48 Bible Verses about Casting Out Demons

and to have authority and power to cast out demons.

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

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

But if I drive out the demons by the finger of God, then the kingdom of God has already come upon you.

Then the disciples came to Jesus privately and asked, “Why could we not drive it out?”

But if it is by the Spirit of God that I cast out the demons, then the kingdom of God has come upon you [before you expected it].

Then the man, in whom was the evil spirit, leaped on them and subdued all of them and overpowered them, so that they ran out of that house [in terror, stripped] naked and wounded.

Many will say to Me on that day [when I judge them], ‘Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in Your name, and driven out demons in Your name, and done many miracles in Your name?’

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

Jesus rebuked the demon, and it came out of him, and the boy was healed at once.

And [at another time] Jesus was casting out a demon, and it was [controlling a man so as to make him] mute; when the demon had gone out, the mute man spoke. And the crowds were awed.

But the evil spirit retorted, “I know and recognize and acknowledge Jesus, and I know about Paul, but as for you, who are you?”

But some of them said, “He drives out demons by [the power of] Beelzebul (Satan), the ruler of the demons.”

If I cast out the demons by [the help of] Beelzebul (Satan), by whom do your sons drive them out? For this reason they will be your judges.

If Satan casts out Satan [that is, his demons], he has become divided against himself and disunited; how then will his kingdom stand?

Now Jesus called together the twelve [disciples] and gave them [the right to exercise] power and authority over all the demons and to heal diseases.

But the Pharisees heard it and said, “This man casts out demons only by [the help of] Beelzebul (Satan) the prince of the demons.”

The scribes who came down from Jerusalem were saying, “He is possessed by Beelzebul (Satan),” and “He is driving out the demons by the [power of the] ruler of the demons.”

So He went throughout Galilee, preaching [the gospel] in their synagogues and casting out demons.

The demons began begging Him, “If You drive us out, send us into the herd of pigs.”

John replied, “Master, we saw someone driving out demons in Your name; and we tried to stop him because he does not follow along with us.”

John said to Him, “Teacher, we saw someone casting out demons in Your name, and we tried to stop him because he was not accompanying us [as Your disciple].”

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

Now if I drive out the demons by Beelzebul, by whom do your sons [the Jewish exorcists] drive them out? For this reason they will be your judges.

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

Then some of the traveling Jewish exorcists also attempted to call the name of the Lord Jesus over those who had evil spirits, saying, “I implore you and solemnly command you by the Jesus whom Paul preaches!”

and also some women who had been healed of evil spirits and diseases: Mary, called Magdalene [from the city of Magdala in Galilee], from whom seven demons had come out,

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.

If Satan also is divided against himself, how will his kingdom stand and continue to survive? For you are saying that I drive out demons by [the power of] Beelzebul.

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

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

When evening came, they brought to Him many who were under the power of demons; and He cast out the evil spirits with a word, and restored to health all who were sick [exhibiting His authority as Messiah],

And He said to them, “Go and tell that fox [that sly, cowardly man], ‘Listen carefully: I cast out demons and perform healings today and tomorrow, and on the third day I reach My goal.’

There was a man in the synagogue who was possessed by the spirit of an unclean demon; and he cried out with a loud and terrible voice,

Nevertheless do not rejoice at this, that the spirits are subject to you, but rejoice that your names are recorded in heaven.”

Then it goes and brings with it seven other spirits more wicked than itself, and they go in and make their home there. And the last condition of that man becomes worse than the first. So will it also be with this wicked generation.”

Then it goes and brings seven other spirits more evil than itself, and they go in [the person] and live there; and the last state of that person becomes worse than the first.”

And the demons begged Him, saying, “Send us to the pigs so that we may go into them!”

For unclean spirits (demons), shouting loudly, were coming out of many who were possessed; and many who had been paralyzed and lame were healed.

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

And when the demon was driven out [by Jesus], the mute man spoke; and the crowds wondered in amazement, saying, “Never before has anything like this [miracle] been seen in Israel.”

He replied to them, “This kind [of unclean spirit] cannot come out by anything but prayer [to the Father].”

for they are [actually] the spirits of demons, performing [miraculous] signs. And they go out to the kings of the entire inhabited earth, to gather them together for the war of the great day of God, the Almighty.

“When the unclean spirit comes out of a person, it roams through waterless places in search [of a place] of rest; and not finding any, it says, ‘I will go back to my house (person) from which I came.’

Listen carefully: I have given you authority [that you now possess] to tread on serpents and scorpions, and [the ability to exercise authority] over all the power of the enemy (Satan); and nothing will [in any way] harm you.

I begged Your disciples to cast it out, but they could not.”