Acts 8:7

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For many who were possessed by unclean spirits were freed as the spirits came out, crying out in a loud voice, and many who were paralyzed or lame were healed.

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  • Matt 10:1 : 1 And summoning his twelve disciples, he gave them authority over unclean spirits so they could drive them out and heal every disease and every sickness.
  • Mark 16:17-18 : 17 And these signs will accompany those who believe: In my name, they will cast out demons, and they will speak in new tongues. 18 They will pick up serpents with their hands, and if they drink anything deadly, it will not harm them. They will lay their hands on the sick, and they will recover.
  • Acts 5:16 : 16 Crowds also gathered from the towns around Jerusalem, bringing the sick and those tormented by unclean spirits, and they were all healed.
  • Acts 9:33-34 : 33 There he found a man named Aeneas, who had been bedridden for eight years; he was paralyzed. 34 Peter said to him, "Aeneas, Jesus Christ heals you. Get up and make your bed!" Immediately he stood up.
  • Acts 14:8-9 : 8 In Lystra, there was a man who could not use his feet; he was lame from birth and had never walked. 9 This man was listening to Paul as he spoke. Paul looked intently at him and saw that he had faith to be healed. 10 Paul said loudly, 'Stand upright on your feet!' And the man jumped up and began to walk.
  • Heb 2:4 : 4 God also bore witness with signs and wonders and various miracles, and by distributions of the Holy Spirit according to His will.
  • Isa 35:6 : 6 Then the lame will leap like a deer, and the tongue of the mute will sing for joy. For waters will break forth in the wilderness and streams in the desert.
  • Matt 4:24 : 24 News about Him spread throughout all Syria, and they brought to Him all who were sick, suffering from various diseases and pains, those oppressed by demons, those having seizures, and the paralyzed; and He healed them.
  • Luke 10:17 : 17 The seventy returned with joy and said, 'Lord, even the demons submit to us in Your name!'
  • John 14:12 : 12 Truly, truly, I say to you, whoever believes in me will also do the works that I do, and greater works than these will he do, because I am going to the Father.
  • Acts 3:6-7 : 6 But Peter said, "Silver and gold I do not have, but what I do have I give to you: In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, rise up and walk." 7 Then Peter took him by the right hand and helped him up, and immediately his feet and ankles were strengthened.
  • Matt 11:5 : 5 The blind receive their sight, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, and the poor have the good news proclaimed to them.
  • Matt 15:30-31 : 30 Great crowds came to him, bringing the lame, the blind, the mute, the crippled, and many others, and laid them at his feet; and he healed them. 31 The people were amazed when they saw the mute speaking, the crippled made whole, the lame walking, and the blind seeing; and they glorified the God of Israel.
  • Mark 2:3-9 : 3 And they came to him, bringing a paralyzed man who was being carried by four people. 4 And because they could not get near him due to the crowd, they removed the roof above where he was, and after digging through it, they lowered the mat on which the paralyzed man was lying. 5 When Jesus saw their faith, he said to the paralyzed man, 'Child, your sins are forgiven.' 6 Now some of the scribes were sitting there, reasoning in their hearts, 7 ‘Why does this man speak like this? He is blaspheming! Who can forgive sins but God alone?’ 8 And immediately, Jesus, perceiving in his spirit that they were reasoning within themselves in this way, said to them, 'Why are you thinking these things in your hearts?' 9 ‘Which is easier: to say to the paralyzed man, “Your sins are forgiven,” or to say, “Get up, take your mat, and walk”? ’ 10 ‘But so that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins,’ he said to the paralyzed man, 11 ‘I tell you, get up, take your mat, and go home.’
  • Mark 9:26 : 26 The spirit cried out, convulsed him violently, and came out. The boy looked so much like a corpse that many said, 'He is dead.'

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