Topic
Demon Possession
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They came to the other side of the sea, into the country of the Gadarenes. — read the full passage →
You are of God, little children, and have overcome them; because greater is he who is in you than he who is in the world.
Be subject therefore to God. But resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
As we were going to prayer, a certain girl having a spirit of divination met us, who brought her masters much gain by fortune telling. — read the full passage →
Be sober and self-controlled. Be watchful. Your adversary, the devil, walks around like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour.
When he came to the other side, into the country of the Gergesenes, two people possessed by demons met him there, coming out of the tombs, exceedingly fierce, so that nobody could pass that way. — read the full passage →
He called to himself his twelve disciples, and gave them authority over unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal every disease and every sickness.
They arrived at the country of the Gadarenes, which is opposite Galilee. — read the full passage →
Finally, be strong in the Lord, and in the strength of his might. — read the full passage →
The report about him went out into all Syria. They brought to him all who were sick, afflicted with various diseases and torments, possessed with demons, epileptics, and paralytics; and he healed them.
One of the multitude answered, “Teacher, I brought to you my son, who has a mute spirit; — read the full passage →
He said to them, “This kind can come out by nothing, except by prayer and fasting.”
But the unclean spirit, when he is gone out of the man, passes through waterless places, seeking rest, and doesn’t find it. — read the full passage →
Behold, they cried out, saying, “What do we have to do with you, Jesus, Son of God? Have you come here to torment us before the time?”
He was casting out a demon, and it was mute. When the demon had gone out, the mute man spoke; and the multitudes marveled.
Then he will say also to those on the left hand, ‘Depart from me, you cursed, into the eternal fire which is prepared for the devil and his angels;
Then one possessed by a demon, blind and mute, was brought to him and he healed him, so that the blind and mute man both spoke and saw.
Beloved, don’t believe every spirit, but test the spirits, whether they are of God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world.
For our wrestling is not against flesh and blood, but against the principalities, against the powers, against the world’s rulers of the darkness of this age, and against the spiritual forces of wickedness in the heavenly places.
But I say that the things which the Gentiles sacrifice, they sacrifice to demons, and not to God, and I don’t desire that you would have fellowship with demons.
Immediately there was in their synagogue a man with an unclean spirit, and he cried out,
When he came to the other side, into the country of the Gergesenes, two people possessed by demons met him there, coming out of the tombs, exceedingly fierce, so that nobody could pass that way.
When they came to the multitude, a man came to him, kneeling down to him, saying, — read the full passage →
For if God didn’t spare angels when they sinned, but cast them down to Tartarus, and committed them to pits of darkness, to be reserved for judgment;
But the Spirit says expressly that in later times some will fall away from the faith, paying attention to seducing spirits and doctrines of demons,
and crying out with a loud voice, he said, “What have I to do with you, Jesus, you Son of the Most High God? I adjure you by God, don’t torment me.”
The seventy returned with joy, saying, “Lord, even the demons are subject to us in your name!” — read the full passage →
In the synagogue there was a man who had a spirit of an unclean demon, and he cried out with a loud voice, — read the full passage →
The devil who deceived them was thrown into the lake of fire and sulfur, where the beast and the false prophet are also. They will be tormented day and night forever and ever.
You believe that God is one. You do well. The demons also believe, and shudder.
The unclean spirit, when he has gone out of the man, passes through dry places, seeking rest, and finding none, he says, ‘I will turn back to my house from which I came out.’
Jesus rebuked him, the demon went out of him, and the boy was cured from that hour.
We know that whoever is born of God doesn’t sin, but he who was born of God keeps himself, and the evil one doesn’t touch him.
The seventy returned with joy, saying, “Lord, even the demons are subject to us in your name!”
Beloved, don’t believe every spirit, but test the spirits, whether they are of God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world. — read the full passage →
This is the Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things which must happen soon, which he sent and made known by his angel to his servant, John,
The demons begged him, saying, “If you cast us out, permit us to go away into the herd of pigs.”
But some of the itinerant Jews, exorcists, took on themselves to invoke over those who had the evil spirits the name of the Lord Jesus, saying, “We adjure you by Jesus whom Paul preaches.” — read the full passage →
When he had come out of the boat, immediately a man with an unclean spirit met him out of the tombs.
Yes, they sacrificed their sons and their daughters to demons.
They came to Jesus, and saw him who had been possessed by demons sitting, clothed, and in his right mind, even him who had the legion; and they were afraid.
As they went out, behold, a mute man who was demon possessed was brought to him. — read the full passage →
“‘Don’t turn to those who are mediums, nor to the wizards. Don’t seek them out, to be defiled by them. I am Yahweh your God.
Now the works of the flesh are obvious, which are: adultery, sexual immorality, uncleanness, lustfulness, — read the full passage →
There was war in the sky. Michael and his angels made war on the dragon. The dragon and his angels made war. — read the full passage →
The Lord said, “Simon, Simon, behold, Satan asked to have you, that he might sift you as wheat,
He asked him, “What is your name?” He said to him, “My name is Legion, for we are many.”
Be careful that you don’t let anyone rob you through his philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the elements of the world, and not after Christ.
When you have come into the land which Yahweh your God gives you, you shall not learn to imitate the abominations of those nations. — read the full passage →
One of the multitude answered, “Teacher, I brought to you my son, who has a mute spirit;
They shall no more sacrifice their sacrifices to the goat idols, after which they play the prostitute. This shall be a statute forever to them throughout their generations.’
and certain women who had been healed of evil spirits and infirmities: Mary who was called Magdalene, from whom seven demons had gone out;
You are of your father, the devil, and you want to do the desires of your father. He was a murderer from the beginning, and doesn’t stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaks a lie, he speaks on his own; for he is a liar, and its father.
