¹⁷ And someone from the crowd answered him, “Teacher, I brought my son to you, for he has ^(A)a spirit that makes him mute.

Jesus and Beelzebul

^14 (A)Now he was casting out a demon that was mute. When the demon had gone out, the mute man spoke, and the people marveled.

²⁵ And when Jesus saw that ^(A)a crowd came running together, he rebuked the unclean spirit, saying to it, ^(B)“You mute and deaf spirit, I command you, come out of him and never enter him again.”

⁴⁷ When this man heard that Jesus ^(A)had come from Judea to Galilee, he went to him and asked him to come down and heal his son, for he was at the point of death.

³⁸ And behold, a man from the crowd cried out, “Teacher, I beg you to look at my son, for ^(A)he is my only child.

Let the Children Come to Me

^13 (A)And they were bringing children to him that he might touch them, and the disciples ^(B)rebuked them.

^26 (A)Now the woman was a ^(B)Gentile, ^(C)a Syrophoenician by birth. And she begged him to cast the demon out of her daughter.

²³ and implored him earnestly, saying, “My little daughter is at the point of death. Come and ^(A)lay your hands on her, so that she may be made well and live.”

¹⁵ said, “Lord, have mercy on my son, for he has ^(A)seizures and he suffers terribly. For often he falls into the fire, and often into the water.

Blasphemy Against the Holy Spirit

^22 (A)Then a demon-oppressed man who was blind and mute was brought to him, and he healed him, so that the man spoke and saw.