Luke 8:38

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Summary

Now the man out of whom the devils were departed besought him that he might be with him: but Jesus sent him away, saying,

Besought

Philippians 1:23

Saying

Bible References

Besought

And when he saw Jesus, he gave a loud cry and went down on the earth before him and in a loud voice said, What have I to do with you, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? Do not be cruel to me.

Let the fear of the Lord your God be before you, give him worship and be true to him at all times, taking your oaths in his name.

One prayer have I made to the Lord, and this is my heart's desire; that I may have a place in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, looking on his glory, and getting wisdom in his Temple.

You are my safe and secret place; you will keep me from trouble; you will put songs of salvation on the lips of those who are round me. (Selah.)

What may I give to the Lord for all the good things which he has done for me?

And when he was getting into the boat, the man in whom had been the evil spirits had a great desire to come with him.

I am in a hard position between the two, having a desire to go away and be with Christ, which is very much better:

Saying

And when you come into the land which the Lord will make yours, as he gave his word, you are to keep this act of worship.

And you will say to your son in that day, It is because of what the Lord did for me when I came out of Egypt.

O God, you have been my teacher from the time when I was young; and I have been talking of your works of wonder even till now.

Which have come to our hearing and our knowledge, as they were given to us by our fathers.

Let men give praise to the Lord for his mercy, and for the wonders which he does for the children of men!

The works of the Lord are great, searched out by all those who have delight in them.

I will give news of the mercies of the Lord, and his great acts, even all the things the Lord has done for us, in his great grace to the house of Israel; even all he has done for us in his unnumbered mercies.

And he would not let him, but said to him, Go to your house, to your friends, and give them news of the great things the Lord has done for you, and how he had mercy on you.

But Ananias said, Lord, I have had accounts of this man from a number of people, how much evil he has done to your saints at Jerusalem:

Only it came to their ears that he who at one time was cruel to us is now preaching the faith which before had been attacked by him;

Though I had said violent words against God, and done cruel acts, causing great trouble: but I was given mercy, because I did it without knowledge, not having faith;