Demons also came out of many people, shouting, “You are the Son of God!” But he commanded them to be quiet, and he didn’t allow them to speak, because they knew he was the Messiah.
He replied, “You have such little faith! Why are you so afraid?” Then Jesus got up and ordered the winds and the waves to stop, and it became completely calm.
So celebrate, you heavens! Be glad, all you who live there! But woe to the earth and the sea! The devil has come down to you, and he’s very angry, because he knows that his time is short.”
But if someone who’s even stronger attacks him and overpowers him, then the attacker can take away even the armor that the man trusted in. He will steal everything and then go off and sort through it.
Even as the boy was coming, the demon threw him into a fit, and he fell to the ground. But Jesus ordered the evil spirit to leave the boy. He healed him and gave him back to his father.
He suddenly screams when a spirit takes hold of him. It throws him into fits so that he foams at the mouth. It hardly ever leaves him, and it’s destroying him.
The disciples went and woke Jesus up, saying, “Master! Master! We’re going to drown!” But he got up and ordered the wind and the huge waves to stop raging. The storm quieted down, and everything became completely calm.
Jesus responded, “You’ll certainly apply this saying to me: ‘Doctor, heal yourself!’ And by that you’ll mean, ‘We want you to do here in your hometown the things we’ve heard you did in Capernaum.’ ”