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At this, the high priest Ananias ordered those standing near Paul to strike him on the mouth.

All the people were overcome with amazement and asked one another, “What is this message? With authority and power He commands the unclean spirits, and they come out!”

And the demons kept begging Jesus not to order them to go into the Abyss.

So without delay, the king commanded that John’s head be brought in. He sent an executioner, who went and beheaded him in the prison.

When Jesus saw that a crowd had come running, He rebuked the unclean spirit. “You deaf and mute spirit,” He said, “I command you to come out and never enter him again.”