Luke 9:40
I begged your disciples to cast it out, but they could not do so.”
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- Luke 9:1 : 1 The Sending of the Twelve Apostles After Jesus called the twelve together, he gave them power and authority over all demons and to cure diseases,
- Luke 10:17-19 : 17 Then the seventy-two returned with joy, saying,“Lord, even the demons submit to us in your name!” 18 So he said to them,“I saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven. 19 Look, I have given you authority to tread on snakes and scorpions and on the full force of the enemy, and nothing will hurt you.
- Acts 19:13-16 : 13 But some itinerant Jewish exorcists tried to invoke the name of the Lord Jesus over those who were possessed by evil spirits, saying,“I sternly warn you by Jesus whom Paul preaches.” 14 (Now seven sons of a man named Sceva, a Jewish high priest, were doing this.) 15 But the evil spirit replied to them,“I know about Jesus and I am acquainted with Paul, but who are you?” 16 Then the man who was possessed by the evil spirit jumped on them and beat them all into submission. He prevailed against them so that they fled from that house naked and wounded.
- 2 Kgs 4:31 : 31 Now Gehazi went on ahead of them. He placed the staff on the child’s face, but there was no sound or response. When he came back to Elisha he told him,“The child did not wake up.”
- Matt 17:20 : 20 He told them,“It was because of your little faith. I tell you the truth, if you have faith the size of a mustard seed, you will say to this mountain,‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move; nothing will be impossible for you.”
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- Matt 17:14-196 verses86%
14The Disciples’ Failure to Heal When they came to the crowd, a man came to him, knelt before him,
15and said,“Lord, have mercy on my son, because he has seizures and suffers terribly, for he often falls into the fire and into the water.
16I brought him to your disciples, but they were not able to heal him.”
17Jesus answered,“You unbelieving and perverse generation! How much longer must I be with you? How much longer must I endure you? Bring him here to me.”
18Then 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 said,“Why couldn’t we cast it out?”
- Mark 9:16-227 verses85%
16He asked them,“What are you arguing about with them?”
17A member of the crowd said to him,“Teacher, I brought you my son, who is possessed by a spirit that makes him mute.
18Whenever it seizes him, it throws him down, and he foams at the mouth, grinds his teeth, and becomes rigid. I asked your disciples to cast it out, but they were not able to do so.”
19He answered them,“You unbelieving generation! How much longer must I be with you? How much longer must I endure you? Bring him to me.”
20So they brought the boy to him. When the spirit saw him, it immediately threw the boy into a convulsion. He fell on the ground and rolled around, foaming at the mouth.
21Jesus asked his father,“How long has this been happening to him?” And he said,“From childhood.
22It has often thrown him into fire or water to destroy him. But if you are able to do anything, have compassion on us and help us.”
- Mark 9:24-296 verses85%
24Immediately the father of the boy cried out and said,“I believe; help my unbelief!”
25Now when Jesus saw that a crowd was quickly gathering, he rebuked the unclean spirit, saying to it,“Mute and deaf spirit, I command you, come out of him and never enter him again.”
26It shrieked, threw him into terrible convulsions, and came out. The boy looked so much like a corpse that many said,“He is dead!”
27But Jesus gently took his hand and raised him to his feet, and he stood up.
28Then, after he went into the house, his disciples asked him privately,“Why couldn’t we cast it out?”
29He told them,“This kind can come out only by prayer.”
- Luke 9:38-392 verses83%
38Then a man from the crowd cried out,“Teacher, I beg you to look at my son– he is my only child!
39A spirit seizes him, and he suddenly screams; it throws him into convulsions and causes him to foam at the mouth. It hardly ever leaves him alone, torturing him severely.
- Luke 9:41-433 verses79%
41Jesus answered,“You unbelieving and perverse generation! How much longer must I be with you and endure you? Bring your son here.”
42As the boy was approaching, the demon threw him to the ground and shook him with convulsions. But Jesus rebuked the unclean spirit, healed the boy, and gave him back to his father.
43Then they were all astonished at the mighty power of God.Another Prediction of Jesus’ Suffering But while the entire crowd was amazed at everything Jesus was doing, he said to his disciples,
- Mark 1:25-262 verses75%
25But Jesus rebuked him:“Silence! Come out of him!”
26After throwing him into convulsions, the unclean spirit cried out with a loud voice and came out of him.
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10He begged Jesus repeatedly not to send them out of the region.
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31And they began to beg him not to order them to depart into the abyss.
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32As they were going away, a man who was demon-possessed and unable to speak was brought to him.
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35But Jesus rebuked him:“Silence! Come out of him!” Then, after the demon threw the man down in their midst, he came out of him without hurting him.
- Mark 5:17-193 verses74%
17Then they began to beg Jesus to leave their region.
18As he was getting into the boat the man who had been demon-possessed asked if he could go with him.
19But Jesus did not permit him to do so. Instead, he said to him,“Go to your home and to your people and tell them what the Lord has done for you, that he had mercy on you.”
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38On Jesus’ Side John said to him,“Teacher, we saw someone casting out demons in your name, and we tried to stop him because he was not following us.”
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38The man from whom the demons had gone out begged to go with him, but Jesus sent him away, saying,
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41Demons also came out of many, crying out,“You are the Son of God!” But he rebuked them, and would not allow them to speak, because they knew that he was the Christ.
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23But he did not answer her a word. Then his disciples came and begged him,“Send her away, because she keeps on crying out after us.”
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49On the Right Side John answered,“Master, we saw someone casting out demons in your name, and we tried to stop him because he is not a disciple along with us.”
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14Jesus and Beelzebul Now he was casting out a demon that was mute. When the demon had gone out, the man who had been mute began to speak, and the crowds were amazed.
- Mark 5:7-82 verses73%
7Then he cried out with a loud voice,“Leave me alone, Jesus, Son of the Most High God! I implore you by God– do not torment me!”
8(For Jesus had said to him,“Come out of that man, you unclean spirit!”)
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40So Jesus stopped and ordered the beggar to be brought to him. When the man came near, Jesus asked him,
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23Just then there was a man in their synagogue with an unclean spirit, and he cried out,
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29For Jesus had started commanding the evil spirit to come out of the man.(For it had seized him many times, so he would be bound with chains and shackles and kept under guard. But he would break the restraints and be driven by the demon into deserted places.)
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31Then the demons begged him,“If you drive us out, send us into the herd of pigs.”
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1The Sending of the Twelve Apostles After Jesus called the twelve together, he gave them power and authority over all demons and to cure diseases,
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11And whenever the unclean spirits saw him, they fell down before him and cried out,“You are the Son of God.”
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28Healing the Gadarene Demoniacs When he came to the other side, to the region of the Gadarenes, two demon-possessed men coming from the tombs met him. They were extremely violent, so that no one was able to pass by that way.
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32They brought to him a deaf man who had difficulty speaking, and they asked him to place his hands on him.