Matthew 8:34
Good News Translation
So everyone from the town went out to meet Jesus; and when they saw him, they begged him to leave their territory.

New Revised Standard Version
Then the whole town came out to meet Jesus; and when they saw him, they begged him to leave their neighborhood.

Contemporary English Version
Everyone in town came out to meet Jesus. When they saw him, they begged him to leave their part of the country.

New American Bible
Thereupon the whole town came out to meet Jesus, and when they saw him they begged him to leave their district.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And behold the whole city went out to meet Jesus, and when they saw him, they besought him that he would depart from their coast.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And behold the whole city went out to meet Jesus, and when they saw him, they besought him that he would depart from their coast.

they besought.

Matthew 8:29 And behold they cried out, saying: What have we to do with thee, Jesus Son of God? art thou come hither to torment us before the time?

Deuteronomy 5:25 Why shall we die therefore, and why shall this exceeding great fire comsume us: for if we hear the voice of the Lord our God any more, we shall die.

1 Samuel 16:4 Then Samuel did as the Lord had said to him. And he came to Bethlehem, and the ancients of the city wondered, and meeting him, they said: Is thy coming hither peaceable?

1 Kings 17:18 And she said to Elias: What have I to do with thee, thou man of God? art thou come to me, that my iniquities should be remembered, and that thou shouldst kill my son?

1 Kings 18:17 And when he had seen him, he said: Art thou he that troublest Israel?

Job 21:14 Who have said to God: Depart from us, we desire not the knowledge of thy ways.

Job 22:17 Who said to God: Depart from us: and looked upon the Almighty as if he could do nothing:

Mark 5:17,18 And they began to pray him that he would depart from their coasts. . . .

Luke 5:8 Which when Simon Peter saw, he fell down at Jesus' knees, saying: Depart from me, for I am a sinful man, O Lord.

Luke 8:28,37-39 And when he saw Jesus, he fell down before him. And crying out with a loud voice, he said: What have I to do with thee, Jesus, Son of the most high God? I beseech thee, do not torment me. . . .

Acts 16:39 And coming, they besought them: and bringing them out, they desired them to depart out of the city.

Context
The Demons and the Pigs
33And they that kept them fled: and coming into the city, told every thing, and concerning them that had been possessed by the devils. 34And behold the whole city went out to meet Jesus, and when they saw him, they besought him that he would depart from their coast.
Cross References
Amos 7:12
For thus saith Amos: Jeroboam shall die by the sword, and Israel shall be carried away captive out of their own land.

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

Acts 16:39
And coming, they besought them: and bringing them out, they desired them to depart out of the city.

Matthew 8:33
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