Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Jesus did not let him, but said, “Go home to your own people and tell them how much the Lord has done for you, and how he has had mercy on you.” New Living Translation But Jesus said, “No, go home to your family, and tell them everything the Lord has done for you and how merciful he has been.” English Standard Version And he did not permit him but said to him, “Go home to your friends and tell them how much the Lord has done for you, and how he has had mercy on you.” Berean Standard Bible 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.” Berean Literal Bible And He did not permit him, but He says to him, "Go to your home, to your own, and preach to them how much the Lord did for you and had mercy on you." King James Bible Howbeit Jesus suffered him not, but saith unto him, Go home to thy friends, and tell them how great things the Lord hath done for thee, and hath had compassion on thee. New King James Version However, Jesus did not permit him, but said to him, “Go home to your friends, and tell them what great things the Lord has done for you, and how He has had compassion on you.” New American Standard Bible And He did not let him, but He said to him, “Go home to your people and report to them what great things the Lord has done for you, and how He had mercy on you.” NASB 1995 And He did not let him, but He said to him, “Go home to your people and report to them what great things the Lord has done for you, and how He had mercy on you.” NASB 1977 And He did not let him, but He said to him, “Go home to your people and report to them what great things the Lord has done for you, and how He had mercy on you.” Legacy Standard Bible And He did not let him, but He said to him, “Go home to your people and report to them what great things the Lord has done for you, and how He had mercy on you.” Amplified Bible Jesus did not let him [come], but [instead] He said to him, “Go home to your family and tell them all the great things that the Lord has done for you, and how He has had mercy on you.” Christian Standard Bible Jesus did not let him but told him, “Go home to your own people, and report to them how much the Lord has done for you and how he has had mercy on you.” Holman Christian Standard Bible But He would not let him; instead, He told him, “Go back home to your own people, and report to them how much the Lord has done for you and how He has had mercy on you.” American Standard Version And he suffered him not, but saith unto him, Go to thy house unto thy friends, and tell them how great things the Lord hath done for thee, and how he had mercy on thee. Contemporary English Version But Jesus would not let him. Instead, he said, "Go home to your family and tell them how much the Lord has done for you and how good he has been to you." English Revised Version And he suffered him not, but saith unto him, Go to thy house unto thy friends, and tell them how great things the Lord hath done for thee, and how he had mercy on thee. GOD'S WORD® Translation But Jesus would not allow it. Instead, he told the man, "Go home to your family, and tell them how much the Lord has done for you and how merciful he has been to you." Good News Translation But Jesus would not let him. Instead, he told him, "Go back home to your family and tell them how much the Lord has done for you and how kind he has been to you." International Standard Version But Jesus wouldn't let him. Instead, he told him, "Go home to your family, and tell them how much the Lord has done for you and how merciful he has been to you." Majority Standard Bible 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.? NET Bible But Jesus did not permit him to do so. Instead, he said to him, "Go to your home and to your people and tell them what the Lord has done for you, that he had mercy on you." New Heart English Bible However, Jesus did not allow him, but said to him, "Go to your house, to your own, and tell them what great things the Lord has done for you, and how he had mercy on you." Webster's Bible Translation Yet Jesus suffered him not, but saith to him, Go home to thy friends, and tell them how great things the Lord hath done for thee, and hath had compassion on thee. Weymouth New Testament But He would not allow it. "Go home to your family," He said, "and report to them all that the Lord has done for you, and the mercy He has shown you." World English Bible He didn’t allow him, but said to him, “Go to your house, to your friends, and tell them what great things the Lord has done for you and how he had mercy on you.” Literal Translations Literal Standard Versionand Jesus did not permit him, but says to him, “Go away to your house, to your own [friends], and tell them how the LORD did great things to you, and dealt kindly with you”; Berean Literal Bible And He did not permit him, but He says to him, "Go to your home, to your own, and preach to them how much the Lord did for you and had mercy on you." Young's Literal Translation and Jesus did not suffer him, but saith to him, 'Go away to thy house, unto thine own friends, and tell them how great things the Lord did to thee, and dealt kindly with thee; Smith's Literal Translation And Jesus permitted him not; but he says to him, Retire to thy house, to thine own, and announce to them what things the Lord did to thee, and he pitied thee. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleAnd he admitted him not, but saith to him: Go into thy house to thy friends, and tell them how great things the Lord hath done for thee, and hath had mercy on thee. Catholic Public Domain Version And he did not permit him, but he said to him, “Go to your own people, in your own house, and announce to them how great are the things that Lord has done for you, and how he has taken pity on you.” New American Bible But he would not permit him but told him instead, “Go home to your family and announce to them all that the Lord in his pity has done for you.” New Revised Standard Version But Jesus refused, and said to him, “Go home to your friends, and tell them how much the Lord has done for you, and what mercy he has shown you.” Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleAnd he would not permit him, but said to him, Go to your home, to your own people, and tell them what the Lord has done for you, and had mercy on you. Aramaic Bible in Plain English And he did not allow him, but he said to him, “Go to your house to your people and relate to them what THE LORD JEHOVAH has done for you and that he has had compassion upon you.” NT Translations Anderson New TestamentAnd he did not permit him, but said to him: Go home to your relatives, and make known to them what things the Lord has done for you, and that he has had compassion on you. Godbey New Testament And He did not permit him, but says to him, Haweis New Testament But Jesus did not permit him, but said to him, Go to thine house, and to thy friends, and tell them how great things the Lord hath done for thee, and hath had compassion on thee. Mace New Testament however, Jesus refused him, and said, go home to thy friends, and tell them what great things the Lord hath done for thee, and how he hath had compassion on thee. Weymouth New Testament But He would not allow it. "Go home to your family," He said, "and report to them all that the Lord has done for you, and the mercy He has shown you." Worrell New Testament And He did not permit him, but saith to him, Worsley New Testament but Jesus did not permit him; but saith to him, Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context The Demons and the Pigs…18As He was getting into the boat, the man who had been possessed by the demons begged to go with Him. 19But 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.” 20So the man went away and began to proclaim throughout the Decapolis how much Jesus had done for him. And everyone was amazed.… Cross References Luke 8:39 “Return home and describe how much God has done for you.” So the man went away and proclaimed all over the town how much Jesus had done for him. Psalm 66:16 Come and listen, all you who fear God, and I will declare what He has done for me. John 4:29 “Come, see a man who told me everything I ever did. Could this be the Christ?” Acts 1:8 But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes upon you, and you will be My witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.” Matthew 28:19-20 Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, / and teaching them to obey all that I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, even to the end of the age.” Psalm 107:2 Let the redeemed of the LORD say so, whom He has redeemed from the hand of the enemy 1 Peter 2:9 But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, to proclaim the virtues of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light. Isaiah 12:4 and on that day you will say: “Give praise to the LORD; proclaim His name! Make His works known among the peoples; declare that His name is exalted. John 15:27 And you also must testify, because you have been with Me from the beginning. Acts 4:20 For we cannot stop speaking about what we have seen and heard.” Psalm 71:15-18 My mouth will declare Your righteousness and Your salvation all day long, though I cannot know their full measure. / I will come in the strength of the Lord GOD; I will proclaim Your righteousness—Yours alone. / O God, You have taught me from my youth, and to this day I proclaim Your marvelous deeds. ... 1 Chronicles 16:8-9 “Give thanks to the LORD; call upon His name; make known His deeds among the nations. / Sing to Him, sing praises to Him; tell of all His wonders. Romans 15:18-19 I will not presume to speak of anything except what Christ has accomplished through me in leading the Gentiles to obedience by word and deed, / by the power of signs and wonders, and by the power of the Spirit of God. So from Jerusalem all the way around to Illyricum, I have fully proclaimed the gospel of Christ. Isaiah 43:10-12 “You are My witnesses,” declares the LORD, “and My servant whom I have chosen, so that you may consider and believe Me and understand that I am He. Before Me no god was formed, and after Me none will come. / I, yes I, am the LORD, and there is no Savior but Me. / I alone decreed and saved and proclaimed—I, and not some foreign god among you. So you are My witnesses,” declares the LORD, “that I am God. 2 Corinthians 5:19-20 that God was reconciling the world to Himself in Christ, not counting men’s trespasses against them. And He has committed to us the message of reconciliation. / Therefore we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God were making His appeal through us. We implore you on behalf of Christ: Be reconciled to God. Treasury of Scripture However, Jesus suffered him not, but said to him, Go home to your friends, and tell them how great things the Lord has done for you, and has had compassion on you. Go home. Psalm 66:16 Come and hear, all ye that fear God, and I will declare what he hath done for my soul. Isaiah 38:9-20 The writing of Hezekiah king of Judah, when he had been sick, and was recovered of his sickness: … Daniel 4:1-3,37 Nebuchadnezzar the king, unto all people, nations, and languages, that dwell in all the earth; Peace be multiplied unto you… Jump to Previous Allow Compassion Dealt Family Friends Great Home House Howbeit Jesus Kindly Mercy News Refused Report Shown Suffer SufferedJump to Next Allow Compassion Dealt Family Friends Great Home House Howbeit Jesus Kindly Mercy News Refused Report Shown Suffer SufferedMark 5 1. Jesus delivering the possessed of the legion of demons,13. they enter into the pigs. 22. He is entreated by Jairus to go and heal his daughter. 