Matthew 8:34

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Matthew 8:32–34 · Berean Standard Bible

32 “Go!” He told them. So they came out and went into the pigs, and the whole herd rushed down the steep bank into the sea and died in the waters.

33 Those tending the pigs ran off into the town and reported all this, including the account of the demon-possessed men.

34 Then the whole town went out to meet Jesus. And when they saw Him, they begged Him to leave their region.

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Matthew 8:29

“What do You want with us, Son of God?” they shouted. “Have You come here to torture us before the appointed time?”

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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?”

1 Kings 18:17

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Job 21:14

Yet they say to God: ‘Leave us alone! For we have no desire to know Your ways.

Job 22:17

They said to God, ‘Depart from us. What can the Almighty do to us?’

Mark 5:17

And the people began to beg Jesus to leave their region.

Mark 5:18

As He was getting into the boat, the man who had been possessed by the demons begged to go with Him.

Luke 5:8

When Simon Peter saw this, he fell at Jesus’ knees. “Go away from me, Lord,” he said, “for I am a sinful man.”

Luke 8:28

When 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 8:37

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.

Luke 8:38

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Luke 8:39

“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.

Acts 16:39

They came to appease them and led them out, requesting that they leave the city.