Mark 5:18

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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.

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  • Luke 8:38-39 : 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, 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.
  • Luke 17:15-17 : 15 And one of them, when he saw that he was clean, turning back, gave praise to God in a loud voice; 16 And, falling down on his face at the feet of Jesus, he gave the credit to him; and he was a man of Samaria. 17 And Jesus said, Were there not ten men who were made clean? where are the nine?
  • Luke 23:42-43 : 42 And he said, Jesus, keep me in mind when you come in your kingdom. 43 And he said to him, Truly I say to you, Today you will be with me in Paradise.
  • Phil 1:23-24 : 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: 24 Still, to go on in the flesh is more necessary because of you.
  • Ps 116:12 : 12 What may I give to the Lord for all the good things which he has done for me?
  • Mark 5:7 : 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.
  • Mark 5:17 : 17 And they made a request to him to go out of their country.

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  • Mark 5:15-17
    3 verses
    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.

  • Luke 8:35-39
    5 verses
    87%

    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,

    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.

  • Mark 5:1-10
    10 verses
    83%

    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 5:19-21
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    81%

    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.

    21 And when Jesus had gone over again in the boat to the other side, a great number of people came to him: and he was by the sea.

  • Luke 8:26-33
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    79%

    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.

  • Matt 8:31-34
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    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.

  • Matt 8:28-29
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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?

  • 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 1:25-26
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    75%

    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.

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

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 23 And when he had got into a boat, his disciples went after him.

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

  • 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.

  • 36 And going away from the people, they took him with them, as he was, in the boat. And other boats were with him.

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

  • 21 Then they readily took him into the boat: and straight away the boat was at the land to which they were going.

  • 40 And Jesus, stopping, gave orders that he was to come to him, and when he came near, he said to him,

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