"Go home and describe all that God has done for you." So he went off to proclaim through the whole town all that Jesus had done for him.
Whoever does not provide for his own relatives and particularly for his own family, has repudiated the faith: he is worse than an infidel.
"Come here, look at a man who has told me everything I ever did! Can he be the Christ?"
But he went off and proceeded to proclaim it aloud and spread news of the affair both far and wide. The result was that Jesus could no longer enter any town openly; he stayed outside in lonely places, and people came to him from every quarter.
As he was stepping into the boat the lunatic begged that he might accompany him;
but he said, "Go home to your own people, and report to them all the Lord has done for you and how he took pity on you."
The man whom the daemons had left begged that he might accompany him. Jesus, however, sent him away, saying,
On his return Jesus was welcomed by the crowd; they were all looking out for him.