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Mark 5:12

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And all the devils besought him, saying, Send us into the swine, that we may enter into them.
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  1. 1 Peter 5:8Rank 1 from verse 12
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    8Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:

  2. 2 Corinthians 2:11Rank 2 from verse 12
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    11Lest Satan should get an advantage of us: for we are not ignorant of his devices.

  3. Job 1:10–12Rank 3 from verse 12
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    10Hast 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.

    11But put forth thine hand now, and touch all that he hath, and he will curse thee to thy face.

    12And the Lord said unto Satan, Behold, all that he hath is in thy power; only upon himself put not forth thine hand. So Satan went forth from the presence of the Lord.

  4. Luke 22:31–32Rank 4 from verse 12
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    31¶ And the Lord said, Simon, Simon, behold, Satan hath desired to have you, that he may sift you as wheat:

    32But I have prayed for thee, that thy faith fail not: and when thou art converted, strengthen thy brethren.

  5. Job 2:5Rank 5 from verse 12
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    5But put forth thine hand now, and touch his bone and his flesh, and he will curse thee to thy face.

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Mark 5:12

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us

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The first-person plural object pronoun, referring to the speaker together with one or more others as recipients or objects of an action or relation.

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enter

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To go or come in; to penetrate; to become an ingredient or constituent part; to enter the mind.

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11Now there was there nigh unto the mountains a great herd of swine feeding.

12And all the devils besought him, saying, Send us into the swine, that we may enter into them.

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13And forthwith Jesus gave them leave. And the unclean spirits went out, and entered into the swine: and the herd ran violently down a steep place into the sea, (they were about two thousand;) and were choked in the sea.

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