³⁴ Then He healed many who were sick with various diseases, and ^(A)cast out many demons; and He ^(B)did not allow the demons to speak, because they knew Him.

^41 (A)And demons also came out of many, crying out and saying, ^(B)“You are ^[a]the Christ, the Son of God!”

And He, ^(C)rebuking them, did not allow them to ^[b]speak, for they knew that He was the Christ.

¹² But ^(A)He sternly warned them that they should not make Him known.

Paul and Silas Imprisoned

¹⁶ Now it happened, as we went to prayer, that a certain slave girl ^(A)possessed with a spirit of divination met us, who brought her masters ^(B)much profit by fortune-telling. ¹⁷ This girl followed Paul and us, and cried out, saying, “These men are the servants of the Most High God, who proclaim to us the way of salvation.” ¹⁸ And this she did for many days.

But Paul, ^(C)greatly ^[a]annoyed, turned and said to the spirit, “I command you in the name of Jesus Christ to come out of her.” ^(D)And he came out that very hour.