Mark 5:19

Jesus said, “No, I want you to go home to your community and to your family, and tell them all the good things God has done for you. Tell them that God was sorry for you and wanted you to be free from those bad spirits.”

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In The King James Version

Howbeit Jesus suffered him not, but saith unto him, Go home to thy friends, and tell them how great things the Lord hath done for thee, and hath had compassion on thee.

In Context

18Jesus listened to them, but as he was getting into the boat, the man that used to have the bad spirits said to Jesus, “Can I come with you?”

20The man went all over that country called Ten Towns and he told everybody what Jesus did for him, and everyone was really amazed. And you can read this story in Matthew 9:18-26 and in Luke 8:40-56

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Matthew Henry on Mark 5:2-21

The Expulsion of Legion. 1 And they came over unto the other side of the sea, into the country of the Gadarenes. 2 And when he was come out of the ship, immediately there met him out of the tombs a man with an unclean spirit, 3 Who had his dwelling among the tombs; and no man could bind him, no, not with chains: 4 Because that he had been often bound with fetters and chains, and the chains had been plucked asunder by him, and the fetters broken in pieces: neither could any man tame him. 5 And always, night and… Read the whole commentary →

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