Our Lord in today's gospel shows us how much He values man and his salvation relative to the swine that were in the area. The thing is the demons asked Him that they move to the swine. After He gave them leave, they entered the pigs and rushed them over the cliff to drown in the sea. The swineherds relayed this story to the villagers who naturally did not like what Jesus did. So, they asked Him to leave their village. Our Lord is ready to be rejected just to belabor the point that those demoniacs deserved better and much more than the value of those swine. He was willing to lose them but not those men.
