17Then the people began to plead with Jesus to leave their region.


In Context

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, dressed and in his right mind; and they were afraid.

16 Those who had seen it told the people what had happened to the demon- possessed man--and told about the pigs as well.

17 Then the people began to plead with Jesus to leave their region.

18 As Jesus was getting into the boat, the man who had been demon-possessed begged to go with him.

19 Jesus did not let him, but said, "Go home to your family and tell them how much the Lord has done for you, and how he has had mercy on you."

Mark 5:17 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

5:17And they began to pray him to depart out of their coasts.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

5:17And they began to pray him that he would depart from their coasts.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

5:17And they began to beseech him to depart from their borders.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:17And they began to beg him to depart from their coasts.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

5:17And they began to beseech him to depart from their borders.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:17And they began to pray him to depart out of their borders.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

5:17and they began to call upon him to go away from their borders.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:17They began to beg him to depart from their region.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

5:17And they began to pray him to depart out of their coasts.