King James Version (KJV)
Mark 5:17
“And they began to pray him to depart out of their coasts.”
Verse in context — Mark 5
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And they come to Jesus, and see him that was possessed with the devil, and had the legion, sitting, and clothed, and in his right mind: and they were afraid.
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And they that saw [it] told them how it befell to him that was possessed with the devil, and [also] concerning the swine.
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And they began to pray him to depart out of their coasts.
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And when he was come into the ship, he that had been possessed with the devil prayed him that he might be with him.
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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.›
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