Mark 5:17-20

Amplified Bible, Classic Edition

¹⁷ And they began to beg [Jesus] to leave their neighborhood.

¹⁸ And when He had stepped into the boat, the man who had been controlled by the unclean spirits kept begging Him that he might be with Him.

¹⁹ But Jesus refused to permit him, but said to him, Go home to your own [family and relatives and friends] and bring back word to them of how much the Lord has done for you, and [how He has] had sympathy for you and mercy on you.

²⁰ And he departed and began to publicly proclaim in Decapolis [the region of the ten cities] how much Jesus had done for him, and all the people were astonished and marveled.^(A)