Luke 9:40

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I begged your disciples to drive it out, but they could not.

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  • Luke 9:1 : 1 Then Jesus called together the twelve disciples and gave them power and authority over all demons and to heal diseases.
  • Luke 10:17-19 : 17 The seventy returned with joy and said, 'Lord, even the demons submit to us in Your name!' 18 He replied, 'I saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven.' 19 Behold, I have given you authority to trample on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy; nothing will harm you.
  • Acts 19:13-16 : 13 Some itinerant Jewish exorcists tried to invoke the name of the Lord Jesus over those possessed by evil spirits, saying, "I adjure you by the Jesus whom Paul preaches." 14 There were seven sons of a Jewish high priest named Sceva doing this. 15 But the evil spirit answered them, "Jesus I know, and Paul I recognize, but who are you?" 16 Then the man in whom the evil spirit was leaped on them, overpowered them all, and prevailed against them, so that they fled out of the house naked and wounded.
  • 2 Kgs 4:31 : 31 Gehazi went on ahead and laid the staff on the boy’s face, but there was no sound or response. So Gehazi went back to meet Elisha and told him, 'The boy has not awakened.'
  • Matt 17:20 : 20 He replied, 'Because you have so little faith. Truly I tell you, if you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move. Nothing will be impossible for you.'

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  • Matt 17:14-19
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    14When they came to the crowd, a man approached Jesus and knelt before Him.

    15and said, 'Lord, have mercy on my son. He has seizures and suffers terribly. He often falls into the fire and into the water.'

    16I brought him to Your disciples, but they could not heal him.

    17Then Jesus answered, 'O unbelieving and perverse generation, how long must I be with you? How long must I put up with you? Bring him here to Me.'

    18And Jesus rebuked the demon, and it came out of him, and the boy was healed from that moment.

    19Then the disciples came to Jesus privately and asked, 'Why couldn’t we drive it out?'

  • Mark 9:16-22
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    85%

    16And he asked the scribes, 'What are you discussing with them?'

    17One of the crowd answered him, 'Teacher, I brought my son to you. He has a mute spirit.

    18Whenever it seizes him, it throws him down. He foams at the mouth, gnashes his teeth, and becomes rigid. I asked your disciples to cast it out, but they couldn’t.

    19Jesus replied, 'O unbelieving generation, how long must I be with you? How long must I put up with you? Bring him to me.'

    20They brought the boy to him. When the spirit saw Jesus, it immediately threw the boy into convulsions. He fell to the ground, rolled around, and foamed at the mouth.

    21Jesus asked the boy’s father, 'How long has this been happening to him?' He replied, 'Since childhood.

    22It has often thrown him into fire and water to destroy him. But if you can do anything, please have compassion on us and help us.'

  • Mark 9:24-29
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    24Immediately the father of the child cried out, 'I believe! Help my unbelief!'

    25When Jesus saw that a crowd was gathering, he rebuked the unclean spirit, saying, 'You mute and deaf spirit, I command you, come out of him and never enter him again!'

    26The spirit cried out, convulsed him violently, and came out. The boy looked so much like a corpse that many said, 'He is dead.'

    27But Jesus took him by the hand, lifted him up, and he stood.

    28After Jesus had gone indoors, his disciples asked him privately, 'Why couldn’t we drive it out?'

    29He replied, 'This kind can only come out by prayer and fasting.'

  • Luke 9:38-39
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    38A man in the crowd called out, 'Teacher, I beg you to look at my son, for he is my only child.'

    39A spirit seizes him, and suddenly he cries out. It throws him into convulsions, causing him to foam at the mouth. It hardly ever leaves him and severely bruises him.

  • Luke 9:41-43
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    41Jesus answered, 'You unbelieving and perverse generation, how long shall I stay with you and put up with you? Bring your son here.'

    42Even as the boy was approaching, the demon threw him to the ground and shook him violently. But Jesus rebuked the unclean spirit, healed the boy, and gave him back to his father.

    43And all the people were amazed at the greatness of God. While everyone was marveling at all that Jesus was doing, he said to his disciples,

  • Mark 1:25-26
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    25Jesus rebuked him, saying, 'Be silent, and come out of him!'

    26The unclean spirit convulsed the man, and with a loud cry, it came out of him.

  • Mark 5:10
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    10And he begged Jesus repeatedly not to send them out of the region.

  • Luke 8:31
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    31And they begged Jesus repeatedly not to order them to go into the abyss.

  • Matt 9:32
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    32As they were going out, a man who was mute and possessed by a demon was brought to him.

  • Luke 4:35
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    35But Jesus rebuked it, saying, 'Be silent and come out of him.' Then the demon threw the man to the ground in their midst, but it came out of him without harming him.

  • Mark 5:17-19
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    17Then the people began to plead with Him to leave their region.

    18As Jesus was getting into the boat, the man who had been demon-possessed begged to go with Him.

    19But Jesus did not let him. Instead, He said, 'Go home to your own people and tell them how much the Lord has done for you and how He has shown you mercy.'

  • Mark 9:38
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    38John said to him, 'Teacher, we saw someone driving out demons in your name, and we tried to stop him because he was not following us.'

  • Luke 8:38
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    38The man from whom the demons had gone out begged to go with Him, but Jesus sent him away, saying,

  • Luke 4:41
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    41Demons also came out of many people, crying out, 'You are the Son of God!' But He rebuked them and would not allow them to speak, because they knew He was the Christ.

  • Matt 17:21
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    21'However, this kind does not go out except by prayer and fasting.'

  • Matt 15:23
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    23But Jesus did not answer her a word. So his disciples came to him, urging him, “Send her away, for she keeps crying out after us.”

  • Luke 9:49
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    49John said, 'Master, we saw someone driving out demons in your name, and we tried to stop him, because he does not follow us.'

  • Luke 11:14
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    14Jesus was casting out a demon that was mute. When the demon had left, the man who had been mute spoke, and the crowds were amazed.

  • Mark 5:7-8
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    7Crying out with a loud voice, he said, 'What do You want with me, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I beg You by God, do not torment me!'

    8For Jesus had been saying to him, 'Come out of the man, you unclean spirit!'

  • Luke 18:40
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    40Jesus stopped and ordered the man to be brought to him. When he came near, Jesus asked him,

  • Mark 1:23
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    23Just then, in their synagogue, there was a man possessed by an unclean spirit, and he cried out,

  • Luke 8:29
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    29For Jesus had commanded the unclean spirit to come out of the man. Many times it had seized him, and though he was bound with chains and shackles and kept under guard, he would break the chains and be driven by the demon into deserted places.

  • Matt 8:31
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    31The demons begged Him, 'If You drive us out, send us into the herd of pigs.'

  • Luke 9:1
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    1Then Jesus called together the twelve disciples and gave them power and authority over all demons and to heal diseases.

  • Mark 3:11
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    11When the impure spirits saw Him, they fell down before Him and cried out, "You are the Son of God!"

  • Matt 8:28
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    28When He arrived at the other side in the region of the Gadarenes, two demon-possessed men came out from the tombs to meet Him. They were so violent that no one could pass that way.

  • Mark 7:32
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    32And they brought to Him a deaf man who had a speech impediment, and they begged Him to lay His hand on him.