Luke 8:38

Bible in Basic English (1941)

But the man from whom the evil spirits had gone out had a great desire to be with him, but he sent him away, saying,

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  • Mark 5:18-20 : 18 And when he was getting into the boat, the man in whom had been the evil spirits had a great desire to come with him. 19 And he would not let him, but said to him, Go to your house, to your friends, and give them news of the great things the Lord has done for you, and how he had mercy on you. 20 And he went on his way, and made public in the country of Decapolis what great things Jesus had done for him: and all men were full of wonder.
  • Luke 8:28 : 28 And when he saw Jesus, he gave a loud cry and went down on the earth before him and in a loud voice said, What have I to do with you, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? Do not be cruel to me.
  • Luke 8:37 : 37 And all the people of the country of the Gerasenes made a request to him to go away from them; for they were in great fear: and he got into a boat and went back.
  • Acts 9:13-16 : 13 But Ananias said, Lord, I have had accounts of this man from a number of people, how much evil he has done to your saints at Jerusalem: 14 And here he has authority from the chief priests to make prisoners all who give worship to your name. 15 But the Lord said, Go without fear: for he is a special vessel for me, to give to the Gentiles and kings and to the children of Israel the knowledge of my name: 16 For I will make clear to him what troubles he will have to undergo for me.
  • Gal 1:23-24 : 23 Only it came to their ears that he who at one time was cruel to us is now preaching the faith which before had been attacked by him; 24 And they gave glory to God in me.
  • Phil 1:23 : 23 I am in a hard position between the two, having a desire to go away and be with Christ, which is very much better:
  • 1 Tim 1:13-16 : 13 Though I had said violent words against God, and done cruel acts, causing great trouble: but I was given mercy, because I did it without knowledge, not having faith; 14 And the grace of our Lord was very great, with faith and love which is in Christ Jesus. 15 It is a true saying, in which all may put their faith, that Christ Jesus came into the world to give salvation to sinners, of whom I am the chief: 16 But for this reason I was given mercy, so that in me, the chief of sinners, Jesus Christ might make clear all his mercy, as an example to those who in the future would have faith in him to eternal life.
  • Exod 12:25-27 : 25 And when you come into the land which the Lord will make yours, as he gave his word, you are to keep this act of worship. 26 And when your children say to you, What is the reason of this act of worship? 27 Then you will say, This is the offering of the Lord's Passover; for he went over the houses of the children of Israel in Egypt, when he sent death on the Egyptians, and kept our families safe. And the people gave worship with bent heads.
  • Exod 13:8-9 : 8 And you will say to your son in that day, It is because of what the Lord did for me when I came out of Egypt. 9 And this will be for a sign to you on your hand and for a mark on your brow, so that the law of the Lord may be in your mouth: for with a strong hand the Lord took you out of Egypt.
  • Exod 13:14-16 : 14 And when your son says to you in time to come, What is the reason for this? say to him, By the strength of his hand the Lord took us out of Egypt, out of the prison-house: 15 And when Pharaoh made his heart hard and would not let us go, the Lord sent death on all the first sons in Egypt, of man and of beast: and so every first male who comes to birth is offered to the Lord; but for all the first of my sons I give a price. 16 And this will be for a sign on your hand and for a mark on your brow: for by the strength of his hand the Lord took us out of Egypt.
  • Deut 10:20-21 : 20 Let the fear of the Lord your God be before you, give him worship and be true to him at all times, taking your oaths in his name. 21 He is your God, the God of your praise, your God who has done for you all these works of power which your eyes have seen.
  • Ps 27:4 : 4 One prayer have I made to the Lord, and this is my heart's desire; that I may have a place in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, looking on his glory, and getting wisdom in his Temple.
  • Ps 32:7 : 7 You are my safe and secret place; you will keep me from trouble; you will put songs of salvation on the lips of those who are round me. (Selah.)
  • Ps 71:17-18 : 17 O God, you have been my teacher from the time when I was young; and I have been talking of your works of wonder even till now. 18 Now when I am old and grey-headed, O God, give me not up; till I have made clear your strength to this generation, and your power to all those to come.
  • Ps 78:3-6 : 3 Which have come to our hearing and our knowledge, as they were given to us by our fathers. 4 We will not keep them secret from our children; we will make clear to the coming generation the praises of the Lord and his strength, and the great works of wonder which he has done. 5 He put up a witness in Jacob, and made a law in Israel; which he gave to our fathers so that they might give knowledge of them to their children; 6 So that the generation to come might have knowledge of them, even the children of the future, who would give word of them to their children;
  • Ps 107:21-22 : 21 Let men give praise to the Lord for his mercy, and for the wonders which he does for the children of men! 22 Let them make offerings of praise, giving news of his works with cries of joy.
  • Ps 107:31-32 : 31 Let men give praise to the Lord for his mercy, and for the wonders which he does for the children of men! 32 Let them give glory to him in the meeting of the people, and praise among the chiefs.
  • Ps 111:2-4 : 2 The works of the Lord are great, searched out by all those who have delight in them. 3 His work is full of honour and glory; and his righteousness is unchanging for ever. 4 Certain for ever is the memory of his wonders: the Lord is full of pity and mercy.
  • Ps 116:12 : 12 What may I give to the Lord for all the good things which he has done for me?
  • Ps 116:16 : 16 O Lord, truly I am your servant; I am your servant, the son of her who is your servant; by you have my cords been broken.
  • Ps 145:3-9 : 3 Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised; his power may never be searched out. 4 One generation after another will give praise to your great acts, and make clear the operation of your strength. 5 My thoughts will be of the honour and glory of your rule, and of the wonder of your works. 6 Men will be talking of the power and fear of your acts; I will give word of your glory. 7 Their sayings will be full of the memory of all your mercy, and they will make songs of your righteousness. 8 The Lord is full of grace and pity; not quickly angry, but great in mercy. 9 The Lord is good to all men; and his mercies are over all his works. 10 All the works of your hands give praise to you, O Lord; and your saints give you blessing. 11 Their words will be of the glory of your kingdom, and their talk of your strength; 12 So that the sons of men may have knowledge of his acts of power, and of the great glory of his kingdom.
  • Isa 63:7-9 : 7 I will give news of the mercies of the Lord, and his great acts, even all the things the Lord has done for us, in his great grace to the house of Israel; even all he has done for us in his unnumbered mercies. 8 For he said, Truly they are my people, children who will not be false: so he was their saviour out of all their trouble. 9 It was no sent one or angel, but he himself who was their saviour: in his love and in his pity he took up their cause, and he took them in his arms, caring for them all through the years. 10 But they went against him, causing grief to his holy spirit: so he was turned against them, and made war on them. 11 Then the early days came to their minds, the days of Moses his servant: and they said, Where is he who made the keeper of his flock come up from the sea? where is he who put his holy spirit among them, 12 He who made the arm of his glory go at the right hand of Moses, by whom the waters were parted before them, to make himself an eternal name; 13 He who made them go through the deep waters, like a horse in the waste land?

