Mark 1:26

Plain English Version

The bad spirit knocked the man down and made him shake and scream out loud as it came out of him, and then it went away.

Cross References

Mark 1:25

Jesus talked to the bad spirit strongly. He said, “Be quiet. Come out of him.”

Mark 1:27

All the people were watching, and they were really surprised. They asked each other, “What’s going on? This man is teaching us something new, and he has so much power. He tells bad spirits to get out of people, and they do what he tells them to do. They just go away.”

Mark 9:20

The people brought the boy to Jesus. As soon as that bad spirit saw Jesus, it shook the boy and pushed him down, so that he wriggled around on the ground, and a lot of spit came out of his mouth.

Mark 9:26

Then the bad spirit screamed, and it forced the boy to have another bad fit and fall down on the ground, then it went out of the boy. The boy looked like he was dead, and a lot of people said, “Poor boy, he’s finished.”