Mark 5:20 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

But the man went away and began telling people throughout Decapolis about all of the great things Jesus had done for him. [Note: “Decapolis” means “ten cities” and was a region located east of the Jordan River].

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

And he departed, and began to publish in Decapolis how great things Jesus had done for him: and all men did marvel.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

And he departed and began to publicly proclaim in Decapolis [the region of the ten cities] how much Jesus had done for him, and all the people were astonished and marveled. [Matt. 4:25.]

American Standard Version (1901)

And he went his way, and began to publish in Decapolis how great things Jesus had done for him: and all men marvelled.

Common English Bible

The man went away and began to proclaim in the Ten Cities all that Jesus had done for him, and everyone was amazed.

Catholic Public Domain Version

And he went away and began to preach in the Ten Cities, how great were the things that Jesus had done for him. And everyone wondered.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

And he went his way, and began to publish in Decapolis how great things Jesus had done for him: and all men wondered.

Mark 5:20 Cross References

Matthew 4:25

Large crowds followed Him from Galilee, Decapolis, Jerusalem, Judea and from beyond [i.e., the east side of] the Jordan River.

Matthew 8:10

And when Jesus heard this, He was amazed and said to those who were following [along], “It is true when I tell to you, I have never found [anyone with] such great faith, not [even] among the Israelites.

Mark 7:31

Again He left the region of Tyre and traveled [north] through Sidon, [then back south] to Lake Galilee, and through the middle of Decapolis.