On His arrival at the other side, in the country of the Gadarenes, there met Him two men possessed by demons, coming from among the tombs: they were so dangerously fierce that no one was able to pass that way.

Here a Canaanitish woman of the district came out and persistently cried out, "Sir, Son of David, pity me; my daughter is cruelly harassed by a demon."

Then Jesus reprimanded the demon, and it came out and left him; and the boy was cured from that moment.

Then the disciples came to Jesus privately and asked Him, "Why could not we expel the demon?"

When the demon was expelled, the dumb man could speak. And the crowds exclaimed in astonishment, "Never was such a thing seen in Israel."

"For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, 'He has a demon.'

But the Pharisees maintained, "It is by the power of the Prince of the demons that he drives out the demons."

The Pharisees heard it and said, "This man only expels demons by the power of Baal-zebul, the Prince of demons."