
Then the demons begged him, "If you drive us out, send us into the herd of pigs."
New American Standard Bible   
The demons began to entreat Him, saying, "If You are going to cast us out, send us into the herd of swine."
New International Version   
The demons begged Jesus, "If you drive us out, send us into the herd of pigs."
New Living Translation   
So the demons begged, "If you cast us out, send us into that herd of pigs."
Webster's Bible Translation   
So the demons besought him, saying, If thou expellest us, suffer us to go away into the herd of swine.
Weymouth New Testament   
So the demons entreated Him. "If Thou drivest us out," they said, "send us into the herd of swine."
The World English Bible   
The demons begged him, saying, "If you cast us out, permit us to go away into the herd of pigs."
EasyEnglish Bible   
The bad spirits said to Jesus, ‘If you make us leave these men, please send us to those pigs. Let us go into them.’
Young‘s Literal Translation   
and the demons were calling on him, saying, `If thou dost cast us forth, permit us to go away to the herd of the swine;'
New Life Version   
The demons begged Jesus, saying, “If You put us out, send us into the pigs.”
Revised Geneva Translation   
And the demons begged Him, saying, “If You cast us out, let us to go into the herd of swine!”
The Voice Bible   
Demons: If You cast us out of the bodies of these two men, do send us into that herd of pigs!
Living Bible   
so the demons begged, “If you cast us out, send us into that herd of pigs.”
New Catholic Bible   
The demons pleaded with him, “If you cast us out, send us into the herd of pigs.”
Legacy Standard Bible   
And the demons began to plead with Him, saying, “If You are going to cast us out, send us into the herd of swine.”
Jubilee Bible 2000   
So the demons besought him, saying, If thou cast us out, suffer us to go away into the herd of swine.
Christian Standard Bible   
“If you drive us out,” the demons begged him, “send us into the herd of pigs.”
Amplified Bible © 1954   
And the demons begged Him, If You drive us out, send us into the drove of hogs.
New Century Version   
The demons begged Jesus, “If you make us leave these men, please send us into that herd of pigs.”
The Message   
They landed in the country of the Gadarenes and were met by two madmen, victims of demons, coming out of the cemetery. The men had terrorized the region for so long that no one considered it safe to walk down that stretch of road anymore. Seeing Jesus, the madmen screamed out, “What business do you have giving us a hard time? You’re the Son of God! You weren’t supposed to show up here yet!” Off in the distance a herd of pigs was grazing and rooting. The evil spirits begged Jesus, “If you kick us out of these men, let us live in the pigs.”
Evangelical Heritage Version ™   
The demons begged him, “If you drive us out, send us into the herd of pigs.”
Mounce Reverse Interlinear New Testament   
And the demons begged him, saying, “If you drive us out, send us into the herd of pigs.”
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
The demons begged him, “If you cast us out, send us into the herd of swine.”
New Matthew Bible   
Then the devils besought him, saying, If you cast us out, let us go our way into the herd of swine.
Good News Translation®   
So the demons begged Jesus, “If you are going to drive us out, send us into that herd of pigs.”
Wycliffe Bible   
And the devils prayed him, and said [saying], If thou castest out us from hence, send us into the drove of swine.
New Testament for Everyone   
“If you cast us out,” the demons begged Jesus, “send us into the herd of pigs!”
Contemporary English Version   
So the demons begged Jesus, “If you force us out, please send us into those pigs!”
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
And the demons begged him, “If you cast us out, send us away into the herd of swine.”
J.B. Phillips New Testament   
It happened that in the distance there was a large herd of pigs feeding. So the devils implored him, “If you throw us out, send us into the herd of pigs!”
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition   
The demons begged him, “If you cast us out, send us into the herd of swine.”
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition   
The demons begged him, ‘If you cast us out, send us into the herd of swine.’
Common English Bible © 2011   
The demons pleaded with him, “If you throw us out, send us into the herd of pigs.”
Amplified Bible © 2015   
The demons began begging Him, “If You drive us out, send us into the herd of pigs.”
English Standard Version Anglicised   
And the demons begged him, saying, “If you cast us out, send us away into the herd of pigs.”
New American Bible (Revised Edition)   
The demons pleaded with him, “If you drive us out, send us into the herd of swine.”
New American Standard Bible   
And the demons begged Him, saying, “If You are going to cast us out, send us into the herd of pigs.”
The Expanded Bible   
The demons begged Jesus, “If you ·make us leave these men [L drive/cast us out], please send us into that herd of pigs [C ritually unclean animals].”
Tree of Life Version   
The demons kept begging Him, “If You drive us out, send us into the herd of pigs.”
Revised Standard Version   
And the demons begged him, “If you cast us out, send us away into the herd of swine.”
New International Reader's Version   
The demons begged Jesus, “If you drive us out, send us into the herd of pigs.”
BRG Bible   
So the devils besought him, saying, If thou cast us out, suffer us to go away into the herd of swine.
Complete Jewish Bible   
The demons begged him, “If you are going to drive us out, send us into the herd of pigs.”
Worldwide English (New Testament)   
The bad spirits begged Jesus, `If you drive us out of these men, let us go into the pigs.'
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised   
The demons begged him, ‘If you cast us out, send us into the herd of swine.’
Orthodox Jewish Bible   
And the shedim begged him, saying, If you cast us out, send us into the herd of chazirim.
Names of God Bible   
The demons begged Yeshua, “If you’re going to force us out, send us into that herd of pigs.”
Modern English Version   
So the demons begged Him, saying, “If You cast us out, permit us to go away into the herd of swine.”
Easy-to-Read Version   
The demons begged Jesus, “If you make us leave these men, please send us into that herd of pigs.”
International Children’s Bible   
The demons begged Jesus, “If you make us leave these men, please send us into that herd of pigs.”
Lexham English Bible   
So the demons implored him, saying, “If you are going to expel us, send us into the herd of pigs.”
New International Version - UK   
The demons begged Jesus, ‘If you drive us out, send us into the herd of pigs.’
Disciples Literal New Testament   
And the demons were begging Him, saying, “If You are casting us out, send us out into the herd of pigs”.