23 Just then a man with an unclean(A) spirit(B) was in their synagogue.(C) He cried out,[a] 24 “What do You have to do with us,[b] Jesus—Nazarene?(D) Have You come to destroy(E) us? I know who You are—the Holy(F) One of God!”(G)

25 But Jesus rebuked(H) him and said, “Be quiet,[c](I) and come out of him!” 26 And the unclean spirit convulsed him,(J) shouted with a loud voice, and came out of him.

27 Then they were all amazed,(K) so they began to argue(L) with one another, saying, “What is this? A new teaching(M) with authority![d](N) He commands even the unclean(O) spirits,(P) and they obey Him.”

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Footnotes

  1. Mark 1:23 Other mss add to the beginning of v. 24: “Leave us alone.
  2. Mark 1:24 Lit What to us and to You
  3. Mark 1:25 Or Be muzzled
  4. Mark 1:27 Other mss read What is this? What is this new teaching? For with authority

29 For He had commanded the unclean spirit to come out of the man. Many times it had seized him, and though he was guarded, bound by chains and shackles, he would snap the restraints and be driven by the demon into deserted places.

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42 As the boy was still approaching, the demon knocked him down and threw him into severe convulsions. But Jesus rebuked the unclean spirit, cured the boy,(A) and gave him back to his father.(B)

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He cried in a mighty voice:

It has fallen,[a]
Babylon the Great has fallen!(A)
She has become a dwelling for demons,
a haunt for every unclean spirit,
a haunt for every unclean bird,
and a haunt[b] for every unclean and despicable beast.[c](B)

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Footnotes

  1. Revelation 18:2 Other mss omit It has fallen
  2. Revelation 18:2 Or prison
  3. Revelation 18:2 Other mss omit the words and a haunt for every unclean beast. The words and despicable then refer to the bird of the previous line.

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