'Unclean' in the Bible
And summoning his twelve disciples, he gave them authority over unclean spirits, so that they could expel [them] and could heal every disease and every sickness.
"Now whenever an unclean spirit has gone out of a person, it travels through waterless places searching for rest, and does not find [it].
"Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees--hypocrites!--because you are like whitewashed tombs which on the outside appear beautiful, but on the inside are full of the bones of the dead and of everything unclean!
And so then there was a man in their synagogue with an unclean spirit, and he cried out,
And [after] convulsing him and crying out with a loud voice, the unclean spirit came out of him.
And they were all amazed, so that [they began] to discuss with one another, saying, "What is this? A new teaching with authority! He even commands the unclean spirits and they obey him."
And the unclean spirits, whenever they saw him, were falling down before him and crying out, saying, "You are the Son of God!"
And [as] he was getting out of the boat, immediately from the tombs a man with an unclean spirit went to meet him,
(For he was saying to him, "Come out of the man, unclean spirit!")
And he permitted them. And the unclean spirits came out [and] entered into the pigs, and the herd--about two thousand--rushed headlong down the steep slope into the sea and were drowned in the sea.
And he summoned the twelve and began to send them out two [by] two, and gave them authority over the unclean spirits.
And they saw that some of his disciples were eating their bread with unclean--that is, unwashed--hands.
And the Pharisees and the scribes asked him, "Why do your disciples not live according to the tradition of the elders, but eat their bread with unclean hands?"
But immediately a woman whose young daughter was possessed by an unclean spirit, [when she] heard about him, came [and] fell down at his feet,
Now [when] Jesus saw that a crowd was running together, he rebuked the unclean spirit, saying to it, "Mute and deaf spirit, I command you, come out of him, and enter into him no more!"
And in the synagogue there was a man who had the spirit of an unclean demon, and he cried out with a loud voice,
And amazement came upon [them] all, and they began to talk with one another, saying, "What word [is] this? For he commands the unclean spirits with authority and power, and they come out!"
who came to hear him and to be healed of their diseases, and those who were troubled by unclean spirits were cured.
For he had commanded the unclean spirit to come out of the man. (For it had seized him many times, and he was bound with chains and shackles [and] was guarded, and breaking the bonds he would be driven by the demon into the deserted places.)
And [while] he was still approaching, the demon threw him down and convulsed [him]. But Jesus rebuked the unclean spirit and healed the boy, and gave him back to his father.
"Whenever an unclean spirit has gone out of a person, it travels through waterless places searching for rest, and does not find [it]. It says, 'I will return to my house from which I came out.'
And the people of the towns around Jerusalem also came together, bringing the sick and those tormented by unclean spirits, who were all being healed.
For many of those who had unclean spirits, they were coming out [of them], crying out with a loud voice, and many who were paralyzed and lame were healed.
But Peter said, "Certainly not, Lord! For I have never eaten anything common and unclean!"
And the voice [came] again to him for the second time: "[The things] which God has made clean, you must not consider unclean!"
And he said to them, "You know that it is forbidden for a Jewish man to associate with or to approach a foreigner. And to me God has shown [that] I should call no man common or unclean.
But I said, 'Certainly not, Lord! For nothing common or unclean has ever entered into my mouth!'
But the voice replied from heaven for the second time, '[The things] which God has made clean, you must not consider unclean!'
I know and am convinced in the Lord Jesus that nothing [is] unclean of itself, except to the one who considers something to be unclean; to that person [it is] unclean.
For the unbelieving husband is sanctified by his wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified by the brother, since otherwise your children are unclean, but now they are holy.
Therefore "come out from their midst and be separate," says the Lord, "and do not touch what is unclean, and I will welcome you,
For this you know {for certain}, that every sexually immoral [person], or unclean [person], or greedy [person] (who is an idolater), does not have an inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and God.
And I saw coming out of the mouth of the dragon and out of the mouth of the beast and out of the mouth of the false prophet three unclean spirits like frogs.
And the woman was dressed in purple and scarlet and adorned with gold and precious stones and pearls, holding a golden cup in her hand full of detestable things and the unclean things of her sexual immorality.
And he cried out with a powerful voice, saying, "Fallen, fallen [is] Babylon the great, and it has become a dwelling place of demons and a haunt of every unclean spirit and a haunt of every unclean bird and a haunt of every unclean and detested animal.
And every unclean thing and one who practices detestable things and falsehood will never enter into it, except those who are written in the book of life of the Lamb.
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