Matthew 8:34
Then the entire town came out to meet Jesus. And when they saw him, they begged him to leave their region.
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- 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!”
- 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?”
- 1 Kgs 18:17 : 17 When Ahab saw Elijah, he said to him,“Is it really you, the one who brings disaster on Israel?”
- Job 21:14 : 14 So they say to God,‘Turn away from us! We do not want to know your ways.
- Job 22:17 : 17 They were saying to God,‘Turn away from us,’ and‘What can the Almighty do to us?’
- Matt 8:29 : 29 They cried out,“Son of God, leave us alone! Have you come here to torment us before the time?”
- Mark 5:17-18 : 17 Then they began to beg Jesus to leave their region. 18 As he was getting into the boat the man who had been demon-possessed asked if he could go with him.
- Luke 8:28 : 28 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!”
- Luke 8:37-39 : 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, 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.
- 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 Sam 16:4 : 4 Samuel did what the LORD told him. When he arrived in Bethlehem, the elders of the city were afraid to meet him. They said,“Do you come in peace?”
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- Luke 8:30-4011 verses87%
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.
40Restoration and Healing Now when Jesus returned, the crowd welcomed him, because they were all waiting for him.
- Mark 5:14-185 verses86%
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.
17Then they began to beg Jesus to leave their region.
18As he was getting into the boat the man who had been demon-possessed asked if he could go with him.
- Matt 8:28-336 verses83%
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.
- Mark 1:32-343 verses80%
32When it was evening, after sunset, they brought to him all who were sick and demon-possessed.
33The whole town gathered by the door.
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.
- Luke 8:26-283 verses80%
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!”
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33But many saw them leaving and recognized them, and they hurried on foot from all the towns and arrived there ahead of them.
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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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10He begged Jesus repeatedly not to send them out of the region.
- Mark 5:1-22 verses78%
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.
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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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30So they left the town and began coming to him.
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20So he went away and began to proclaim in the Decapolis what Jesus had done for him, and all were amazed.
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34After they had crossed over, they came to land at Gennesaret.
35When the people there recognized him, they sent word into all the surrounding area, and they brought all their sick to him.
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13The Feeding of the Five Thousand Now when Jesus heard this he went away from there privately in a boat to an isolated place. But when the crowd heard about it, they followed him on foot from the towns.
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1Cleansing a Leper After he came down from the mountain, large crowds followed him.
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37Healing a Boy with an Unclean Spirit Now on the next day, when they had come down from the mountain, a large crowd met him.
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1Healing and Forgiving a Paralytic After getting into a boat he crossed to the other side and came to his own town.
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38He replied,“Let us go elsewhere, into the surrounding villages, so that I can preach there too. For that is what I came out here to do.”
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30But he passed through the crowd and went on his way.
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37They told him,“Jesus the Nazarene is passing by.”
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15When the whole crowd saw him, they were amazed and ran at once and greeted him.
- Mark 3:7-82 verses75%
7Crowds by the Sea Then Jesus went away with his disciples to the sea, and a great multitude from Galilee followed him. And from Judea,
8Jerusalem, Idumea, beyond the Jordan River, and around Tyre and Sidon a great multitude came to him when they heard about the things he had done.
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45But as the man went out he began to announce it publicly and spread the story widely, so that Jesus was no longer able to enter any town openly but stayed outside in remote places. Still they kept coming to him from everywhere.
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25And large crowds followed him from Galilee, the Decapolis, Jerusalem, Judea, and beyond the Jordan River.