Insanity

Be sober, be watchful: your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:

And many of them said, He hath a demon, and is mad; why hear ye him?

And they went out to see what had come to pass; and they came to Jesus, and found the man, from whom the demons were gone out, sitting, clothed and in his right mind, at the feet of Jesus: and they were afraid.

And when his friends heard it, they went out to lay hold on him: for they said, He is beside himself.

Judge not, that ye be not judged. — read the full passage →

For I know that in me, that is, in my flesh, dwelleth no good thing: for to will is present with me, but to do that which is good is not. — read the full passage →

But Paul saith, I am not mad, most excellent Festus; but speak forth words of truth and soberness.

And as he thus made his defence, Festus saith with a loud voice, Paul, thou art mad; thy much learning is turning thee mad.

Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these: fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, — read the full passage →

And the report of him went forth into all Syria: and they brought unto him all that were sick, holden with divers diseases and torments, possessed with demons, and epileptic, and palsied; and he healed them.

Lord, have mercy on my son: for he is epileptic, and suffereth grievously; for oft-times he falleth into the fire, and oft-times into the water.

Wherefore, my brethren beloved and longed for, my joy and crown, so stand fast in the Lord, my beloved. — read the full passage →

for all have sinned, and fall short of the glory of God;

For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality.

I speak after the manner of men because of the infirmity of your flesh: for as ye presented your members as servants to uncleanness and to iniquity unto iniquity, even so now present your members as servants to righteousness unto sanctification.

And they came to the other side of the sea, into the country of the Gerasenes. — read the full passage →

Being therefore justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ;

Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, and the truth, and the life: no one cometh unto the Father, but by me.

and crying out with a loud voice, he saith, What have I to do with thee, Jesus, thou Son of the Most High God? I adjure thee by God, torment me not.

forsaking the right way, they went astray, having followed the way of Balaam the son of Beor, who loved the hire of wrong-doing; — read the full passage →

For God gave us not a spirit of fearfulness; but of power and love and discipline.

And these signs shall accompany them that believe: in my name shall they cast out demons; they shall speak with new tongues; — read the full passage →

For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, He hath a demon.

to speak evil of no man, not to be contentious, to be gentle, showing all meekness toward all men.

The thief cometh not, but that he may steal, and kill, and destroy: I came that they may have life, and may have it abundantly.

and he came down with them, and stood on a level place, and a great multitude of his disciples, and a great number of the people from all Judæa and Jerusalem, and the sea coast of Tyre and Sidon, who came to hear him, and to be healed of their diseases; — read the full passage →

Ye are of God, my little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you than he that is in the world.

And as he thus made his defence, Festus saith with a loud voice, Paul, thou art mad; thy much learning is turning thee mad. — read the full passage →

But there was a certain man, Simon by name, who beforetime in the city used sorcery, and amazed the people of Samaria, giving out that himself was some great one:

And they came to the other side of the sea, into the country of the Gerasenes.

And at even, when the sun did set, they brought unto him all that were sick, and them that were possessed with demons.

And when they were come to the multitude, there came to him a man, kneeling to him, and saying, — read the full passage →

And as they went forth, behold, there was brought to him a dumb man possessed with a demon.

And no marvel; for even Satan fashioneth himself into an angel of light.

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth on him should not perish, but have eternal life. — read the full passage →