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14 Seven sons of Sceva, a Jewish high priest, were doing this. 15 The evil spirit answered them, ‘I know Jesus, and I recognise Paul – but who are you? ’ 16 Then the man who had the evil spirit jumped on them, overpowered them all, and prevailed against them, so that they ran out of that house naked and wounded.

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14 Seven sons of Sceva, a Jewish chief priest, were doing this. 15 One day the evil spirit answered them, “Jesus I know, and Paul I know about, but who are you?” 16 Then the man who had the evil spirit jumped on them and overpowered them all. He gave them such a beating that they ran out of the house naked and bleeding.

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14 Seven sons of a Jewish high priest named Sceva were doing this. 15 But the evil spirit answered them, (A)“Jesus I know, and Paul I recognize, but who are you?” 16 And the man in whom was the evil spirit leaped on them, mastered all[a] of them and overpowered them, so that they fled out of that house naked and wounded.

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  1. Acts 19:16 Or both