Mark 9:20
So 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.
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- Mark 1:26 : 26 After throwing him into convulsions, the unclean spirit cried out with a loud voice and came out of him.
- Mark 5:3-5 : 3 He lived among the tombs, and no one could bind him anymore, not even with a chain. 4 For his hands and feet had often been bound with chains and shackles, but he had torn the chains apart and broken the shackles in pieces. No one was strong enough to subdue him. 5 Each night and every day among the tombs and in the mountains, he would cry out and cut himself with stones.
- Mark 9:18 : 18 Whenever 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.”
- Mark 9:26 : 26 It shrieked, threw him into terrible convulsions, and came out. The boy looked so much like a corpse that many said,“He is dead!”
- Luke 4:35 : 35 But 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.
- Luke 8:29 : 29 For 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.)
- Luke 9:42 : 42 As 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.
- John 8:44 : 44 You people are from your father the devil, and you want to do what your father desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, and does not uphold the truth, because there is no truth in him. Whenever he lies, he speaks according to his own nature, because he is a liar and the father of lies.
- 1 Pet 5:8 : 8 Be sober and alert. Your enemy the devil, like a roaring lion, is on the prowl looking for someone to devour.
- Job 1:10-12 : 10 Have you not made a hedge around him and his household and all that he has on every side? You have blessed the work of his hands, and his livestock have increased in the land. 11 But extend your hand and strike everything he has, and he will no doubt curse you to your face!” 12 So the LORD said to Satan,“All right then, everything he has is in your power. Only do not extend your hand against the man himself!” So Satan went out from the presence of the LORD.
- Job 2:6-8 : 6 So the LORD said to Satan,“All right, he is in your power; only preserve his life.” 7 Job’s Integrity in Suffering So Satan went out from the presence of the LORD, and he afflicted Job with a malignant ulcer from the soles of his feet to the top of his head. 8 Job took a shard of broken pottery to scrape himself with while he was sitting among the ashes.
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- Luke 9:37-426 verses88%
37 Healing a Boy with an Unclean Spirit Now on the next day, when they had come down from the mountain, a large crowd met him.
38 Then a man from the crowd cried out,“Teacher, I beg you to look at my son– he is my only child!
39 A 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.
40 I begged your disciples to cast it out, but they could not do so.”
41 Jesus answered,“You unbelieving and perverse generation! How much longer must I be with you and endure you? Bring your son here.”
42 As 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.
- Mark 9:16-194 verses85%
16 He asked them,“What are you arguing about with them?”
17 A member of the crowd said to him,“Teacher, I brought you my son, who is possessed by a spirit that makes him mute.
18 Whenever 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.”
19 He answered them,“You unbelieving generation! How much longer must I be with you? How much longer must I endure you? Bring him to me.”
- Mark 9:24-285 verses83%
24 Immediately the father of the boy cried out and said,“I believe; help my unbelief!”
25 Now 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.”
26 It shrieked, threw him into terrible convulsions, and came out. The boy looked so much like a corpse that many said,“He is dead!”
27 But Jesus gently took his hand and raised him to his feet, and he stood up.
28 Then, after he went into the house, his disciples asked him privately,“Why couldn’t we cast it out?”
- Mark 9:21-222 verses83%
21 Jesus asked his father,“How long has this been happening to him?” And he said,“From childhood.
22 It 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 1:25-262 verses80%
25 But Jesus rebuked him:“Silence! Come out of him!”
26 After throwing him into convulsions, the unclean spirit cried out with a loud voice and came out of him.
- Matt 17:14-185 verses78%
14 The Disciples’ Failure to Heal When they came to the crowd, a man came to him, knelt before him,
15 and 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.
16 I brought him to your disciples, but they were not able to heal him.”
17 Jesus 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.”
18 Then Jesus rebuked the demon and it came out of him, and the boy was healed from that moment.
- Luke 8:27-293 verses77%
27 As Jesus stepped ashore, a certain man from the town met him who was possessed by demons. For a long time this man had worn no clothes and had not lived in a house, but among the tombs.
28 When he saw Jesus, he cried out, fell down before him, and shouted with a loud voice,“Leave me alone, Jesus, Son of the Most High God! I beg you, do not torment me!”
29 For 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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32 As they were going away, a man who was demon-possessed and unable to speak was brought to him.
- Mark 5:2-87 verses77%
2 Just as Jesus was getting out of the boat, a man with an unclean spirit came from the tombs and met him.
3 He lived among the tombs, and no one could bind him anymore, not even with a chain.
4 For his hands and feet had often been bound with chains and shackles, but he had torn the chains apart and broken the shackles in pieces. No one was strong enough to subdue him.
5 Each night and every day among the tombs and in the mountains, he would cry out and cut himself with stones.
6 When he saw Jesus from a distance, he ran and bowed down before him.
7 Then 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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11 And whenever the unclean spirits saw him, they fell down before him and cried out,“You are the Son of God.”
- Mark 5:15-162 verses76%
15 They came to Jesus and saw the demon-possessed man sitting there, clothed and in his right mind– the one who had the“Legion”– and they were afraid.
16 Those who had seen what had happened to the demon-possessed man reported it, and they also told about the pigs.
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22 Jesus and Beelzebul Then they brought to him a demon-possessed man who was blind and mute. Jesus healed him so that he could speak and see.
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23 Just then there was a man in their synagogue with an unclean spirit, and he cried out,
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28 Healing 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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35 But 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.
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40 So Jesus stopped and ordered the beggar to be brought to him. When the man came near, Jesus asked him,
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21 When his family heard this they went out to restrain him, for they said,“He is out of his mind.”
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14 Jesus 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.
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33 So the demons came out of the man and went into the pigs, and the herd of pigs rushed down the steep slope into the lake and drowned.
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32 They brought to him a deaf man who had difficulty speaking, and they asked him to place his hands on him.
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33 Now in the synagogue there was a man who had the spirit of an unclean demon, and he cried out with a loud voice,
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36 Those who had seen it told them how the man who had been demon-possessed had been healed.
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32 And he said,“Go!” So they came out and went into the pigs, and the herd rushed down the steep slope into the lake and drowned in the water.