48 Bible Verses about Casting Out Demons

and to have authority to cast out demons.

"Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse the lepers, cast out demons. Freely you have received, freely give.

Moreover these signs shall follow those who believe. They shall drive out demons in my name; they shall speak with new tongues in foreign languages;

"But if it is by the finger of God that I am casting out demons, then the kingdom of God is come upon you.

Thereupon Jesus' disciples came to him and asked him privately, "Why were we not able to cast it out?"

"But if it is in the power of the Spirit of God is already upon you.

And the man in whom the evil spirit was sprang on two of them, overpowered them and prevailed against them, so that they fled out of the house naked and wounded.

"Many in that day will say to me, "'Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in your name, and in your name cast out demons, and in your name done many mighty works?'

But the Pharisees kept saying, "It is in the power of the Prince of the demons that he is casting out demons."

Then Jesus rebuked the evil spirit, and it came out of him; and the boy was cured from that very hour.

Once he was casting out a dumb demon, and when the demon was gone out, the dumb man spoke, and the people wondered.

But the evil spirit answered, "Jesus I know, and Paul I have heard of, but who are you?"

But some of them said, "It is by Beelzebub, the prince of demons, that he cast out demons."

"And if I am casting out demons in the power of Beelzebub, in whose power do your sons cast them out? So they themselves shall be your judges.

"So if Satan drives out Satan, he is divided against himself; how then will his kingdom stand?

Then he called the Twelve together, and gave them power and authority over all demons, and to heal;

When the Pharisees heard it they said, "It is only by the aid of Beelzebub, the Prince of the demons, that this fellow is driving out demons."

The Scribes also who had come down from Jerusalem, said, "He is Beelzebub," and, "He casts out demons by the power of the Prince of the demons."

So he went throughout Galilee, preaching in the synagogues and driving out demons.

and the demons began entreating him. "If you are driving us out," they said, "send us into the herd of swine."

"Master," said John, "we saw a man who was casting out demons in your name, and we forbade him, because he was not following us."

"Master," said John, "we saw a man casting out demons in your name, and we tried to stop him because he did not follow us."

"But this kind is driven out by prayer alone."

"Do you say that I am casting out demons by the power of Beelzebub? If I then am casting out demons by Beelzebub, by whom are your sons casting them out? They therefore shall be your judges.

They cast out many demons, and anointed many sick people with oil and cured them.

But there were also some strolling Jewish exorcists, who took it upon them to invoke the name of Jesus over those who had evil spirits, saying, "I adjure you by that Jesus whom Paul preaches."

The twelve were with him, and certain women whom he had delivered from evil spirits and various diseases. Mary of Magdala, out of whom seven demons have been driven,

And when he had called his twelve disciples to him, he gave them power over evil spirits, to cast them out, and to heal every kind of disease and infirmity.

"And if Satan also is divided against himself, how shall his kingdom stand?

So Jesus asked him, "What is your name?" And he answered, "Legion" (for many demons had entered into him).

Then the Seventy returned with joy, saying, "Lord even the demons are subject to us in your name."

At evening-time they brought to him many demoniacs. He cast out the demons with a word, and healed all who were ill,

"Go, tell that fox," he answered, "'Lo, today and tomorrow I am continuing to cast out demons and perform cures, and on the third day I finish my course.'

And there was in the synagogue a man possessed by the spirit of a foul demon. He cried out, in a loud voice, saying.

"Nevertheless, do not rejoice at this, that the spirits are subject to you; but rejoice that your names are written in Heaven."

"Then it goes and brings with it seven other spirits worse than itself; and they enter in and dwell there. And the last state of that man is worse than the first. So shall it be with this wicked generation."

"Then it goes off and fetches seven other spirits more wicked than itself, and they go in and live there. And the last state of that man is worse than the first."

So the spirits begged him, saying, "Send us into the swine, that we may enter into them."

For with a loud cry unclean spirits would come out of many possessed by them, and many that were palsied and lame were healed.

The demons came out of the man, and entered into the swine; the herd rushed violently down over the cliff into the lake.

and when he had driven out the demon, the dumb spoke. The crowds were amazed, saying, "Never was such a thing seen in Israel!"

"This kind can only be cast out by prayer," he replied.

For these are the spirits of demons performing miracles, who go forth to the kings of the habitable earth, to gather them together for the battle of the great Day of God, the Almighty.

"Whenever a foul spirit is gone out of a man, it roams through waterless places, in search of rest; but when it can find none, it says, 'I will go back to the house which I have left.'

"Behold, I give you the power to tread upon serpents and scorpions, and to trample on all the power of the enemy. In no case shall anything do you harm.

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