Mark 5:17
Then they began to beg Jesus to leave their region.
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- Matt 8:34 : 34 Then the entire town came out to meet Jesus. And when they saw him, they begged him to leave their region.
- Mark 1:24 : 24 “Leave us alone, Jesus the Nazarene! Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are– the Holy One of God!”
- Mark 5:7 : 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!”
- Luke 8:37 : 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.
- Acts 16:39 : 39 and came and apologized to them. After they brought them out, they asked them repeatedly to leave the city.
- Luke 5:8 : 8 But when Simon Peter saw it, he fell down at Jesus’ knees, saying,“Go away from me, Lord, for I am a sinful man!”
- Gen 26:16 : 16 Then Abimelech said to Isaac,“Leave us and go elsewhere, for you have become much more powerful than we are.”
- Deut 5:25 : 25 But now, why should we die, because this intense fire will consume us! If we keep hearing the voice of the LORD our God we will die!
- 1 Kgs 17:18 : 18 She asked Elijah,“Why, prophet, have you come to me to confront me with my sin and kill my son?”
- Job 21:14-15 : 14 So they say to God,‘Turn away from us! We do not want to know your ways. 15 Who is the Almighty, that we should serve him? What would we gain if we were to pray to him?’
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- Mark 5:18-203 verses87%
18As he was getting into the boat the man who had been demon-possessed asked if he could go with him.
19But Jesus did not permit him to do so. Instead, he said to him,“Go to your home and to your people and tell them what the Lord has done for you, that he had mercy on you.”
20So he went away and began to proclaim in the Decapolis what Jesus had done for him, and all were amazed.
- Matt 8:28-347 verses86%
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.
33The herdsmen ran off, went into the town, and told everything that had happened to the demon-possessed men.
34Then the entire town came out to meet Jesus. And when they saw him, they begged him to leave their region.
- Mark 5:7-1610 verses85%
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.
11There on the hillside, a great herd of pigs was feeding.
12And the demonic spirits begged him,“Send us into the pigs. Let us enter them.”
13Jesus gave them permission. So the unclean spirits came out and went into the pigs. Then the herd rushed down the steep slope into the lake, and about two thousand were drowned in the lake.
14Now the herdsmen ran off and spread the news in the town and countryside, and the people went out to see what had happened.
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 8:26-3813 verses85%
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.
28When 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!”
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,
- Mark 5:1-33 verses79%
1Healing of a Demoniac So they came to the other side of the lake, to the region of the Gerasenes.
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.
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18Challenging Professed Followers Now when Jesus saw a large crowd around him, he gave orders to go to the other side of the lake.
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46After saying goodbye to them, he went to the mountain to pray.
- Luke 4:41-422 verses74%
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.
42The next morning Jesus departed and went to a deserted place. Yet the crowds were seeking him, and they came to him and tried to keep him from leaving them.
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23Just then there was a man in their synagogue with an unclean spirit, and he cried out,
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40I begged your disciples to cast it out, but they could not do so.”
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34So he healed many who were sick with various diseases and drove out many demons. But he would not permit the demons to speak, because they knew him.
- Mark 1:25-262 verses74%
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.
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39So he went into all of Galilee preaching in their synagogues and casting out demons.
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31But they went out and spread the news about him throughout that entire region.
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13Then he left them, got back into the boat, and went to the other side.
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32When it was evening, after sunset, they brought to him all who were sick and demon-possessed.
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34After they had crossed over, they came to land at Gennesaret.