² And when Jesus^[a] had stepped out of the boat, immediately there met him out of the tombs a man with an unclean spirit.

²³ And immediately there was in their synagogue a man with an unclean spirit. And he cried out,

⁸ For he was saying to him, “Come out of the man, you unclean spirit!”

⁴² While he was coming, the demon threw him to the ground and convulsed him. But Jesus ^(A)rebuked the unclean spirit and healed the boy, and ^(B)gave him back to his father.

²⁷ When Jesus^[a] had stepped out on land, there met him a man from the city who had demons. For a long time he had worn no clothes, and he had not lived in a house ^(A)but among the tombs.

²⁵ But immediately a woman whose little daughter had an unclean spirit heard of him and came and fell down at his feet.

The Parable of the Sower

4 Again ^(A)he began to teach beside the sea. And a very large crowd gathered about him, ^(B)so that he got into a boat and sat in it on the sea, and the whole crowd was beside the sea on the land.

³⁰ for they were saying, “He has an unclean spirit.”

²⁶ And the unclean spirit, ^(A)convulsing him and ^(B)crying out with a loud voice, came out of him.