They sacrificed to demons which were no gods, to gods they had never known, to new gods that had come in of late, whom your fathers had never dreaded.

because she had been given to seven husbands, and the evil demon Asmode′us had slain each of them before he had been with her as his wife. So the maids said to her, “Do you not know that you strangle your husbands? You already have had seven and have had no benefit from any of them.

And Raph′ael was sent to heal the two of them: to scale away the white films of Tobit’s eyes; to give Sarah the daughter of Rag′uel in marriage to Tobi′as the son of Tobit, and to bind Asmode′us the evil demon, because Tobi′as was entitled to possess her. At that very moment Tobit returned and entered his house and Sarah the daughter of Rag′uel came down from her upper room.

He replied, “As for the heart and the liver, if a demon or evil spirit gives trouble to any one, you make a smoke from these before the man or woman, and that person will never be troubled again.

Now I am the only son my father has, and I am afraid that if I go in I will die as those before me did, for a demon is in love with her, and he harms no one except those who approach her. So now I fear that I may die and bring the lives of my father and mother to the grave in sorrow on my account. And they have no other son to bury them.”

But the angel said to him, “Do you not remember the words with which your father commanded you to take a wife from among your own people? Now listen to me, brother, for she will become your wife; and do not worry about the demon, for this very night she will be given to you in marriage.

Then the demon will smell it and flee away, and will never again return. And when you approach her, rise up, both of you, and cry out to the merciful God, and he will save you and have mercy on you. Do not be afraid, for she was destined for you from eternity. You will save her, and she will go with you, and I suppose that you will have children by her.” When Tobi′as heard these things, he fell in love with her and yearned deeply for her.

Tobias Routs the Demon

When they had finished eating, they escorted Tobi′as in to her.

And when the demon smelled the odor he fled to the remotest parts of Egypt, and the angel bound him.

They sacrificed their sons and their daughters to the demons;

For you provoked him who made you, by sacrificing to demons and not to God.

For fire will come upon her from the Everlasting for many days, and for a long time she will be inhabited by demons.

So his fame spread throughout all Syria, and they brought him all the sick, those afflicted with various diseases and pains, demoniacs, epileptics, and paralytics, and he healed them.

On that day many will say to me, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and cast out demons in your name, and do many mighty works in your name?’

That evening they brought to him many who were possessed with demons; and he cast out the spirits with a word, and healed all who were sick.

Jesus Heals the Gadarene Demoniacs

And when he came to the other side, to the country of the Gadarenes, two demoniacs met him, coming out of the tombs, so fierce that no one could pass that way.

And the demons begged him, “If you cast us out, send us away into the herd of swine.”

The herdsmen fled, and going into the city they told everything, and what had happened to the demoniacs.

Jesus Heals One Who Was Mute

As they were going away, behold, a dumb demoniac was brought to him.

And when the demon had been cast out, the dumb man spoke; and the crowds marveled, saying, “Never was anything like this seen in Israel.”

But the Pharisees said, “He casts out demons by the prince of demons.”

Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse lepers, cast out demons. You received without pay, give without pay.

For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, ‘He has a demon’;

Jesus and Beelzebul

Then a blind and dumb demoniac was brought to him, and he healed him, so that the dumb man spoke and saw.

But when the Pharisees heard it they said, “It is only by Be-el′zebul, the prince of demons, that this man casts out demons.”