Does Jesus show compassion to demons in Mark 5:12-13

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Matthew comments on Mark:

Matthew uses parallel passages such as Jesus going up the hill in Ch 5 and coming down the hill in Ch 8 to force Drash methods on us. Mat 5:20ff is parallel to Mat 8:28.

The scribes and Pharisees are made to be like the demons. They both knew who Jesus was [1]. They both did not wish to submit to him. They both preferred to kill something instead [2].

[1] Jesus taught the temple workers who he was when he was 12. He called them liars, not misguided teachers.

[2] The demons wanted to kill the swine, and the scribes and Pharisees wanted to kill Jesus. Both the swine and Jesus were abominable since Jesus had been made to be sin upon the cross.

Jesus actively participated in painting pictures of the cross in the things he did. So it is more likely that Jesus actively participated in the picture, Mark recorded the event literally, and Matthew put it in the context of sensus plenior.