Mark 5:17
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“And the people began to beg Jesus to leave their region.”
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BSBPD
“And the people began to beg Jesus to leave their region.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)KJVPD
“And they began to pray him to depart out of their coasts.”
King James Version · Public DomainASVPD
“And they began to beseech him to depart from their borders.”
American Standard Version · Public DomainYLTPD
“and they began to call upon him to go away from their borders.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainCross references
Other passages that echo Mark 5:17 — 10 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 26:16Then Abimelech said to Isaac, “Depart from us, for you are much too powerful for us.”
- Deuteronomy 5:25But now, why should we die? For this great fire will consume us, and we will die, if we hear the voice of the LORD our God any longer.
- 1 Kings 17:18“O man of God,” said the woman to Elijah, “what have you done to me? Have you come to remind me of my iniquity and cause the death of my son?”
- Job 21:14Yet they say to God: ‘Leave us alone! For we have no desire to know Your ways.
- Matthew 8:34Then the whole town went out to meet Jesus. And when they saw Him, they begged Him to leave their region.
- Mark 1:24“What do You want with us, Jesus of Nazareth? Have You come to destroy us? I know who You are—the Holy One of God!”
- Mark 5:7And he shouted in a loud voice, “What do You want with me, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I beg You before God not to torture me!”
- Luke 5:8When Simon Peter saw this, he fell at Jesus’ knees. “Go away from me, Lord,” he said, “for I am a sinful man.”
- Luke 8:37Then all the people of the region of the Gerasenes asked Jesus to depart from them, because great fear had taken hold of them. So He got into the boat and started back.
- Acts 16:39They came to appease them and led them out, requesting that they leave the city.
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