Immediately Jesus, aware in His spirit that they were thinking that way within themselves, *said to them, “Why are you thinking about these things in your hearts?

And whenever the unclean spirits saw Him, they would fall down before Him and shout, “You are the Son of God!”

but whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit never has forgiveness, but is guilty of an eternal sin” —

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

When He got out of the boat, immediately a man from the tombs with an unclean spirit met Him.

For He had already been saying to him, “Come out of the man, you unclean spirit!”

Jesus gave them permission. And coming out, the unclean spirits entered the pigs; and the herd rushed down the steep bank into the sea, about two thousand of them; and they were drowned in the sea.

The Twelve Sent Out

And He *summoned the twelve and began to send them out in pairs, and gave them authority over the unclean spirits;

But after hearing about Him, a woman whose little daughter had an unclean spirit immediately came and fell at His feet.

Sighing deeply in His spirit, He *said, “Why does this generation demand a sign? Truly I say to you, no sign will be given to this generation!”

And one person from the crowd answered Him, “Teacher, I brought You my son, because he has a spirit that makes him unable to speak;

And they brought the boy to Him. When he saw Him, the spirit immediately threw him into convulsions, and falling to the ground, he began rolling around and foaming at the mouth.

When Jesus saw that a crowd was rapidly gathering, He rebuked the unclean spirit, saying to it, “You mute and deaf spirit, I command you, come out of him and do not enter him again!”

David himself said in the Holy Spirit, ‘The Lord said to my Lord, “Sit at My right hand, Until I put Your enemies under Your feet.”’

And when they arrest you and hand you over, do not worry beforehand about what you are to say, but say whatever is given you at that time; for you are not the ones speaking, but it is the Holy Spirit.

Keep watching and praying, so that you will not come into temptation; the spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak.”

For he will be great in the sight of the Lord; and he will drink no wine or liquor, and he will be filled with the Holy Spirit while still in his mother’s womb.

And it is he who will go as a forerunner before Him in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of fathers back to their children, and the disobedient to the attitude of the righteous, to make ready a people prepared for the Lord.”

The angel answered and said to her, “The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you; for that reason also the holy Child will be called the Son of God.

When Elizabeth heard Mary’s greeting, the baby leaped in her womb, and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit.

And my spirit has rejoiced in God my Savior.

Zechariah’s Prophecy

And his father Zechariah was filled with the Holy Spirit and prophesied, saying:

Now the child grew and was becoming strong in spirit, and he lived in the deserts until the day of his public appearance to Israel.

And there was a man in Jerusalem whose name was Simeon; and this man was righteous and devout, looking forward to the consolation of Israel; and the Holy Spirit was upon him.

And it had been revealed to him by the Holy Spirit that he would not see death before he had seen the Lord’s Christ.