Mark 5:15

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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.

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  • Mark 5:9 : 9 And Jesus said, What is your name? And he made answer, My name is Legion, because there are a great number of us.
  • Col 1:13 : 13 Who has made us free from the power of evil and given us a place in the kingdom of the Son of his love;
  • 2 Tim 1:7 : 7 For God did not give us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of self-control.
  • 1 Sam 6:20-21 : 20 And the men of Beth-shemesh said, Who is able to keep his place before the Lord, this holy God? and to whom may he go from us? 21 And they sent men to the people living in Kiriath-jearim, saying, The Philistines have sent back the ark of the Lord; come and take it up to your country.
  • 1 Sam 16:4 : 4 And Samuel did as the Lord said and came to Beth-lehem. And the responsible men of the town came out to him in fear and said, Do you come in peace?
  • 1 Chr 15:13 : 13 For because you did not take it at the first, the Lord our God sent punishment on us, because we did not get directions from him in the right way.
  • Job 13:11 : 11 Will not his glory put you in fear, so that your hearts will be overcome before him?
  • Ps 14:5 : 5 Then were they in great fear: for God is in the generation of the upright.
  • Isa 49:24-25 : 24 Will the goods of war be taken from the strong man, or the prisoners of the cruel one be let go? 25 But the Lord says, Even the prisoners of the strong will be taken from him, and the cruel made to let go his goods: for I will take up your cause against your haters, and I will keep your children safe.
  • Matt 4:24 : 24 And news of him went out through all Syria; and they took to him all who were ill with different diseases and pains, those having evil spirits and those who were off their heads, and those who had no power of moving. And he made them well.
  • Matt 9:33 : 33 And when the evil spirit had been sent out, the man had the power of talking: and they were all surprised, saying, Such a thing has never been seen in Israel.
  • Matt 12:29 : 29 Or how may one go into a strong man's house and take his goods, if he does not first put cords round the strong man? and then he may take his goods.
  • Mark 5:4 : 4 Because he had frequently been prisoned in chains and iron bands, and the chains had been parted and the bands broken by him: and no man was strong enough to make him quiet.
  • 1 Chr 13:12 : 12 And so great was David's fear of God that day, that he said, How may I let the ark of God come to me?
  • Mark 5:16 : 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.
  • Mark 5:18 : 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.
  • Luke 8:27 : 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.
  • Luke 10:39 : 39 And she had a sister, by name Mary, who took her seat at the Lord's feet and gave attention to his words.
  • Luke 8:35-36 : 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.

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  • Luke 8:26-38
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    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.

    38 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,

  • Mark 5:16-18
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    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.

  • Mark 5:12-14
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    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.

    14 And their keepers went running and gave an account of it in the town and in the country. And people came to see what had taken place.

  • 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 5:1-10
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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 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;

    4 Because he had frequently been prisoned in chains and iron bands, and the chains had been parted and the bands broken by him: and no man was strong enough to make him quiet.

    5 And all the time, by day and by night, in the place of the dead, and in the mountains, he was crying out and cutting himself with stones.

    6 And when he saw Jesus from far off, he went quickly to him and gave him worship;

    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.

  • Mark 1:25-27
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    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.

    27 And they were all greatly surprised, so that they put questions to one another, saying, What is this? a new teaching! with authority he gives orders even to the unclean spirits, and they do what he says.

  • Mark 1:23
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    23 And there was in their Synagogue a man with an unclean spirit; and he gave a cry,

  • Luke 4:33
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    33 And there was a man in the Synagogue who had an unclean spirit; and he gave a loud cry and said,

  • Luke 4:35-36
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    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.

    36 And wonder came on them all and they said to one another, What are these words? for with authority and power he gives orders to the evil spirits and they come out.

  • Matt 9:32
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    32 And while they were going away, there came to him a man without the power of talking, and with an evil spirit.

  • Luke 5:26
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    26 And wonder overcame them all, and they gave glory to God; and they were full of fear, saying, We have seen strange things today.

  • Mark 9:20
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    20 And they took him to him: and when he saw him, the spirit in him straight away became violent; and he went down on the earth, rolling about and streaming at the lips.

  • Mark 3:11
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    11 And the unclean spirits, whenever they saw him, went down before him, crying out, and saying, You are the Son of God.

  • Acts 19:16
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    16 And the man in whom the evil spirit was, jumping on them, was stronger than the two of them, and overcame them, so that they went running from that house, wounded and without their clothing.

  • Mark 1:32
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    32 And in the evening, at sundown, they took to him all who were diseased, and those who had evil spirits.

  • Mark 9:25
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    25 And when Jesus saw that the people came running together, he gave orders to the unclean spirit, saying to him, You, spirit, who are the cause of his loss of voice and hearing, I say to you, come out of him, and never again go into him.