Acts 19:15

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Acts 19:13–17 · Berean Standard Bible

13 Now there were some itinerant Jewish exorcists who tried to invoke the name of the Lord Jesus over those with evil spirits. They would say, “I bind you by Jesus, whom Paul proclaims.”

14 Seven sons of Sceva, a Jewish chief priest, were doing this.

15 Eventually, one of the evil spirits answered them, “Jesus I know, and I know about Paul, but who are you?”

16 Then the man with the evil spirit jumped on them and overpowered them all. The attack was so violent that they ran out of the house naked and wounded.

17 This became known to all the Jews and Greeks living in Ephesus, and fear came over all of them. So the name of the Lord Jesus was held in high honor.

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Acts 16:17

This girl followed Paul and the rest of us, shouting, “These men are servants of the Most High God, who are proclaiming to you the way of salvation!”

Acts 16:18

She continued this for many days. Eventually Paul grew so aggravated that he turned and said to the spirit, “In the name of Jesus Christ I command you to come out of her!” And the spirit left her at that very moment.

Genesis 3:1

Now the serpent was more crafty than any beast of the field that the LORD God had made. And he said to the woman, “Did God really say, ‘You must not eat from any tree in the garden?’”

Genesis 3:2

The woman answered the serpent, “We may eat the fruit of the trees of the garden,

Genesis 3:3

but about the fruit of the tree in the middle of the garden, God has said, ‘You must not eat of it or touch it, or you will die.’”

Genesis 3:4

“You will not surely die,” the serpent told her.

Genesis 3:5

“For God knows that in the day you eat of it, your eyes will be opened and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.”

1 Kings 22:21

Then a spirit came forward, stood before the LORD, and said, ‘I will entice him.’ ‘By what means?’ asked the LORD.

1 Kings 22:22

And he replied, ‘I will go out and be a lying spirit in the mouths of all his prophets.’ ‘You will surely entice him and prevail,’ said the LORD. ‘Go and do it.’

1 Kings 22:23

So you see, the LORD has put a lying spirit in the mouths of all these prophets of yours, and the LORD has pronounced disaster against you.”

Matthew 8:29

“What do You want with us, Son of God?” they shouted. “Have You come here to torture us before the appointed time?”

Matthew 8:30

In the distance a large herd of pigs was feeding.

Matthew 8:31

So the demons begged Jesus, “If You drive us out, send us into the herd of pigs.”

Mark 1:24

“What do You want with us, Jesus of Nazareth? Have You come to destroy us? I know who You are—the Holy One of God!”

Mark 1:34

And He healed many who were ill with various diseases and drove out many demons. But He would not allow the demons to speak, because they knew who He was.

Mark 5:9

“What is your name?” Jesus asked. “My name is Legion,” he replied, “for we are many.”

Mark 5:10

And he begged Jesus repeatedly not to send them out of that region.

Mark 5:11

There on the nearby hillside a large herd of pigs was feeding.

Mark 5:12

So the demons begged Jesus, “Send us to the pigs, so that we may enter them.”

Mark 5:13

He gave them permission, and the unclean spirits came out and went into the pigs, and the herd of about two thousand rushed down the steep bank into the sea and drowned in the water.

Luke 4:33

In the synagogue there was a man possessed by the spirit of an unclean demon. He cried out in a loud voice,

Luke 4:34

“Ha! What do You want with us, Jesus of Nazareth? Have You come to destroy us? I know who You are—the Holy One of God!”

Luke 4:35

But Jesus rebuked the demon. “Be silent!” He said. “Come out of him!” At this, the demon threw the man down before them all and came out without harming him.

Luke 8:28

When the man saw Jesus, he cried out and fell down before Him, shouting in a loud voice, “What do You want with me, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I beg You not to torture me!”

Luke 8:29

For Jesus had commanded the unclean spirit to come out of the man. Many times it had seized him, and though he was bound with chains and shackles, he had broken the chains and been driven by the demon into solitary places.

Luke 8:30

“What is your name?” Jesus asked. “Legion,” he replied, because many demons had gone into him.

Luke 8:31

And the demons kept begging Jesus not to order them to go into the Abyss.

Luke 8:32

There on the hillside a large herd of pigs was feeding. So the demons begged Jesus to let them enter the pigs, and He gave them permission.