Mark 9:20

World English Bible (2000)

They brought him to him, and when he saw him, immediately the spirit convulsed him, and he fell on the ground, wallowing and foaming at the mouth.

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  • Mark 1:26 : 26 The unclean spirit, convulsing him and crying with a loud voice, came out of him.
  • Mark 5:3-5 : 3 He lived in the tombs. Nobody could bind him any more, not even with chains, 4 because he had been often bound with fetters and chains, and the chains had been torn apart by him, and the fetters broken in pieces. Nobody had the strength to tame him. 5 Always, night and day, in the tombs and in the mountains, he was crying out, and cutting himself with stones.
  • Mark 9:18 : 18 and wherever it seizes him, it throws him down, and he foams at the mouth, and grinds his teeth, and wastes away. I asked your disciples to cast it out, and they weren't able."
  • Mark 9:26 : 26 Having cried out, and convulsed greatly, it came out of him. The boy became like one dead; so much that most of them said, "He is dead."
  • Luke 4:35 : 35 Jesus rebuked him, saying, "Be silent, and come out of him!" When the demon had thrown him down in their midst, he came out of him, having done him no harm.
  • Luke 8:29 : 29 For Jesus was commanding the unclean spirit to come out of the man. For the unclean spirit had often seized the man. He was kept under guard, and bound with chains and fetters. Breaking the bands apart, he was driven by the demon into the desert.
  • Luke 9:42 : 42 While he was still coming, the demon threw him down and convulsed him violently. But Jesus rebuked the unclean spirit, and healed the boy, and gave him back to his father.
  • John 8:44 : 44 You are of your father, the devil, and you want to do the desires of your father. He was a murderer from the beginning, and doesn't stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaks a lie, he speaks on his own; for he is a liar, and its father.
  • 1 Pet 5:8 : 8 Be sober and self-controlled. Be watchful. Your adversary, the devil, walks around like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour.
  • Job 1:10-12 : 10 Haven't you made a hedge around him, and around his house, and around all that he has, on every side? You have blessed the work of his hands, and his substance is increased in the land. 11 But put forth your hand now, and touch all that he has, and he will renounce you to your face." 12 Yahweh said to Satan, "Behold, all that he has is in your power. Only on himself don't put forth your hand." So Satan went forth from the presence of Yahweh.
  • Job 2:6-8 : 6 Yahweh said to Satan, "Behold, he is in your hand. Only spare his life." 7 So Satan went forth from the presence of Yahweh, and struck Job with painful sores from the sole of his foot to his head. 8 He took for himself a potsherd to scrape himself with, and he sat among the ashes.

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  • Luke 9:37-42
    6 verses
    88%

    37 It happened on the next day, when they had come down from the mountain, that a great multitude met him.

    38 Behold, a man from the crowd called out, saying, "Teacher, I beg you to look at my son, for he is my only child.

    39 Behold, a spirit takes him, he suddenly cries out, and it convulses him so that he foams, and it hardly departs from him, bruising him severely.

    40 I begged your disciples to cast it out, and they couldn't."

    41 Jesus answered, "Faithless and perverse generation, how long shall I be with you and bear with you? Bring your son here."

    42 While he was still coming, the demon threw him down and convulsed him violently. But Jesus rebuked the unclean spirit, and healed the boy, and gave him back to his father.

  • Mark 9:16-19
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    85%

    16 He asked the scribes, "What are you asking them?"

    17 One of the multitude answered, "Teacher, I brought to you my son, who has a mute spirit;

    18 and wherever it seizes him, it throws him down, and he foams at the mouth, and grinds his teeth, and wastes away. I asked your disciples to cast it out, and they weren't able."

    19 He answered him, "Unbelieving generation, how long shall I be with you? How long shall I bear with you? Bring him to me."

  • Mark 9:24-28
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    24 Immediately the father of the child cried out with tears, "I believe. Help my unbelief!"

    25 When Jesus saw that a multitude came running together, he rebuked the unclean spirit, saying to him, "You mute and deaf spirit, I command you, come out of him, and never enter him again!"

    26 Having cried out, and convulsed greatly, it came out of him. The boy became like one dead; so much that most of them said, "He is dead."