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  • Mark 5:15-20
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    87%

    15 And they came to Jesus, and saw the man in whom had been the evil spirits seated, clothed and with full use of his senses, and they were full of fear.

    16 And those who had seen it gave them an account of what had been done to him who had the evil spirits, and of the fate of the pigs.

    17 And they made a request to him to go out of their country.

    18 And when he was getting into the boat, the man in whom had been the evil spirits had a great desire to come with him.

    19 And he would not let him, but said to him, Go to your house, to your friends, and give them news of the great things the Lord has done for you, and how he had mercy on you.

    20 And he went on his way, and made public in the country of Decapolis what great things Jesus had done for him: and all men were full of wonder.

  • Luke 8:26-37
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    86%

    26 And they came to the country of the Gerasenes, which is opposite Galilee.

    27 And when he had come to the land, there came to him a certain man from the town who had evil spirits; and for a long time he had had no clothing on, and was not living in a house but in the place of the dead.

    28 And when he saw Jesus, he gave a loud cry and went down on the earth before him and in a loud voice said, What have I to do with you, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? Do not be cruel to me.

    29 For he gave an order to the evil spirit to come out of the man. For frequently it would take a grip of him: and he was kept under control, and prisoned with chains; but parting the chains in two, he would be sent by the driving of the evil spirit into waste places.

    30 And Jesus said to him, What is your name? And he said, Legion; for a number of spirits had gone into him.

    31 And they made a request to him that he would not give them an order to go away into the deep.

    32 Now there was a great herd of pigs in that place, getting food on the mountain: and the evil spirits made a request to him that he would let them go into the pigs, and he let them.

    33 And the evil spirits came out of the man and went into the pigs: and the herd went rushing down a sharp slope into the water and came to destruction.

