Mark 5:17 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

¹⁷ So, they began begging Jesus to leave that region.

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁷ And they began to pray him to depart out of their coasts.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁷ And they began to beg [Jesus] to leave their neighborhood.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁷ And they began to beseech him to depart from their borders.

Common English Bible

¹⁷ Then they pleaded with Jesus to leave their region.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁷ And they began to petition him, so that he would withdraw from their borders.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁷ And they began to pray him that he would depart from their coasts.

Mark 5:17 Cross References

Matthew 8:34

Quickly, all the people of the town came out to meet Jesus, and when they saw Him, they urged Him to leave the district [i.e., probably because of the loss of livestock].

Mark 1:24

“What business do we have with you, Jesus from Nazareth? Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are; [you are] God’s Holy One.”

Mark 5:7

And shouting with a loud voice, he said, “What do you want with me, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I beg you, in God’s name, do not torture me.”

Luke 5:8

But when Simon Peter saw this, he fell down at Jesus’ knees, saying, “Go away from me, Lord, because I am a sinful man.”

Luke 8:37

Then all the people around the district of the Gerasenes asked Jesus to leave their area because they were gripped with great fear. So, He entered a boat and returned.

Acts 16:39

So, they came and appealed to them [to leave peacefully]. Then the authorities themselves accompanied them out [of the jail] and asked them to leave the city.