“So be alert [give strict attention, be cautious and active in faith], for you do not know which day [whether near or far] your Lord is coming.

“Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the Law?”

The men wondered in amazement, saying, “What kind of man is this, that even the winds and the sea obey Him?”

[But this kind of demon does not go out except by prayer and fasting.]”

Jesus summoned His twelve disciples and gave them authority and power over unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal every kind of disease and every kind of sickness.