25. He heals the woman subject to bleeding, 35. and raises Jairus' daughter from death. But Jesus would not allow him. In this passage, Jesus has just performed a miraculous exorcism on a man possessed by a legion of demons. The man, now healed, desires to follow Jesus as a disciple. However, Jesus denies his request. This decision highlights Jesus' strategic approach to His ministry. By not allowing the man to accompany Him, Jesus emphasizes the importance of spreading the message of His works and mercy in the man's own community. This action also underscores the principle that discipleship can take many forms, not just physical following. “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.” Persons / Places / Events 1. JesusThe central figure in this passage, Jesus is the one who commands the healed man to return home and testify about God's mercy. 2. The Healed Man Previously possessed by a legion of demons, this man is now restored and desires to follow Jesus physically, but is instead commissioned to witness to his community. 3. Decapolis The region where the healed man is sent to testify. It is a group of ten cities with a significant Gentile population, indicating the spread of Jesus' ministry beyond Jewish territories. 4. The Demoniac Event Prior to this verse, Jesus had cast out demons from the man, demonstrating His authority over evil spirits and His compassion for those oppressed. 5. The Lord's Mercy The focus of the man's testimony, highlighting God's compassion and transformative power in his life. Teaching Points The Power of Personal TestimonySharing personal experiences of God's work in our lives can be a powerful witness to others, as it was for the healed man. Obedience to Jesus' Commands Even when our desires are to follow Jesus in one way, He may have a different plan for us that involves staying and witnessing in our current context. The Reach of the Gospel Jesus' instruction to the man to go to Decapolis shows that the Gospel is for all people, transcending cultural and ethnic boundaries. The Role of Mercy in Evangelism Highlighting God's mercy in our testimonies can draw others to seek His grace and forgiveness. Community Impact Our transformation can have a ripple effect, impacting not just our lives but also our families and communities.(19) The Lord hath done for thee.--Coming from our Lord's lips, and having "God" as its equivalent in Luke 8:39, the word "Lord" must be taken in its Old Testament sense, as referring, not to the Lord Jesus, but to the Father. Greek Butκαὶ (kai) Conjunction Strong's 2532: And, even, also, namely. [Jesus] would not allow ἀφῆκεν (aphēken) Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular Strong's 863: From apo and hiemi; to send forth, in various applications. him. αὐτόν (auton) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative Masculine 3rd Person Singular Strong's 846: He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons. “Go Ὕπαγε (Hypage) Verb - Present Imperative Active - 2nd Person Singular Strong's 5217: To go away, depart, begone, die. From hupo and ago; to lead under, i.e. Withdraw or retire, literally or figuratively. home οἶκόν (oikon) Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular Strong's 3624: A dwelling; by implication, a family. to πρὸς (pros) Preposition Strong's 4314: To, towards, with. A strengthened form of pro; a preposition of direction; forward to, i.e. Toward. your own [people],” σούς (sous) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative Masculine 2nd Person Plural Strong's 4674: Yours, thy, thine. From su; thine. He said, λέγει (legei) Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular Strong's 3004: (a) I say, speak; I mean, mention, tell, (b) I call, name, especially in the pass., (c) I tell, command. “and καὶ (kai) Conjunction Strong's 2532: And, even, also, namely. tell ἀπάγγειλον (apangeilon) Verb - Aorist Imperative Active - 2nd Person Singular Strong's 518: To report (from one place to another), bring a report, announce, declare. From apo and the base of aggelos; to announce. them αὐτοῖς (autois) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative Masculine 3rd Person Plural Strong's 846: He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons. how much ὅσα (hosa) Personal / Relative Pronoun - Accusative Neuter Plural Strong's 3745: How much, how great, how many, as great as, as much. By reduplication from hos; as As. the ὁ (ho) Article - Nominative Masculine Singular Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. Lord Κύριός (Kyrios) Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular Strong's 2962: Lord, master, sir; the Lord. From kuros; supreme in authority, i.e. controller; by implication, Master. has done πεποίηκεν (pepoiēken) Verb - Perfect Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular Strong's 4160: (a) I make, manufacture, construct, (b) I do, act, cause. Apparently a prolonged form of an obsolete primary; to make or do. for you, σοι (soi) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative 2nd Person Singular Strong's 4771: You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou. and καὶ (kai) Conjunction Strong's 2532: And, even, also, namely. what mercy He has shown ἠλέησέν (ēleēsen) Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular Strong's 1653: To pity, have mercy on. From eleos; to compassionate. you.” σε (se) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative 2nd Person Singular Strong's 4771: You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou. Links Mark 5:19 NIVMark 5:19 NLT Mark 5:19 ESV Mark 5:19 NASB Mark 5:19 KJV Mark 5:19 BibleApps.com Mark 5:19 Biblia Paralela Mark 5:19 Chinese Bible Mark 5:19 French Bible Mark 5:19 Catholic Bible NT Gospels: Mark 5:19 He didn't allow him but said (Mar Mk Mr) |
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