Bible verse
And the people began to beg Jesus to leave their region.
Mark 5:17 · BSB
The verses around it, from Mark 5.
13 He gave them permission, and the unclean spirits came out and went into the pigs, and the herd of about two thousand rushed down the steep bank into the sea and drowned in the water.
14 Those tending the pigs ran off and reported this in the town and countryside, and the people went out to see what had happened.
15 When they came to Jesus, they saw the man who had been possessed by the legion of demons sitting there, clothed and in his right mind; and they were afraid.
16 Those who had seen it described what had happened to the demon-possessed man and also to the pigs.
17 And the people began to beg Jesus to leave their region.
18 As He was getting into the boat, the man who had been possessed by the demons begged to go with Him.
19 But Jesus would not allow him. “Go home to your own people,” He said, “and tell them how much the Lord has done for you, and what mercy He has shown you.”
20 So the man went away and began to proclaim throughout the Decapolis how much Jesus had done for him. And everyone was amazed.
21 When Jesus had again crossed by boat to the other side, a large crowd gathered around Him beside the sea.
KJV
And they began to pray him to depart out of their coasts.
ASV
And they began to beseech him to depart from their borders.
ERV
And they began to beseech him to depart from their borders.
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