Mark 5:19

But Jesus refused. ‘Go back to your home, to your own people,’ he said, ‘and tell them of all that the Lord has done for you, and how he took pity on you.’

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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

18As Jesus was getting into the boat, the possessed man begged him to let him stay with him.

20So the man went, and began to proclaim in the district of the Ten Towns all that Jesus had done for him; and everyone was amazed.

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Cross References

Jonah 2:1Jonah prayed to the Lord his God, out of the belly of the fish,

Acts 22:1‘Brothers and fathers, listen to the defence which I am about to make.’

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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