'Demons' in the Bible

They shall no longer sacrifice their sacrifices to the goat demons with which they play the harlot. This shall be a permanent statute to them throughout their generations.”’

“They sacrificed to demons who were not God,To gods whom they have not known,New gods who came lately,Whom your fathers did not dread.

They even sacrificed their sons and their daughters to the demons,

Many will say to Me on that day, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in Your name, and in Your name cast out demons, and in Your name perform many miracles?’

The demons began to entreat Him, saying, “If You are going to cast us out, send us into the herd of swine.”

But the Pharisees were saying, “He casts out the demons by the ruler of the demons.”

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

But when the Pharisees heard this, they said, “This man casts out demons only by Beelzebul the ruler of the demons.”

If I by Beelzebul cast out demons, by whom do your sons cast them out? For this reason they will be your judges.

But if I cast out demons by the Spirit of God, then the kingdom of God has come upon you.

And He healed many who were ill with various diseases, and cast out many demons; and He was not permitting the demons to speak, because they knew who He was.

And He went into their synagogues throughout all Galilee, preaching and casting out the demons.

and to have authority to cast out the demons.

The scribes who came down from Jerusalem were saying, “He is possessed by Beelzebul,” and “He casts out the demons by the ruler of the demons.”

The demons implored Him, saying, “Send us into the swine so that we may enter them.”

And they were casting out many demons and were anointing with oil many sick people and healing them.

John said to Him, “Teacher, we saw someone casting out demons in Your name, and we tried to prevent him because he was not following us.”

[Now after He had risen early on the first day of the week, He first appeared to Mary Magdalene, from whom He had cast out seven demons.

These signs will accompany those who have believed: in My name they will cast out demons, they will speak with new tongues;

Demons also were coming out of many, shouting, “You are the Son of God!” But rebuking them, He would not allow them to speak, because they knew Him to be the Christ.

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

And when He came out onto the land, He was met by a man from the city who was possessed with demons; and who had not put on any clothing for a long time, and was not living in a house, but in the tombs.

And Jesus asked him, “What is your name?” And he said, “Legion”; for many demons had entered him.

Now there was a herd of many swine feeding there on the mountain; and the demons implored Him to permit them to enter the swine. And He gave them permission.

And the demons came out of the man and entered the swine; and the herd rushed down the steep bank into the lake and was drowned.

The people went out to see what had happened; and they came to Jesus, and found the man from whom the demons had gone out, sitting down at the feet of Jesus, clothed and in his right mind; and they became frightened.

But the man from whom the demons had gone out was begging Him that he might accompany Him; but He sent him away, saying,

And He called the twelve together, and gave them power and authority over all the demons and to heal diseases.

John answered and said, “Master, we saw someone casting out demons in Your name; and we tried to prevent him because he does not follow along with us.”

The seventy returned with joy, saying, “Lord, even the demons are subject to us in Your name.”

But some of them said, “He casts out demons by Beelzebul, the ruler of the demons.”

If Satan also is divided against himself, how will his kingdom stand? For you say that I cast out demons by Beelzebul.

And if I by Beelzebul cast out demons, by whom do your sons cast them out? So they will be your judges.

But if I cast out 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 cast out demons and perform cures today and tomorrow, and the third day I reach My goal.’

No, but I say that the things which the Gentiles sacrifice, they sacrifice to demons and not to God; and I do not want you to become sharers in demons.

You cannot drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons; you cannot partake of the table of the Lord and the table of demons.

But the Spirit explicitly says that in later times some will fall away from the faith, paying attention to deceitful spirits and doctrines of demons,

You believe that God is one. You do well; the demons also believe, and shudder.

The rest of mankind, who were not killed by these plagues, did not repent of the works of their hands, so as not to worship demons, and the idols of gold and of silver and of brass and of stone and of wood, which can neither see nor hear nor walk;

for they are spirits of demons, performing signs, which go out to the kings of the whole world, to gather them together for the war of the great day of God, the Almighty.

And he cried out with a mighty voice, saying, “Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great! She has become a dwelling place of demons and a prison of every unclean spirit, and a prison of every unclean and hateful bird.