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Luke 8:38–39

38 Now hthe man from whom the demons had departed begged Him that he might be with Him. But Jesus sent him away, saying, 39 Return to your own house, and tell what great things God has done for you.” And he went his way and proclaimed throughout the whole city what great things Jesus had done for him.

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Luke 8:38–39 — The New International Version (NIV)

38 The man from whom the demons had gone out begged to go with him, but Jesus sent him away, saying, 39 Return home and tell how much God has done for you.” So the man went away and told all over town how much Jesus had done for him.

Luke 8:38–39 — English Standard Version (ESV)

38 The man from whom the demons had gone begged that he might be with him, but Jesus sent him away, saying, 39 Return to your home, and declare how much God has done for you.” And he went away, proclaiming throughout the whole city how much Jesus had done for him.

Luke 8:38–39 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

38 Now the man out of whom the devils were departed besought him that he might be with him: but Jesus sent him away, saying, 39 Return to thine own house, and shew how great things God hath done unto thee. And he went his way, and published throughout the whole city how great things Jesus had done unto him.

Luke 8:38–39 — New Living Translation (NLT)

38 The man who had been freed from the demons begged to go with him. But Jesus sent him home, saying, 39 No, go back to your family, and tell them everything God has done for you.” So he went all through the town proclaiming the great things Jesus had done for him.

Luke 8:38–39 — New Century Version (NCV)

38 The man whom Jesus had healed begged to go with him, but Jesus sent him away, saying, 39 “Go back home and tell people how much God has done for you.” So the man went all over town telling how much Jesus had done for him.

Luke 8:38–39 — American Standard Version (ASV)

38 But the man from whom the demons were gone out prayed him that he might be with him: but he sent him away, saying, 39 Return to thy house, and declare how great things God hath done for thee. And he went his way, publishing throughout the whole city how great things Jesus had done for him.

Luke 8:38–39 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

38 But the man out of whom the demons had gone besought him that he might be with him. But he sent him away, saying, 39  Return to thine house and relate how great things God has done for thee. And he went away through the whole city, publishing how great things Jesus had done for him.

Luke 8:38–39 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

38 The man from whom the demons had gone out begged him, “Let me go with you.” 

But Jesus sent the man away and told him, 39 “Go home to your family, and tell them how much God has done for you.” So the man left. He went through the whole city and told people how much Jesus had done for him. 

Luke 8:38–39 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

38 The man from whom the demons had departed kept begging Him to be with Him. But He sent him away and said, 39 Go back to your home, and tell all that God has done for you.” And off he went, proclaiming throughout the town all that Jesus had done for him.

Luke 8:38–39 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

38 The man from whom the demons had gone begged that he might be with him; but Jesus sent him away, saying, 39 Return to your home, and declare how much God has done for you.” So he went away, proclaiming throughout the city how much Jesus had done for him.

Luke 8:38–39 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

38 And the man from whom the demons had gone out was begging him to stay with him, but he sent him away, saying, 39 “Return to your home and tell all that God has done for you.” And he went away, proclaiming throughout the whole town all that Jesus had done for him.

Luke 8:38–39 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

38 The man who was now free of the demons begged to go with him. But Jesus sent him away. He said to him, 39 “Return home and tell how much God has done for you.”

So the man went away. He told people all over town how much Jesus had done for him.

Luke 8:38–39 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

38 But the man from whom the demons had gone out was begging Him that he might accompany Him; but He sent him away, saying,

39 Return to your house and describe what great things God has done for you.” So he went away, proclaiming throughout the whole city what great things Jesus had done for him.


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