“When an evil spirit comes out of a person, it goes through dry areas looking for a place to rest. But when it doesn’t find any, it says, ‘Why don’t I go back to the house I just left?’
You were following the ways of this world and serving the one who rules over the spiritual forces of evil. That’s the spirit who’s still at work in those who aren’t obeying God.
When Jesus saw that a crowd was running over to see what was happening, he ordered the evil spirit to leave the boy. “You spirit that makes him unable to hear and speak,” he said, “I command you, come out of him and never enter him again.”