Those who fed them fled, and went away into the city, and told everything, including what happened to those who were possessed with demons.
Parallel translations
- KJV And they that kept them fled, and went their ways into the city, and told every thing, and what was befallen to the possessed of the devils.
- BSB Those tending the pigs ran off into the town and reported all this, including the account of the demon-possessed men.
- NKJV Then those who kept them fled; and they went away into the city and told everything, including what had happened to the demon-possessed men.
- NASB And the herdsmen ran away, and went to the city and reported everything, including what had happened to the demon-possessed men.
- NLT The herdsmen fled to the nearby town, telling everyone what happened to the demon-possessed men.
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Cross-references · 3
- Mark 5:14–16Those who fed them fled, and told it in the city and in the country. The people came to see what it was that had happened.
- Luke 8:34–36When those who fed them saw what had happened, they fled, and told it in the city and in the country.
- Acts 19:15–17The evil spirit answered, “Jesus I know, and Paul I know, but who are you?”
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