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19 But he would not permit him but told him instead, “Go home[a] to your family and announce to them all that the Lord in his pity has done for you.”

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  1. 5:19 Go home: Jesus did not accept the man’s request to remain with him as a disciple (Mk 5:18), yet invited him to announce to his own people what the Lord had done for him, i.e., proclaim the gospel message to his pagan family; cf. Mk 1:14, 39; 3:14; 13:10.