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In the synagogue there was a man possessed by a demon, an impure spirit. He cried out at the top of his voice,
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“Be quiet!” Jesus said sternly. “Come out of him!” Then the demon threw the man down before them all and came out without injuring him.
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Moreover, demons came out of many people, shouting, “You are the Son of God!” But he rebuked them and would not allow them to speak, because they knew he was the Messiah.
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For John the Baptist came neither eating bread nor drinking wine, and you say, ‘He has a demon.’
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and also some women who had been cured of evil spirits and diseases: Mary (called Magdalene) from whom seven demons had come out;
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Jesus Restores a Demon-Possessed Man
They sailed to the region of the Gerasenes, which is across the lake from Galilee.
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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.
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For Jesus had commanded the impure spirit to come out of the man. Many times it had seized him, and though he was chained hand and foot and kept under guard, he had broken his chains and had been driven by the demon into solitary places.
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Jesus asked him, “What is your name?” “Legion,” he replied, because many demons had gone into him.
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A large herd of pigs was feeding there on the hillside. The demons begged Jesus to let them go into the pigs, and he gave them permission.
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When the demons came out of the man, they went into the pigs, and the herd rushed down the steep bank into the lake and was drowned.
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and the people went out to see what had happened. When they came to Jesus, they found the man from whom the demons had gone out, sitting at Jesus’ feet, dressed and in his right mind; and they were afraid.
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Those who had seen it told the people how the demon-possessed man had been cured.
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The man from whom the demons had gone out begged to go with him, but Jesus sent him away, saying,
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Jesus Sends Out the Twelve
When Jesus had called the Twelve together, he gave them power and authority to drive out all demons and to cure diseases,
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Jesus Heals a Demon-Possessed Boy
The next day, when they came down from the mountain, a large crowd met him.
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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.
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“Master,” said John, “we saw someone driving out demons in your name and we tried to stop him, because he is not one of us.”
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The seventy-two returned with joy and said, “Lord, even the demons submit to us in your name.”
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Jesus and Beelzebul
Jesus was driving out a demon that was mute. When the demon left, the man who had been mute spoke, and the crowd was amazed.
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But some of them said, “By Beelzebul, the prince of demons, he is driving out demons.”
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If Satan is divided against himself, how can his kingdom stand? I say this because you claim that I drive out demons by Beelzebul.
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Now if I drive out demons by Beelzebul, by whom do your followers drive them out? So then, they will be your judges.
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But if I drive out demons by the finger of God, then the kingdom of God has come upon you.
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He replied, “Go tell that fox, ‘I will keep on driving out demons and healing people today and tomorrow, and on the third day I will reach my goal.’
