But just as they were going out, some people brought to him a dumb man who was possessed by a demon,

and as soon as the demon was driven out, the dumb man was able to speak. And the crowds were amazed, and said, "Nothing like this was ever seen in Israel!"

For when John came, he neither ate nor drank, and people said, 'He has a demon!'

At that time some people brought to him a man blind and dumb, who was possessed by a demon, and he cured him, so that the dumb man could speak and see.

And a Canaanite woman of that district came out and screamed, "Son of David, take pity on me, sir! My daughter is dreadfully possessed by a demon!"

And Jesus reproved the demon and it came out of him, and from that moment the boy was cured.

Now the woman was a Greek, of Syrophoenician birth. And she begged him to drive the demon out of her daughter.

He said to her, "If you can say that, go home; the demon has left your daughter."

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

There was a man in the synagogue who was possessed by the spirit of a foul demon and he cried out loudly,

Jesus reproved him and said, "Silence! Get out of him!" And the demon threw the man down in the midst of them, and came out of him, without doing him any harm.

"For when John the Baptist came, he did not eat any bread or drink any wine, and you said, 'He has a demon!'

For he was commanding the foul spirit to get out of the man. For it had often seized him, and though he had been fastened with chains and fetters, and was closely watched, he would snap his bonds and the demon would drive him away to the desert.

Even while the boy was coming, the demon threw him down and convulsed him, but Jesus reproved the foul spirit and cured the boy and gave him back to his father.

Once he was driving out a dumb demon, and when the demon was gone the dumb man spoke. And the people were amazed.

This plan met the approval of the whole body, and they selected Stephen, a man full of faith and of the holy Spirit, with Philip, Prochorus, Nicanor, Timon, Parmenas, and Nicholas of Antioch, who had been a convert to Judaism.

Such wisdom does not come from above. It is earthly, animal, demon-like.

They are demon spirits that perform wonders, and they go out to the kings all over the world to muster them for battle on the great Day of God Almighty.