    34 And when the men who took care of them saw what had come about, they went quickly and gave news of it in the town and the country.

    35 And they went out to see what had taken place, and they came to Jesus and saw the man out of whom the evil spirits had gone, seated, clothed and with full use of his senses, at the feet of Jesus; and fear came on them.

    36 And those who had seen it gave them an account of how the man who had the evil spirits was made well.

    37 And all the people of the country of the Gerasenes made a request to him to go away from them; for they were in great fear: and he got into a boat and went back.

  • Luke 8:39
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    39 Go back to your house and let them have news of all the great things which God has done for you. And he went away, giving word through all the town of the great things which Jesus had done for him.

  • Matt 8:28-34
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    28 And when he had come to the other side, to the country of the Gadarenes, there came out to him from the place of the dead, two who had evil spirits, so violent that no man was able to go that way.

    29 And they gave a loud cry, saying, What have we to do with you, you Son of God? Have you come here to give us punishment before the time?

    30 Now there was, some distance away, a great herd of pigs taking their food.

    31 And the evil spirits made strong prayers to him, saying, If you send us out, let us go into the herd of pigs.

    32 And he said to them, Go. And they came out, and went into the pigs; and the herd went rushing down a sharp slope into the sea and came to their end in the water.

    33 And their keepers went in flight to the town and gave an account of everything, and of the men who had the evil spirits.

    34 And all the town came out to Jesus; and seeing him they made request that he would go away from their part of the country.

  • Mark 5:7-10
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    7 And crying out with a loud voice he said, What have I to do with you, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? In God's name, do not be cruel to me.

    8 For Jesus had said to him, Come out of the man, you unclean spirit.

    9 And Jesus said, What is your name? And he made answer, My name is Legion, because there are a great number of us.

    10 And he made strong prayers to him not to send them away out of the country.

  • Matt 8:18
    77%

    18 Now when Jesus saw a great mass of people about him, he gave an order to go to the other side.

  • Mark 5:12-13
    2 verses
    77%

    12 And they said to him, Send us into the pigs, so that we may go into them.

    13 And he let them do it. And the unclean spirits came out and went into the pigs; and the herd went rushing down a sharp slope into the sea, about two thousand of them; and they came to their death in the sea.

  • Mark 5:2-3
    2 verses
    76%

    2 And when he had got out of the boat, straight away there came to him from the place of the dead a man with an unclean spirit.

    3 He was living in the place of the dead: and no man was able to keep him down, no, not with a chain;

  • Mark 1:23-26
    4 verses
    76%

    23 And there was in their Synagogue a man with an unclean spirit; and he gave a cry,

    24 Saying, What have we to do with you, Jesus of Nazareth? have you come to put an end to us? I see well who you are, the Holy One of God.

    25 And Jesus said to him sharply, Be quiet, and come out of him.

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

  • Luke 4:41-42
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    75%

    41 And evil spirits came out of a number of them, crying out and saying, You are the Son of God. But he gave them sharp orders not to say a word, because they had knowledge that he was the Christ.

    42 And when it was day, he came out and went to a waste place; and great numbers of people came looking for him, and they came to him and would have kept him from going away.

  • Mark 8:26
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    26 And he sent him away to his house, saying, Do not even go into the town.

  • Luke 4:34-35
    2 verses
    74%

    34 Let us be! what have we to do with you, Jesus of Nazareth? have you come to put an end to us? I have knowledge who you are, the Holy One of God.

    35 And Jesus said to him, Be quiet, and come out of him. And when the evil spirit had put him down on the earth in the middle of them, he came out of him, having done him no damage.

  • Mark 1:34
    74%

    34 And a number, who were ill with different diseases, he made well, and sent out evil spirits; but he did not let the evil spirits say anything, because they had knowledge of him.

  • Luke 9:40
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    40 And I made a request to your disciples to send it out of him, but they were not able to do it.

  • Mark 7:29
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    29 And he said to her, For this saying go your way; the evil spirit has gone out of your daughter.

  • Mark 1:38
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    38 And he said to them, Let us go to other parts into the nearest towns, so that I may give teaching there, because for this purpose I came.

  • Luke 11:24
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    24 The unclean spirit, when he has gone out of a man, goes through dry places, looking for rest; and when he does not get it, he says, I will go back to my house from which I came.

  • Matt 17:18
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    18 And Jesus gave orders to the unclean spirit, and it went out of him: and the boy was made well from that hour.