He called to himself the twelve, and began to send them out two by two; and he gave them authority over the unclean spirits.
He cried with a mighty voice, saying, “Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great, and she has become a habitation of demons, a prison of every unclean spirit, and a prison of every unclean and hateful bird!
But I am afraid that somehow, as the serpent deceived Eve in his craftiness, so your minds might be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ. — read the full passage →
The great dragon was thrown down, the old serpent, he who is called the devil and Satan, the deceiver of the whole world. He was thrown down to the earth, and his angels were thrown down with him.
When Jesus saw that a multitude came running together, he rebuked the unclean spirit, saying to him, “You mute and deaf spirit, I command you, come out of him, and never enter him again!”
Behold, a Canaanite woman came out from those borders, and cried, saying, “Have mercy on me, Lord, you son of David! My daughter is severely possessed by a demon!” — read the full passage →
They arrived at the country of the Gadarenes, which is opposite Galilee. — read the full passage →
When they came to the multitude, a man came to him, kneeling down to him, saying, — read the full passage →
and cast him into the abyss, and shut it, and sealed it over him, that he should deceive the nations no more, until the thousand years were finished. After this, he must be freed for a short time.
Jesus asked him, “What is your name?” He said, “Legion,” for many demons had entered into him.
As they went out, behold, a mute man who was demon possessed was brought to him.
When evening came, they brought to him many possessed with demons. He cast out the spirits with a word, and healed all who were sick;
Behold, there was a woman who had a spirit of infirmity eighteen years, and she was bent over, and could in no way straighten herself up.
When they came to the multitude, a man came to him, kneeling down to him, saying, — read the full passage →
But the prince of the kingdom of Persia withstood me twenty-one days; but, behold, Michael, one of the chief princes, came to help me: and I remained there with the kings of Persia.
for they are spirits of demons, performing signs; which go out to the kings of the whole inhabited earth, to gather them together for the war of that great day of God, the Almighty.
For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life. — read the full passage →
They sacrificed to demons, not God, to gods that they didn’t know, to new gods that came up recently, which your fathers didn’t dread.
Angels who didn’t keep their first domain, but deserted their own dwelling place, he has kept in everlasting bonds under darkness for the judgment of the great day.
He said to them, “I saw Satan having fallen like lightning from heaven.
Coming to the disciples, he saw a great multitude around them, and scribes questioning them. — read the full passage →
The unclean spirits, whenever they saw him, fell down before him, and cried, “You are the Son of God!”
Satan entered into Judas, who was also called Iscariot, who was numbered with the twelve.
And no wonder, for even Satan masquerades as an angel of light.
All the demons begged him, saying, “Send us into the pigs, that we may enter into them.”
When Jesus had crossed back over in the boat to the other side, a great multitude was gathered to him; and he was by the sea.
because he had been often bound with fetters and chains, and the chains had been torn apart by him, and the fetters broken in pieces. Nobody had the strength to tame him. — read the full passage →
He came down to Capernaum, a city of Galilee. He was teaching them on the Sabbath day, — read the full passage →
Now when he had risen early on the first day of the week, he appeared first to Mary Magdalene, from whom he had cast out seven demons.
The heart is deceitful above all things, and it is exceedingly corrupt: who can know it?
Whoever believes that Jesus is the Christ has been born of God. Whoever loves the Father also loves the child who is born of him. — read the full passage →
That in the good ground, these are such as in an honest and good heart, having heard the word, hold it tightly, and produces fruit with patience.
because he had been often bound with fetters and chains, and the chains had been torn apart by him, and the fetters broken in pieces. Nobody had the strength to tame him.
When Jesus came into Peter’s house, he saw his wife’s mother lying sick with a fever.
But when the Pharisees heard it, they said, “This man does not cast out demons, except by Beelzebul, the prince of the demons.”
The serpent spewed water out of his mouth after the woman like a river, that he might cause her to be carried away by the stream.
But some of the itinerant Jews, exorcists, took on themselves to invoke over those who had the evil spirits the name of the Lord Jesus, saying, “We adjure you by Jesus whom Paul preaches.”
But the Pharisees said, “By the prince of the demons, he casts out demons.”
Then he goes, and takes with himself seven other spirits more evil than he is, and they enter in and dwell there. The last state of that man becomes worse than the first. Even so will it be also to this evil generation.”
The fifth angel sounded, and I saw a star from the sky which had fallen to the earth. The key to the pit of the abyss was given to him. — read the full passage →
The fifth angel sounded, and I saw a star from the sky which had fallen to the earth. The key to the pit of the abyss was given to him.
For if God didn’t spare angels when they sinned, but cast them down to Tartarus, and committed them to pits of darkness, to be reserved for judgment; — read the full passage →
When he saw Jesus, he cried out, and fell down before him, and with a loud voice said, “What do I have to do with you, Jesus, you Son of the Most High God? I beg you, don’t torment me!”
And behold there was a man with a withered hand. They asked him, “Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath day?” that they might accuse him.
Finally, be strong in the Lord, and in the strength of his might.
He asked the scribes, “What are you asking them?”
There was war in the sky. Michael and his angels made war on the dragon. The dragon and his angels made war.
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