And they began to beg him not to order them to depart into the abyss.

They begged him if they could only touch the edge of his cloak, and all who touched it were healed.

As Paul and Barnabas were going out, the people were urging them to speak about these things on the next Sabbath.

So the chief priests and the most prominent men of the Jews brought formal charges against Paul to him.

Then the demons begged him, “If you drive us out, send us into the herd of pigs.”

When they came to Jesus, they urged him earnestly, “He is worthy to have you do this for him,

Even some of the provincial authorities who were his friends sent a message to him, urging him not to venture into the theater.

And wherever he would go – into villages, towns, or countryside – they would place the sick in the marketplaces, and would ask him if they could just touch the edge of his cloak, and all who touched it were healed.