Just then there was a man in their synagogue with an unclean spirit; and he cried out,

After throwing him into convulsions and crying out with a loud voice, the unclean spirit came out of him.

And they were all amazed, so they debated among themselves, saying, “What is this? A new teaching with authority! He commands even the unclean spirits, and they obey Him.”

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

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.

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!”