And whenever the unclean spirits saw him, they fell down before him and cried out, “You are the Son of God.”
And demons also came out of many, crying, “You are the Son of God!” But he rebuked them and would not allow them to speak, because they knew that he was the Christ.
When he saw Jesus, he cried out and fell down before him and said with a loud voice, “What have you to do with me, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I beg you, do not torment me.”
And immediately there was in their synagogue a man with an unclean spirit. And he cried out, “What have you to do with us, Jesus of Nazareth? Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are—the Holy One of God.”
You believe that God is one; you do well. Even the demons believe—and shudder!
And behold, they cried out, “What have you to do with us, O Son of God? Have you come here to torment us before the time?”
And the tempter came and said to him, “If you are the Son of God, command these stones to become loaves of bread.”
She followed Paul and us, crying out, “These men are servants of the Most High God, who proclaim to you the way of salvation.”
Then some of the itinerant Jewish exorcists undertook to invoke the name of the Lord Jesus over those who had evil spirits, saying, “I adjure you by the Jesus whom Paul proclaims.” Seven sons of a Jewish high priest named Sceva were doing this. But the evil spirit answered them, “Jesus I know, and Paul I recognize, but who are you?” And the man in whom was the evil spirit leaped on them, mastered all of them and overpowered them, so that they fled out of that house naked and wounded. And this became known to all the residents of Ephesus, both Jews and Greeks. And fear fell upon them all, and the name of the Lord Jesus was extolled.
And the demons begged him, saying, “If you cast us out, send us away into the herd of pigs.”
and said to him, “If you are the Son of God, throw yourself down, for it is written, “‘He will command his angels concerning you,’ and “‘On their hands they will bear you up, lest you strike your foot against a stone.’”
Night and day among the tombs and on the mountains he was always crying out and cutting himself with stones. And when he saw Jesus from afar, he ran and fell down before him.
And those in the boat worshiped him, saying, “Truly you are the Son of God.”
The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God.
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