Mark 5:17

American Standard Version (1901)

And they began to beseech him to depart from their borders.

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Referenced Verses

  • Matt 8:34 : 34 And behold, all the city came out to meet Jesus: and when they saw him, they besought [him] that he would depart from their borders.
  • Mark 1:24 : 24 saying, What have we to do with thee, Jesus thou Nazarene? art thou come to destroy us? I know thee who thou art, the Holy One of God.
  • Mark 5:7 : 7 and crying out with a loud voice, he saith, What have I to do with thee, Jesus, thou Son of the Most High God? I adjure thee by God, torment me not.
  • Luke 8:37 : 37 And all the people of the country of the Gerasenes round about asked him to depart from them, for they were holden with great fear: and he entered into a boat, and returned.
  • Acts 16:39 : 39 and they came and besought them; and when they had brought them out, they asked them to go away from the city.
  • Luke 5:8 : 8 But Simon Peter, when he saw it, fell down at Jesus' knees, saying, Depart from me; for I am a sinful man, O Lord.
  • Gen 26:16 : 16 And Abimelech said unto Isaac, Go from us; for thou art much mightier than we.
  • Deut 5:25 : 25 Now therefore why should we die? for this great fire will consume us: if we hear the voice of Jehovah our God any more, then we shall die.
  • 1 Kgs 17:18 : 18 And she said unto Elijah, What have I to do with thee, O thou man of God? thou art come unto me to bring my sin to remembrance, and to slay my son!
  • Job 21:14-15 : 14 And they say unto God, Depart from us; For we desire not the knowledge of thy ways. 15 What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? And what profit should we have, if we pray unto him?

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  • Mark 5:18-20
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    87%

    18 And as he was entering into the boat, he that had been possessed with demons besought him that he might be with him.

    19 And he suffered him not, but saith unto him, Go to thy house unto thy friends, and tell them how great things the Lord hath done for thee, and [how] he had mercy on thee.

    20 And he went his way, and began to publish in Decapolis how great things Jesus had done for him: and all men marvelled.

  • Matt 8:28-34
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    28 And when he was come to the other side into the country of the Gadarenes, there met him two possessed with demons, coming forth out of the tombs, exceeding fierce, so that no man could pass by that way.

    29 And behold, they cried out, saying, What have we to do with thee, thou Son of God? art thou come hither to torment us before the time?

    30 Now there was afar off from them a herd of many swine feeding.

    31 And the demons besought him, saying, If thou cast us out, send us away into the herd of swine.

    32 And he said unto them, Go. And they came out, and went into the swine: and behold, the whole herd rushed down the steep into the sea, and perished in the waters.

    33 And they that fed them fled, and went away into the city, and told everything, and what was befallen to them that were possessed with demons.

    34 And behold, all the city came out to meet Jesus: and when they saw him, they besought [him] that he would depart from their borders.

  • Mark 5:7-16
    10 verses
    85%

    7 and crying out with a loud voice, he saith, What have I to do with thee, Jesus, thou Son of the Most High God? I adjure thee by God, torment me not.

    8 For he said unto him, Come forth, thou unclean spirit, out of the man.

    9 And he asked him, What is thy name? And he saith unto him, My name is Legion; for we are many.

    10 And he besought him much that he would not send them away out of the country.

    11 Now there was there on the mountain side a great herd of swine feeding.

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

    13 And he gave them leave. And the unclean spirits came out, and entered into the swine: and the herd rushed down the steep into the sea, [in number] about two thousand; and they were drowned in the sea.

    14 And they that fed them fled, and told it in the city, and in the country. And they came to see what it was that had come to pass.

    15 And they come to Jesus, and behold him that was possessed with demons sitting, clothed and in his right mind, [even] him that had the legion: and they were afraid.

    16 And they that saw it declared unto them how it befell him that was possessed with demons, and concerning the swine.

  • Luke 8:26-38
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    26 And they arrived at the country of the Gerasenes, which is over against Galilee.

    27 And when he was come forth upon the land, there met him a certain man out of the city, who had demons; and for a long time he had worn no clothes, and abode not in [any] house, but in the tombs.

    28 And when he saw Jesus, he cried out, and fell down before him, and with a loud voice said, What have I to do with thee, Jesus, thou Son of the Most High God? I beseech thee, torment me not.

    29 For he was commanding the unclean spirit to come out from the man. For oftentimes it had seized him: and he was kept under guard, and bound with chains and fetters; and breaking the bands asunder, he was driven of the demon into the deserts.

    30 And Jesus asked him, What is thy name? And he said, Legion; for many demons were entered into him.

    31 And they entreated him that he would not command them to depart into the abyss.

    32 Now there was there a herd of many swine feeding on the mountain: and they entreated him that he would give them leave to enter into them. And he gave them leave.

    33 And the demons came out from the man, and entered into the swine: and the herd rushed down the steep into the lake, and were drowned.

    34 And when they that fed them saw what had come to pass, they fled, and told it in the city and in the country.

    35 And they went out to see what had come to pass; and they came to Jesus, and found the man, from whom the demons were gone out, sitting, clothed and in his right mind, at the feet of Jesus: and they were afraid.

    36 And they that saw it told them how he that was possessed with demons was made whole.

    37 And all the people of the country of the Gerasenes round about asked him to depart from them, for they were holden with great fear: and he entered into a boat, and returned.

    38 But the man from whom the demons were gone out prayed him that he might be with him: but he sent him away, saying,

  • Mark 5:1-3
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    1 And they came to the other side of the sea, into the country of the Gerasenes.

    2 And when he was come out of the boat, straightway there met him out of the tombs a man with an unclean spirit,

    3 who had his dwelling in the tombs: and no man could any more bind him, no, not with a chain;

  • 18 Now when Jesus saw great multitudes about him, he gave commandment to depart unto the other side.

  • 46 And after he had taken leave of them, he departed into the mountain to pray.

  • Luke 4:41-42
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    41 And demons also came out from many, crying out, and saying, Thou art the Son of God. And rebuking them, he suffered them not to speak, because they knew that he was the Christ.

    42 And when it was day, he came out and went into a desert place: and the multitudes sought after him, and came unto him, and would have stayed him, that he should not go from them.

  • 23 And straightway there was in their synagogue a man with an unclean spirit; and he cried out,

  • 40 And I besought thy disciples to cast it out; and they could not.

  • 34 And he healed many that were sick with divers diseases, and cast out many demons; and he suffered not the demons to speak, because they knew him .

  • Mark 1:25-26
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    25 And Jesus rebuked him, saying, Hold thy peace, and come out of him.

    26 And the unclean spirit, tearing him and crying with a loud voice, came out of him.

  • 39 And he went into their synagogues throughout all Galilee, preaching and casting out demons.

  • 31 But they went forth, and spread abroad his fame in all that land.

  • 13 And he left them, and again entering into [the boat] departed to the other side.

  • 32 And at even, when the sun did set, they brought unto him all that were sick, and them that were possessed with demons.

  • 34 And when they had crossed over, they came to the land, unto Gennesaret.