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Luke 8:37
Luke 8:37 is verse 37 of Luke chapter 8, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
Then 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.
King James Version
Then the whole multitude of the country of the Gadarenes round about besought him to depart from them; for they were taken with great fear: and he went up into the ship, and returned back again.
World English Bible
All the people of the surrounding country of the Gadarenes asked him to depart from them, for they were very much afraid. Then he entered into the boat and returned.
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Luke 8:35–39 · Berean Standard Bible
35 So the people went out to see what had happened. They came to Jesus and found the man whom the demons had left, sitting at Jesus’ feet, clothed and in his right mind; and they were afraid.
36 Meanwhile, those who had seen it reported how the demon-possessed man had been healed.
37 Then 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.
38 The man whom the demons had left begged to go with Jesus. But He sent him away, saying,
39 “Return home and describe how much God has done for you.” So the man went away and proclaimed all over the town how much Jesus had done for him.
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Luke 8:28When the man saw Jesus, he cried out and fell down before Him, shouting in a loud voice, “What do You want with me, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I beg You 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.”
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 Samuel 6:20The men of Beth-shemesh asked, “Who can stand in the presence of the LORD, this holy God? To whom should the ark go up from here?”
2 Samuel 6:8Then David became angry because the LORD had burst forth against Uzzah; so he named that place Perez-uzzah, as it is called to this day.
2 Samuel 6:9That day David feared the LORD and asked, “How can the ark of the LORD ever come to me?”
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.
Job 21:15Who is the Almighty, that we should serve Him, and what would we gain if we pray to Him?’
Matthew 8:34Then the whole town went out to meet Jesus. And when they saw Him, they begged Him to leave their region.
Mark 5:17And the people began to beg Jesus to leave their region.
Acts 16:39They came to appease them and led them out, requesting that they leave the city.
Luke 9:5If anyone does not welcome you, shake the dust off your feet when you leave that town, as a testimony against them.”
Luke 9:56And He and His disciples went on to another village.
Luke 10:10But if you enter a town and they do not welcome you, go into the streets and declare,
Luke 10:11‘Even the dust of your town that clings to our feet, we wipe off as a testimony against you. Yet be sure of this: The kingdom of God is near.’
Luke 10:16Whoever listens to you listens to Me; whoever rejects you rejects Me; and whoever rejects Me rejects the One who sent Me.”