But in the synagogue there was a man possessed by the spirit of a foul demon. In a loud voice he cried out,

"Are we not right," answered the Jews, "in saying that you are a Samaritan and are possessed by a demon?"

"I am not possessed by a demon," replied Jesus. "On the contrary I honour my Father, and you dishonour me.

"Now," exclaimed the Jews, "we know that you are possessed by a demon. Abraham died, and so did the Prophets, and yet *you* say, 'If any one shall have obeyed my teaching, he shall in no case ever taste death.'

Many of them said, "He is possessed by a demon and is mad. Why do you listen to him?"

"You are possessed by a demon," replied the crowd; "no one wants to kill you."

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, on landing, He was met by one of the townsmen who was possessed by demons--for a long time he had not put on any garment, nor did he live in a house, but in the tombs.

a wisdom which not one of the leaders of the present age possesses, for if they had possessed it, they would never have crucified the Lord of glory.

At once, on His landing, there came from the tombs to meet Him a man possessed by a foul spirit.

As He was embarking, the man who had been possessed asked permission to accompany Him.

Forthwith a woman whose little daughter was possessed by a foul spirit heard of Him, and came and flung herself at His feet.

This was because they said, "He is possessed by a foul spirit."

At these words his brow darkened, and he went away sad; for he was possessed of great wealth.

for they have all contributed out of what they could well spare, but she out of her need has thrown in all she possessed--all she had to live on."

For, with a loud cry, foul spirits came out of many possessed by them, and many paralytics and lame persons were restored to health.

So Moses was educated in all the learning of the Egyptians, and possessed great influence through his eloquence and his achievements.

But Jesus rebuked the demon. "Silence!" He exclaimed; "come out of him." Upon this, the demon hurled the man into the midst of them, and came out of him without doing him any harm.

On once occasion He was expelling a dumb demon; and when the demon was gone out the dumb man could speak, and the people were astonished.

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.'

She was a Gentile woman, a Syro-phoenician by nation: and again and again she begged Him to expel the demon from her daughter.

"For those words of yours, go home," He replied; "the demon has gone out of your daughter."

So she went home, and found the child lying on the bed, and the demon gone.

For John the Baptist has come eating no bread and drinking no wine, and you say, 'He has a demon!'

For already He had been commanding the foul spirit to come out of the man. For many a time it had seized and held him, and they had repeatedly put him in chains and fetters and kept guard over him, but he used to break the chains to pieces, and, impelled by the demon, to escape into the Desert.

Others argued, "That is not the language of a demoniac: and can a demon open blind men's eyes?"

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."

Then He cured numbers of people who were ill with various diseases, and He drove out many demons; not allowing the demons to speak, because they knew who He was.

The Scribes, too, who had come down from Jerusalem said, "He has Baal-zebul in him; and it is by the power of the Prince of the demons that he expels the demons."

But some among them said, "It is by the power of Baal-zebul, the Prince of the demons, that he expels the demons."

No, but that which the Gentiles sacrifice, they sacrifice to demons, not to God; and I would not have you have fellowship with one another through the demons.

You cannot drink the Lord's cup and the cup of demons: you cannot be joint-partakers both in the table of the Lord and in the table of demons.

If other teachers possess that right over you, do not we possess it much more? Yet we have not availed ourselves of the right, but we patiently endure all things rather than hinder in the least degree the progress of the Good News of the Christ.