Luke 8:38

The freed man begs to go with Jesus, but Jesus sends him home instead. Christ gives him a different calling.

Cross-references · 22

• Acts 9:13–16But Ananias answered, “Lord, I have heard from many about this man, how much evil he did to your saints at Jerusalem.
• Mark 5:18–20As he was entering into the boat, he who had been possessed by demons begged him that he might be with him.
• Ps 145:3–12Great is Yahweh, and greatly to be praised! His greatness is unsearchable.
• Deut 10:20–21You shall fear Yahweh your God; you shall serve him; and you shall cling to him, and you shall swear by his name.
• Isa 63:7–13I will tell of the loving kindnesses of Yahweh and the praises of Yahweh, according to all that Yahweh has given to us, and the great goodness toward the house of Israel, which he has given to them according to his mercies, and according to the multitude of his loving kindnesses.
• Luke 8:28When he saw Jesus, he cried out, and fell down before him, and with a loud voice said, “What do I have to do with you, Jesus, you Son of the Most High God? I beg you, don’t torment me!”
• Luke 8:37All the people of the surrounding country of the Gadarenes asked him to depart from them, for they were very much afraid. He entered into the boat, and returned.
• Gal 1:23–24but they only heard: “He who once persecuted us now preaches the faith that he once tried to destroy.”
• Phil 1:23But I am in a dilemma between the two, having the desire to depart and be with Christ, which is far better.
• 1 Tim 1:13–16although I was before a blasphemer, a persecutor, and insolent. However, I obtained mercy, because I did it ignorantly in unbelief.
• Ps 27:4One thing I have asked of Yahweh, that I will seek after: that I may dwell in Yahweh’s house all the days of my life, to see Yahweh’s beauty, and to inquire in his temple.
• Ps 116:12What will I give to Yahweh for all his benefits toward me?
• Ps 107:31–32Let them praise Yahweh for his loving kindness, for his wonderful deeds for the children of men!
• Ps 32:7You are my hiding place. You will preserve me from trouble. You will surround me with songs of deliverance. Selah.
• Ps 78:3–6Which we have heard and known, and our fathers have told us.
• Ps 107:21–22Let them praise Yahweh for his loving kindness, for his wonderful deeds to the children of men!
• Ps 111:2–4Yahweh’s works are great, pondered by all those who delight in them.
• Ps 116:16Yahweh, truly I am your servant. I am your servant, the son of your servant. You have freed me from my chains.
• Exod 12:25–27It shall happen when you have come to the land which Yahweh will give you, according as he has promised, that you shall keep this service.
• Ps 71:17–18God, you have taught me from my youth. Until now, I have declared your wondrous works.
• Exod 13:8–9You shall tell your son in that day, saying, ‘It is because of that which Yahweh did for me when I came out of Egypt.’
• Exod 13:14–16It shall be, when your son asks you in time to come, saying, ‘What is this?’ that you shall tell him, ‘By strength of hand Yahweh brought us out from Egypt, from the house of bondage.

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