    27 But Jesus took him by the hand, and raised him up; and he arose.

    28 When he had come into the house, his disciples asked him privately, "Why couldn't we cast it out?"

  • Mark 9:21-22
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    83%

    21 He asked his father, "How long has it been since this has come to him?" He said, "From childhood.

    22 Often it has cast him both into the fire and into the water, to destroy him. But if you can do anything, have compassion on us, and help us."

  • Mark 1:25-26
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    80%

    25 Jesus rebuked him, saying, "Be quiet, and come out of him!"

    26 The unclean spirit, convulsing him and crying with a loud voice, came out of him.

  • Matt 17:14-18
    5 verses
    78%

    14 When they came to the multitude, a man came to him, kneeling down to him, saying,

    15 "Lord, have mercy on my son, for he is epileptic, and suffers grievously; for he often falls into the fire, and often into the water.

    16 So I brought him to your disciples, and they could not cure him."

    17 Jesus answered, "Faithless and perverse generation! How long will I be with you? How long will I bear with you? Bring him here to me."

    18 Jesus rebuked him, the demon went out of him, and the boy was cured from that hour.

  • Luke 8:27-29
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    27 When Jesus stepped ashore, a certain man out of the city who had demons for a long time met him. He wore no clothes, and didn't live in a house, but in the tombs.

    28 When he saw Jesus, he cried out, and fell down before him, and with a loud voice said, "What do I have to do with you, Jesus, you Son of the Most High God? I beg you, don't torment me!"

    29 For Jesus was commanding the unclean spirit to come out of the man. For the unclean spirit had often seized the man. He was kept under guard, and bound with chains and fetters. Breaking the bands apart, he was driven by the demon into the desert.

  • Matt 9:32
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    32 As they went out, behold, a mute man who was demon possessed was brought to him.

  • Mark 5:2-8
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    2 When he had come out of the boat, immediately a man with an unclean spirit met him out of the tombs.

    3 He lived in the tombs. Nobody could bind him any more, not even with chains,

    4 because he had been often bound with fetters and chains, and the chains had been torn apart by him, and the fetters broken in pieces. Nobody had the strength to tame him.

    5 Always, night and day, in the tombs and in the mountains, he was crying out, and cutting himself with stones.

    6 When he saw Jesus from afar, he ran and bowed down to him,

    7 and crying out with a loud voice, he said, "What have I to do with you, Jesus, you Son of the Most High God? I adjure you by God, don't torment me."

    8 For he said to him, "Come out of the man, you unclean spirit!"

  • Mark 3:11
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    11 The unclean spirits, whenever they saw him, fell down before him, and cried, "You are the Son of God!"

  • Mark 5:15-16
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    15 They came to Jesus, and saw him who had been possessed by demons sitting, clothed, and in his right mind, even him who had the legion; and they were afraid.

    16 Those who saw it declared to them how it happened to him who was possessed by demons, and about the pigs.

  • Matt 12:22
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    22 Then one possessed by a demon, blind and mute, was brought to him and he healed him, so that the blind and mute man both spoke and saw.

  • Mark 1:23
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    23 Immediately there was in their synagogue a man with an unclean spirit, and he cried out,

  • Matt 8:28
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    28 When he came to the other side, into the country of the Gergesenes, two people possessed by demons met him there, coming out of the tombs, exceedingly fierce, so that nobody could pass that way.

  • Luke 4:35
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    35 Jesus rebuked him, saying, "Be silent, and come out of him!" When the demon had thrown him down in their midst, he came out of him, having done him no harm.

  • Luke 18:40
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    40 Standing still, Jesus commanded him to be brought to him. When he had come near, he asked him,

  • Mark 3:21
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    21 When his friends heard it, they went out to seize him: for they said, "He is insane."

  • Luke 11:14
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    14 He was casting out a demon, and it was mute. It happened, when the demon had gone out, the mute man spoke; and the multitudes marveled.

  • Luke 8:33
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    33 The demons came out from the man, and entered into the pigs, and the herd rushed down the steep bank into the lake, and were drowned.

  • Mark 7:32
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    32 They brought to him one who was deaf and had an impediment in his speech. They begged him to lay his hand on him.

  • Luke 4:33
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    33 In the synagogue there was a man who had a spirit of an unclean demon, and he cried out with a loud voice,

  • Luke 8:36
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    36 Those who saw it told them how he who had been possessed by demons was healed.

  • Matt 8:32
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    32 He said to them, "Go!" They came out, and went into the herd of pigs: and behold, the whole herd of pigs rushed down the cliff into the sea, and died in the water.