'Demons' in the Bible

On that day many will say to me, 'Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and expel demons in your name, and perform many miracles in your name?'

So the demons implored him, saying, "If you are going to expel us, send us into the herd of pigs."

But the Pharisees were saying, "By the ruler of demons he expels the demons!"

Heal those who are sick, raise the dead, cleanse lepers, expel demons. Freely you have received; freely give.

But the Pharisees, [when they] heard [it], said, "This man does not expel demons except by Beelzebul the ruler of demons!"

And if I expel demons by Beelzebul, by whom do your sons expel [them]? For this [reason] they will be your judges!

But if I expel demons by the Spirit of God, then the kingdom of God has come upon you!

And he healed many {who were sick} with various diseases and expelled many demons. And he did not permit the demons to speak, because they knew him.

And he went into all Galilee preaching in their synagogues and expelling demons.

and to have authority to expel demons.

And the scribes who had come down from Jerusalem were saying, "He is possessed by Beelzebul!" and "By the ruler of the demons he expels the demons!"

And they were expelling many demons and anointing many sick [people] with olive oil and healing [them].

John said to him, "Teacher, we saw someone expelling demons in your name, and we tried to prevent him because he was not following us."

Now early on the first [day] of the week, [after he] rose, he appeared first to Mary Magdalene, from whom he had expelled seven demons.

And these signs will accompany those who believe: in my name they will expel demons, they will speak in new tongues,

And demons also were coming out of many, crying out and saying, "You are the Son of God!" And he rebuked [them] [and] did not permit them to speak, because they knew that he was the Christ.

and some women who had been healed of evil spirits and diseases: Mary (who was called Magdalene), from whom seven demons had gone out,

And [as] he got out on the land, a certain man from the town met [him] who had demons and for a considerable time had not worn clothes and did not live in a house, but among the tombs.

So Jesus asked him, "What is your name?" And he said, "Legion," because many demons had entered into him.

So the demons came out of the man [and] entered into the pigs, and the herd rushed headlong down the steep slope into the lake and were drowned.

So they went out to see what had happened, and they came to Jesus and found the man from whom the demons had gone out sitting [there] clothed and in his right mind, at the feet of Jesus, and they were afraid.

And the man from who the demons had gone out was begging him to stay with him, but he sent him away, saying,

And summoning the twelve, he gave them power and authority over all the demons and to cure diseases,

And John answered [and] said, "Master, we saw someone expelling demons in your name, and we tried to prevent him, because he does not follow in company with us."

And the seventy-two returned with joy, saying, "Lord, even the demons are subject to us in your name!"

But some of them said, "By Beelzebul the ruler of demons he expels demons!"

So if Satan also is divided against himself, how will his kingdom stand? For you say [that] I expel demons by Beelzebul.

But if I expel demons by Beelzebul, by whom do your sons expel [them]? For this [reason] they will be your judges!

But if I expel demons by the finger of God, then the kingdom of God has come upon you!

And he said to them, "Go [and] tell that fox, 'Behold, I am expelling demons and performing healings today and tomorrow, and on the third [day] I will complete [my work].'

[No], but that [the things] which they sacrifice, they sacrifice to demons and not to God, and I do not want you to become sharers with demons.

You are not able to drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons. You are not able to share the table of the Lord and the table of demons.

Now the Spirit explicitly says that in the last times some will depart from the faith, paying attention to deceitful spirits and teachings of demons,

You believe that God is one; you do well. Even the demons believe, and shudder!

And the rest of humanity who were not killed by these plagues did not repent of the works of their hands, {in order not to worship} the demons and the gold and silver and bronze and stone and wooden idols, which are able neither to see nor to hear nor to walk,

For they are the spirits of demons performing signs that go out to the kings of the whole inhabited world, to gather them for the battle of the great day of God the All-Powerful.

And he cried out with a powerful voice, saying, "Fallen, fallen [is] Babylon the great, and it has become a dwelling place of demons and a haunt of every unclean spirit and a haunt of every unclean bird and a haunt of every unclean and detested animal.