Luke 8:37 - Easy To Read Version

³⁷ All the people asked Jesus to go away. They were afraid.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

³⁷ 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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

³⁷ Then all the people of the country surrounding the Gerasenes' district asked [Jesus] to depart from them, for they were possessed and suffering with dread and terror; so He entered a boat and returned [to the west side of the Sea of Galilee].

American Standard Version (1901)

³⁷ And all the people of the country of the Gerasenes round about asked him to depart from them; for they were holden with great fear: and he entered into a boat, and returned.

Common English Bible

³⁷ Then everyone gathered from the region of the Gerasenes asked Jesus to leave their area because they were overcome with fear. So he got into the boat and returned across the lake.

Catholic Public Domain Version

³⁷ And the entire multitude from the region of the Gerasenes pleaded with him to depart from them. For they were seized by a great fear. Then, climbing into the boat, he went back again.

Luke 8:37 Cross References

1 Kings 17:18

And the woman said to Elijah, “You are a man of God. [194] Can you help me? Or did you come here only to cause me to remember all of my sins? Did you come here only to cause my son to die?”

Matthew 8:34

Then the whole town went out to see Jesus. When the people saw Jesus, they begged him to leave their area.

Mark 5:17

Then the people began to beg Jesus to leave their area.

Luke 10:16

“When a person listens to you, that person is really listening to me. But when a person refuses to accept you, that person is really refusing to accept me. And when a person refuses to accept me, he is refusing to accept the One (God) that sent me.”

Luke 8:36

The men that saw these things happen told the other people all about how Jesus made the man well.

Luke 8:38

The man that Jesus healed begged to go with Jesus. But Jesus sent the man away, saying,

Luke 9:5

If the people in the town will not welcome you, go outside the town and shake their dust off of your feet. {\cf2\super [159]} This will be a warning to them.”

Luke 9:56

Then Jesus and his followers went to another town.

Acts 16:39

So they came and told Paul and Silas they were sorry. They took Paul and Silas out of jail and asked them to leave the city.

Deuteronomy 5:25

But if we hear the Lord our God speak to us again, surely we will die! That terrible fire will destroy us! We don’t want to die!

1 Samuel 6:20

So the people of Beth Shemesh said, “Where is a priest that can care for this Holy Box? Where should the Box go from here?”