And the scribes who came down from Jerusalem said, “He has Beelzebub,” and, “By the ruler of the demons He casts out demons.”

A Demon-Possessed Man Healed

Then they came to the other side of the sea, to the country of the Gadarenes.

So all the demons begged Him, saying, “Send us to the swine, that we may enter them.”

Then they came to Jesus, and saw the one who had been demon-possessed and had the legion, sitting and clothed and in his right mind. And they were afraid.

And those who saw it told them how it happened to him who had been demon-possessed, and about the swine.

And when He got into the boat, he who had been demon-possessed begged Him that he might be with Him.

And they cast out many demons, and anointed with oil many who were sick, and healed them.

The woman was a Greek, a Syro-Phoenician by birth, and she kept asking Him to cast the demon out of her daughter.

Then He said to her, “For this saying go your way; the demon has gone out of your daughter.”

And when she had come to her house, she found the demon gone out, and her daughter lying on the bed.

Jesus Forbids Sectarianism

Now John answered Him, saying, “Teacher, we saw someone who does not follow us casting out demons in Your name, and we forbade him because he does not follow us.”

Mary Magdalene Sees the Risen Lord

Now when He rose early on the first day of the week, He appeared first to Mary Magdalene, out of whom He had cast seven demons.

And these signs will follow those who believe: In My name they will cast out demons; they will speak with new tongues;

Now in the synagogue there was a man who had a spirit of an unclean demon. And he cried out with a loud voice,

But Jesus rebuked him, saying, “Be quiet, and come out of him!” And when the demon had thrown him in their midst, it came out of him and did not hurt him.

And demons also came out of many, crying out and saying, “You are the Christ, the Son of God!” And He, rebuking them, did not allow them to speak, for they knew that He was the Christ.

For John the Baptist came neither eating bread nor drinking wine, and you say, ‘He has a demon.’

and certain women who had been healed of evil spirits and infirmities—Mary called Magdalene, out of whom had come seven demons,

A Demon-Possessed Man Healed

Then they sailed to the country of the Gadarenes, which is opposite Galilee.

And when He stepped out on the land, there met Him a certain man from the city who had demons for a long time. And he wore no clothes, nor did he live in a house but in the tombs.

For He had commanded the unclean spirit to come out of the man. For it had often seized him, and he was kept under guard, bound with chains and shackles; and he broke the bonds and was driven by the demon into the wilderness.

Jesus asked him, saying, “What is your name?” And he said, “Legion,” because many demons had entered him.

Then the demons went out of the man and entered the swine, and the herd ran violently down the steep place into the lake and drowned.

Then they went out to see what had happened, and came to Jesus, and found the man from whom the demons had departed, sitting at the feet of Jesus, clothed and in his right mind. And they were afraid.

They also who had seen it told them by what means he who had been demon-possessed was healed.