² When Jesus got out of the boat,^(A) a man with an impure spirit^(B) came from the tombs to meet him.

²³ Just then a man in their synagogue who was possessed by an impure spirit cried out,

⁸ For Jesus had said to him, “Come out of this man, you impure spirit!”

⁴² Even while the boy was coming, the demon threw him to the ground in a convulsion. But Jesus rebuked the impure spirit, healed the boy and gave him back to his father.

²⁷ When Jesus stepped ashore, he was met by a demon-possessed man from the town. For a long time this man had not worn clothes or lived in a house, but had lived in the tombs.

²⁵ In fact, as soon as she heard about him, a woman whose little daughter was possessed by an impure spirit^(A) came and fell at his feet.

The Parable of the Sower^(A)(B)

4 Again Jesus began to teach by the lake.^(C) The crowd that gathered around him was so large that he got into a boat and sat in it out on the lake, while all the people were along the shore at the water’s edge.

³⁰ He said this because they were saying, “He has an impure spirit.”

²⁶ The impure spirit shook the man violently and came out of him with a shriek.^(A)