31. They pleaded with him not to order them to go back into the abyss.
32. A large herd of pigs was feeding on the hillside. The demons begged Jesus to let them go into the pigs. Jesus gave them permission,
33. and the demons left the man and entered the pigs. The herd rushed down the cliff into the lake and drowned.
34. When those who tended the pigs saw what happened, they ran away and told the story in the city and in the countryside.