“Return to your house, and declare what great things God has done for you.” He went his way, proclaiming throughout the whole city what great things Jesus had done for him.
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
Luke 8:39 in context
Luke 8:36–42
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Those who saw it told them how he who had been possessed by demons was healed.
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All the people of the surrounding country of the Gadarenes asked him to depart from them, for they were very much afraid. Then he entered into the boat and returned.
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But the man from whom the demons had gone out begged him that he might go with him, but Jesus sent him away, saying,
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“Return to your house, and declare what great things God has done for you.” He went his way, proclaiming throughout the whole city what great things Jesus had done for him.
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When Jesus returned, the multitude welcomed him, for they were all waiting for him.
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Behold, a man named Jairus came. He was a ruler of the synagogue. He fell down at Jesus’ feet and begged him to come into his house,
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for he had an only born daughter, about twelve years of age, and she was dying. But as he went, the multitudes pressed against him.
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