Matthew 8:34

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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.

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  • Acts 16:39 : 39 Then they came and made prayers to them, requesting them, when they had taken them out, to go away from the town.
  • Luke 5:8 : 8 But Simon, when he saw it, went down at the knees of Jesus and said, Go away from me, O Lord, for I am a sinner.
  • 1 Kgs 17:18 : 18 And she said to Elijah, What have I to do with you, O man of God? have you come to put God in mind of my sin, and to put my son to death?
  • 1 Kgs 18:17 : 17 And when he saw Elijah, Ahab said to him, Is it you, you troubler of Israel?
  • Job 21:14 : 14 Though they said to God, Go away from us, for we have no desire for the knowledge of your ways.
  • Job 22:17 : 17 Who said to God, Go away from us; and, What is the Ruler of all able to do to us?
  • Matt 8:29 : 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 5:17-18 : 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.
  • 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 8:37-39 : 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.
  • Deut 5:25 : 25 Why then is death to be our fate? For if the voice of the Lord our God comes to us any more, death will overtake us, and we will be burned up in this great fire.
  • 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?

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  • Luke 8:30-40
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    87%

    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,

    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.

    40 And when Jesus went back, the people were glad to see him, for they were all waiting for him.

  • Mark 5:14-18
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    86%

    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.

    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.

  • Matt 8:28-33
    6 verses
    83%

    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.

  • Mark 1:32-34
    3 verses
    80%

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

    33 And all the town had come together at the door.

    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 8:26-28
    3 verses
    80%

    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.

  • Mark 6:33
    79%

    33 And the people saw them going, and a number of them, having knowledge who they were, went running there together on foot from all the towns, and got there before them.

  • Matt 8:18
    79%

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

  • Mark 5:10
    78%

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

  • Mark 5:1-2
    2 verses
    78%

    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.

  • Luke 4:42
    78%

    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.

  • John 4:30
    78%

    30 So they went out of the town and came to him.

  • Mark 5:20
    78%

    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.

  • Matt 14:34-35
    2 verses
    77%

    34 And when they had gone across, they came to land at Gennesaret.

    35 And when the men of that place had news of him, they sent into all the country round about, and took to him all who were ill,

  • Matt 14:13
    76%

    13 Now when it came to the ears of Jesus, he went away from there in a boat, to a waste place by himself: and the people hearing of it, went after him on foot from the towns.

  • Matt 8:1
    76%

    1 And when he had come down from the mountain, great numbers of people came after him.

  • Luke 9:37
    76%

    37 And on the day after, when they came down from the mountain, a great band of people came to him.

  • Matt 9:1
    76%

    1 And he got into a boat and went across and came to his town.

  • Mark 1:38
    76%

    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 4:30
    76%

    30 But he came through them and went on his way.

  • Luke 18:37
    75%

    37 And they said to him, Jesus of Nazareth is going by.

  • Mark 9:15
    75%

    15 And straight away all the people, when they saw him, were full of wonder, and running to him, gave him worship.

  • Mark 3:7-8
    2 verses
    75%

    7 And Jesus went away with his disciples to the sea, and a great number from Galilee came after him: and from Judaea,

    8 And from Jerusalem, and from Idumaea, and the other side of Jordan, and the country about Tyre and Sidon, a great number, hearing what great things he did, came to him.

  • Mark 1:45
    75%

    45 But he went out, and made it public, giving an account of it everywhere, so that Jesus was no longer able to go openly into a town, but was outside in the waste land; and they came to him from every part.

  • Matt 4:25
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    25 And there went after him great numbers from Galilee and Decapolis and Jerusalem and Judaea and from the other side of Jordan.