Luke 9:39

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And see, a spirit takes him, and suddenly he gives a cry, twisted in pain and streaming at the lips, and when it goes away from him at last, he is marked as from blows.

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  • Mark 5:4-5 : 4 Because he had frequently been prisoned in chains and iron bands, and the chains had been parted and the bands broken by him: and no man was strong enough to make him quiet. 5 And all the time, by day and by night, in the place of the dead, and in the mountains, he was crying out and cutting himself with stones.
  • Mark 9:20 : 20 And they took him to him: and when he saw him, the spirit in him straight away became violent; and he went down on the earth, rolling about and streaming at the lips.
  • Mark 9:26 : 26 And after crying out and shaking him violently, it came out: and the child became like one dead; so that most of them said, He is dead.
  • Luke 4:35 : 35 And Jesus said to him, Be quiet, and come out of him. And when the evil spirit had put him down on the earth in the middle of them, he came out of him, having done him no damage.
  • Luke 8:29 : 29 For he gave an order to the evil spirit to come out of the man. For frequently it would take a grip of him: and he was kept under control, and prisoned with chains; but parting the chains in two, he would be sent by the driving of the evil spirit into waste places.
  • John 8:44 : 44 You are the children of your father the Evil One and it is your pleasure to do his desires. From the first he was a taker of life; and he did not go in the true way because there is no true thing in him. When he says what is false, it is natural to him, for he is false and the father of what is false.
  • 1 Pet 5:8 : 8 Be serious and keep watch; the Evil One, who is against you, goes about like a lion with open mouth in search of food;
  • Rev 9:11 : 11 They have over them as king the angel of the great deep: his name in Hebrew is Abaddon, and in the Greek language Apollyon.

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    16 And he said, What are you questioning them about?

    17 And one of the number said to him in answer, Master, I came to you with my son, who has in him a spirit which takes away his power of talking;

    18 And wherever it takes him, it puts him down violently, streaming at the lips and twisted with pain; and his strength goes from him; and I made a request to your disciples to send it out, and they were not able.

    19 And he said to them in answer, O generation without faith, how long will I have to be with you? how long will I put up with you? let him come to me.

    20 And they took him to him: and when he saw him, the spirit in him straight away became violent; and he went down on the earth, rolling about and streaming at the lips.

    21 And Jesus questioning the father said, How long has he been like this? And he said, From a child.

    22 And frequently it has sent him into the fire and into the water, for his destruction; but if you are able to do anything, have pity on us, and give us help.

  • Mark 9:24-29
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    24 Straight away the father of the child gave a cry, saying, I have faith; make my feeble faith stronger.

    25 And when Jesus saw that the people came running together, he gave orders to the unclean spirit, saying to him, You, spirit, who are the cause of his loss of voice and hearing, I say to you, come out of him, and never again go into him.

    26 And after crying out and shaking him violently, it came out: and the child became like one dead; so that most of them said, He is dead.

    27 But Jesus took him by the hand, lifting him up; and he got up.

    28 And when he had gone into the house, his disciples said to him privately, Why were we unable to send it out?

    29 And he said to them, Nothing will make this sort come out but prayer.

  • Luke 9:40-42
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    40 And I made a request to your disciples to send it out of him, but they were not able to do it.

    41 And Jesus said, O generation without faith and false in heart, how long will I have to be with you and put up with you? let your son come here.

    42 And while he was coming, he was pushed violently down and twisted by the evil spirit. But Jesus gave sharp orders to the unclean spirit, and made the boy well, and gave him back to his father.

  • Luke 9:37-38
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    37 And on the day after, when they came down from the mountain, a great band of people came to him.

    38 And a man from among them, crying out, said, Master, I make a request to you, give a thought to my son, for he is my only child:

  • Mark 1:25-26
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    25 And Jesus said to him sharply, Be quiet, and come out of him.

    26 And the unclean spirit, shaking him violently, and crying with a loud voice, came out of him.

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    14 And when they came to the people, a man went down on his knees to him, saying,

    15 Lord have mercy on my son: for he is off his head, and is in great pain; and frequently he goes falling into the fire, and frequently into the water.

    16 And I took him to your disciples, and they were not able to make him well.

    17 And Jesus, answering, said, O false and foolish generation, how long will I be with you? how long will I put up with you? let him come here to me.

    18 And Jesus gave orders to the unclean spirit, and it went out of him: and the boy was made well from that hour.

    19 Then the disciples came to Jesus privately, and said, Why were we not able to send it out?

  • Luke 8:27-30
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    27 And when he had come to the land, there came to him a certain man from the town who had evil spirits; and for a long time he had had no clothing on, and was not living in a house but in the place of the dead.

    28 And when he saw Jesus, he gave a loud cry and went down on the earth before him and in a loud voice said, What have I to do with you, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? Do not be cruel to me.

    29 For he gave an order to the evil spirit to come out of the man. For frequently it would take a grip of him: and he was kept under control, and prisoned with chains; but parting the chains in two, he would be sent by the driving of the evil spirit into waste places.

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    35 And Jesus said to him, Be quiet, and come out of him. And when the evil spirit had put him down on the earth in the middle of them, he came out of him, having done him no damage.

    36 And wonder came on them all and they said to one another, What are these words? for with authority and power he gives orders to the evil spirits and they come out.

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    7 And crying out with a loud voice he said, What have I to do with you, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? In God's name, do not be cruel to me.

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    2 And when he had got out of the boat, straight away there came to him from the place of the dead a man with an unclean spirit.

    3 He was living in the place of the dead: and no man was able to keep him down, no, not with a chain;

    4 Because he had frequently been prisoned in chains and iron bands, and the chains had been parted and the bands broken by him: and no man was strong enough to make him quiet.

    5 And all the time, by day and by night, in the place of the dead, and in the mountains, he was crying out and cutting himself with stones.

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    11 And the unclean spirits, whenever they saw him, went down before him, crying out, and saying, You are the Son of God.

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    41 And evil spirits came out of a number of them, crying out and saying, You are the Son of God. But he gave them sharp orders not to say a word, because they had knowledge that he was the Christ.

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    38 But the man from whom the evil spirits had gone out had a great desire to be with him, but he sent him away, saying,

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    10 And he made strong prayers to him not to send them away out of the country.