Major Exorcisms and Stories involving Satan/Devil/Beelzubul/Demons in the Synoptic Gospels:
[ Note: There are NO exorcisms in the Gospel according to John! ]
Pericope | Mark | Matt | Luke |
Jesus is tempted/tested in the desert by the Devil/Satan | Mark 1:12-13 | Matt 4:1-11 | Luke 4:1-13 |
Unclean Spirit/Demon in Synagogue at Capernaum | Mark 1:23-28 | x | Luke 4:33-37 |
Jesus casts out a demon that made a man dumb (mute) | x | Matt 9:32-33 Matt 12:22-23 |
Luke 11:14 |
Beelzebul Controversy: What power does Jesus use? | Mark 3:22-30 | Matt 9:34 Matt 12:24-30 |
Luke 11:15-23 |
Gerasene/Gadarene Demoniac possessed by "Legion" | Mark 5:1-20 | Matt 8:28-34 | Luke 8:26-39 |
Syro-Phoenician Woman's Daughter | Mark 7:24-30 | Matt 15:21-28 | x |
Boy with an Epileptic Spirit | Mark 9:14-29 | Matt 17:14-21 | Luke 9:37-43a |
Another Exorcist | Mark 9:38-41 | Matt 10:42 | Luke 9:49-50 |
Briefer Mentions of Demons/Satan/Exorcisms in the Synoptic Gospels, esp. in Summary Passages:
Pericope | Mark | Matt | Luke |
Jesus "rebukes" the fever of Simon's Mother-in-Law | [Mark 1:29-31] | [Matt 8:14-15] | Luke 4:38-39 |
The narrator summarizes Jesus' exorcisms and his healings | Mark 1:32-34 | Matt 8:16-17 | Luke 4:40-41 |
Jesus goes throughout Galilee preaching and casting out demons | Mark 1:39 | [Matt 4:23] | [Luke 4:44] |
Unclean spirits recognize Jesus, but he silences them | Mark 3:11 | [Matt 12:15-16] | Luke 4:41 |
Jesus says he will give the Twelve authority to cast out demons | Mark 3:15 | Matt 10:1 | x |
Interpreting the Parable of the Sower, birds eating the seeds on the path refers to the Devil/Satan taking away the word sown in people's hearts |
Mark 4:15 | Matt 13:19 | Luke 8:12 |
Interpreting the Parable of the Tares, Jesus explains: "The enemy who sowed them is the devil" |
x | Matt 13:39 | x |
Jesus sends out his apostles with authority over unclean spirits | Mark 6:7 | Matt 10:8 | Luke 9:1 |
If opponents call Jesus Beelzubul, they'll say worse about his disciples | x | Matt 10:25 | x |
Narrator reports: apostles cast out many demons & cure the sick | Mark 6:13 | x | x |
Jesus "rebukes" Peter for opposing him: "Get behind me, Satan!" | Mark 8:33 | [Matt 16:23] | x |
The 70 return from their mission, saying demons were subject to them; Jesus replies, "I saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven" |
x | x | Luke 10:17-18 |
Jesus heals a crippled woman "whom Satan bound for 18 years" | x | x | Luke 13:10-17 |
In the Parable of the Sheep & Goats, the king says to those on the left: "Depart from me into the eternal fire prepared for the devil & his angels" |
x | Matt 25:41 | x |
Satan enters into Judas Iscariot at the Last Supper (cf. John 13:27) | x | x | Luke 22:3 |
Jesus tells Peter: "Satan has demanded to sift all of you like wheat" | x | x | Luke 22:31 |
Jesus had cast out seven demons from Mary Magdalene | [Mark 16:9] | x | x |
Believers will cast out demons in Jesus' name | [Mark 16:17] | x | x |
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