Luke 8:28

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

When he saw Jesus, he cried out, fell down before him, and shouted with a loud voice,“Leave me alone, Jesus, Son of the Most High God! I beg you, do not torment me!”

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  • Matt 8:29 : 29 They cried out,“Son of God, leave us alone! Have you come here to torment us before the time?”
  • Mark 1:24-27 : 24 “Leave us alone, Jesus the Nazarene! Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are– the Holy One of God!” 25 But Jesus rebuked him:“Silence! Come out of him!” 26 After throwing him into convulsions, the unclean spirit cried out with a loud voice and came out of him. 27 They were all amazed so that they asked each other,“What is this? A new teaching with authority! He even commands the unclean spirits and they obey him.”
  • Mark 5:6-8 : 6 When he saw Jesus from a distance, he ran and bowed down before him. 7 Then he cried out with a loud voice,“Leave me alone, Jesus, Son of the Most High God! I implore you by God– do not torment me!” 8 (For Jesus had said to him,“Come out of that man, you unclean spirit!”)
  • Luke 4:33-36 : 33 Now in the synagogue there was a man who had the spirit of an unclean demon, and he cried out with a loud voice, 34 “Ha! Leave us alone, Jesus the Nazarene! Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are– the Holy One of God.” 35 But Jesus rebuked him:“Silence! Come out of him!” Then, after the demon threw the man down in their midst, he came out of him without hurting him. 36 They were all amazed and began to say to one another,“What’s happening here? For with authority and power he commands the unclean spirits, and they come out!”
  • Luke 8:37-38 : 37 Then all the people of the Gerasenes and the surrounding region asked Jesus to leave them alone, for they were seized with great fear. So he got into the boat and left. 38 The man from whom the demons had gone out begged to go with him, but Jesus sent him away, saying,
  • Acts 16:16-18 : 16 Paul and Silas Are Thrown Into Prison Now as we were going to the place of prayer, a slave girl met us who had a spirit that enabled her to foretell the future by supernatural means. She brought her owners a great profit by fortune-telling. 17 She followed behind Paul and us and kept crying out,“These men are servants of the Most High God, who are proclaiming to you the way of salvation.” 18 She continued to do this for many days. But Paul became greatly annoyed, and turned and said to the spirit,“I command you in the name of Jesus Christ to come out of her!” And it came out of her at once.
  • Jas 2:19 : 19 You believe that God is one; well and good. Even the demons believe that– and tremble with fear.
  • 2 Pet 2:4 : 4 For if God did not spare the angels who sinned, but threw them into hell and locked them up in chains in utter darkness, to be kept until the judgment,
  • 1 John 3:8 : 8 The one who practices sin is of the devil, because the devil has been sinning from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was revealed: to destroy the works of the devil.
  • Rev 20:1-3 : 1 The Thousand Year Reign Then I saw an angel descending from heaven, holding in his hand the key to the abyss and a huge chain. 2 He seized the dragon– the ancient serpent, who is the devil and Satan– and tied him up for a thousand years. 3 The angel then threw him into the abyss and locked and sealed it so that he could not deceive the nations until the one thousand years were finished.(After these things he must be released for a brief period of time.)
  • Rev 20:10 : 10 And the devil who deceived them was thrown into the lake of fire and sulfur, where the beast and the false prophet are too, and they will be tormented there day and night forever and ever.
  • Isa 27:1 : 1 At that time the LORD will punish with his destructive, great, and powerful sword Leviathan the fast-moving serpent, Leviathan the squirming serpent; he will kill the sea monster.

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  • Mark 5:2-10
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    2Just as Jesus was getting out of the boat, a man with an unclean spirit came from the tombs and met him.

    3He lived among the tombs, and no one could bind him anymore, not even with a chain.

    4For his hands and feet had often been bound with chains and shackles, but he had torn the chains apart and broken the shackles in pieces. No one was strong enough to subdue him.

    5Each night and every day among the tombs and in the mountains, he would cry out and cut himself with stones.

    6When he saw Jesus from a distance, he ran and bowed down before him.

    7Then he cried out with a loud voice,“Leave me alone, Jesus, Son of the Most High God! I implore you by God– do not torment me!”

    8(For Jesus had said to him,“Come out of that man, you unclean spirit!”)

    9Jesus asked him,“What is your name?” And he said,“My name is Legion, for we are many.”

    10He begged Jesus repeatedly not to send them out of the region.

  • Matt 8:28-32
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    28Healing the Gadarene Demoniacs When he came to the other side, to the region of the Gadarenes, two demon-possessed men coming from the tombs met him. They were extremely violent, so that no one was able to pass by that way.

    29They cried out,“Son of God, leave us alone! Have you come here to torment us before the time?”

