²³ Just then a man in their synagogue who was possessed by an impure spirit cried out, ²⁴ “What do you want with us,^(A) Jesus of Nazareth?^(B) Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are—the Holy One of God!”^(C)

²⁵ “Be quiet!” said Jesus sternly. “Come out of him!”^{(D) 26} The impure spirit shook the man violently and came out of him with a shriek.^(E)

²⁷ The people were all so amazed^(F) that they asked each other, “What is this? A new teaching—and with authority! He even gives orders to impure spirits and they obey him.”

²⁹ For Jesus had commanded the impure spirit to come out of the man. Many times it had seized him, and though he was chained hand and foot and kept under guard, he had broken his chains and had been driven by the demon into solitary places.

⁴² Even while the boy was coming, the demon threw him to the ground in a convulsion. But Jesus rebuked the impure spirit, healed the boy and gave him back to his father.

² With a mighty voice he shouted: