Behold, all the city came out to meet Jesus. When they saw him, they begged that he would depart from their borders.
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
Matthew 8:34 in context
Matthew 8:31–34
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The demons begged him, saying, “If you cast us out, permit us to go away into the herd of pigs.”
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He said to them, “Go!”
They came out and went into the herd of pigs; and behold, the whole herd of pigs rushed down the cliff into the sea and died in the water.
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Those who fed them fled and went away into the city and told everything, including what happened to those who were possessed with demons.
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Behold, all the city came out to meet Jesus. When they saw him, they begged that he would depart from their borders.
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