and begged him earnestly, "My little daughter is very sick. Please come and place your hands on her, so that she will get well and live!"

The woman was a Gentile, born in the region of Phoenicia in Syria. She begged Jesus to drive the demon out of her daughter.

Some people brought children to Jesus for him to place his hands on them, but the disciples scolded the people.

and said, "Sir, have mercy on my son! He is an epileptic and has such terrible attacks that he often falls in the fire or into water.

A man shouted from the crowd, "Teacher! I beg you, look at my son---my only son!

When he heard that Jesus had come from Judea to Galilee, he went to him and asked him to go to Capernaum and heal his son, who was about to die.

Jesus noticed that the crowd was closing in on them, so he gave a command to the evil spirit. "Deaf and dumb spirit," he said, "I order you to come out of the boy and never go into him again!"

Then some people brought to Jesus a man who was blind and could not talk because he had a demon. Jesus healed the man, so that he was able to talk and see.

Jesus was driving out a demon that could not talk; and when the demon went out, the man began to talk. The crowds were amazed,