    30A large herd of pigs was feeding some distance from them.

    31Then the demons begged him,“If you drive us out, send us into the herd of pigs.”

    32And he said,“Go!” So they came out and went into the pigs, and the herd rushed down the steep slope into the lake and drowned in the water.

  • Luke 8:26-27
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    26Healing of a Demoniac So they sailed over to the region of the Gerasenes, which is opposite Galilee.

    27As Jesus stepped ashore, a certain man from the town met him who was possessed by demons. For a long time this man had worn no clothes and had not lived in a house, but among the tombs.

  • Luke 8:29-39
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    29For Jesus had started commanding the evil spirit to come out of the man.(For it had seized him many times, so he would be bound with chains and shackles and kept under guard. But he would break the restraints and be driven by the demon into deserted places.)

    30Jesus then asked him,“What is your name?” He said,“Legion,” because many demons had entered him.

    31And they began to beg him not to order them to depart into the abyss.

    32Now a large herd of pigs was feeding there on the hillside, and the demonic spirits begged Jesus to let them go into them. He gave them permission.

    33So the demons came out of the man and went into the pigs, and the herd of pigs rushed down the steep slope into the lake and drowned.

    34When the herdsmen saw what had happened, they ran off and spread the news in the town and countryside.

    35So the people went out to see what had happened, and they came to Jesus. They found the man from whom the demons had gone out, sitting at Jesus’ feet, clothed and in his right mind, and they were afraid.

    36Those who had seen it told them how the man who had been demon-possessed had been healed.

    37Then all the people of the Gerasenes and the surrounding region asked Jesus to leave them alone, for they were seized with great fear. So he got into the boat and left.

    38The man from whom the demons had gone out begged to go with him, but Jesus sent him away, saying,

    39“Return to your home, and declare what God has done for you.” So he went away, proclaiming throughout the whole town what Jesus had done for him.

  • Luke 4:33-35
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    33Now in the synagogue there was a man who had the spirit of an unclean demon, and he cried out with a loud voice,

    34“Ha! Leave us alone, Jesus the Nazarene! Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are– the Holy One of God.”

    35But Jesus rebuked him:“Silence! Come out of him!” Then, after the demon threw the man down in their midst, he came out of him without hurting him.

  • Mark 1:23-26
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    23Just then there was a man in their synagogue with an unclean spirit, and he cried out,

    24“Leave us alone, Jesus the Nazarene! Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are– the Holy One of God!”

    25But Jesus rebuked him:“Silence! Come out of him!”

    26After throwing him into convulsions, the unclean spirit cried out with a loud voice and came out of him.

  • Mark 3:11
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    11And whenever the unclean spirits saw him, they fell down before him and cried out,“You are the Son of God.”

  • Matt 8:34
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    34Then the entire town came out to meet Jesus. And when they saw him, they begged him to leave their region.

  • Mark 9:20
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    20So they brought the boy to him. When the spirit saw him, it immediately threw the boy into a convulsion. He fell on the ground and rolled around, foaming at the mouth.

  • Mark 5:15-16
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    15They came to Jesus and saw the demon-possessed man sitting there, clothed and in his right mind– the one who had the“Legion”– and they were afraid.

    16Those who had seen what had happened to the demon-possessed man reported it, and they also told about the pigs.

  • Luke 9:38-39
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    38Then a man from the crowd cried out,“Teacher, I beg you to look at my son– he is my only child!

    39A spirit seizes him, and he suddenly screams; it throws him into convulsions and causes him to foam at the mouth. It hardly ever leaves him alone, torturing him severely.

  • Mark 5:18
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    18As he was getting into the boat the man who had been demon-possessed asked if he could go with him.

  • Luke 4:41
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    41Demons also came out of many, crying out,“You are the Son of God!” But he rebuked them, and would not allow them to speak, because they knew that he was the Christ.

  • Mark 9:25-26
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    25Now when Jesus saw that a crowd was quickly gathering, he rebuked the unclean spirit, saying to it,“Mute and deaf spirit, I command you, come out of him and never enter him again.”

    26It shrieked, threw him into terrible convulsions, and came out. The boy looked so much like a corpse that many said,“He is dead!”

  • Luke 18:38-40
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    38So he called out,“Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!”

    39And those who were in front scolded him to get him to be quiet, but he shouted even more,“Son of David, have mercy on me!”

    40So Jesus stopped and ordered the beggar to be brought to him. When the man came near, Jesus asked him,

  • Mark 10:47-48
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    47When he heard that it was Jesus the Nazarene, he began to shout,“Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!”

    48Many scolded him to get him to be quiet, but he shouted all the more,“Son of David, have mercy on me!”