Mar 9:25 | HCSB | STEP | When Jesus saw that a crowd was rapidly coming together , He rebuked the unclean spirit , saying to it , “You mute and deaf spirit , I command you : come out of him and never enter him again ! ”

Mark 9:25

25 When Jesus saw that a crowd was rapidly coming together, He rebuked ^a the ^{▼▼unclean: When something is clean, it is holy or acceptable to God. When it is unclean, it is unholy (such as an unclean spirit). The term can be used in a ritual sense to apply to moral standards for living.}unclean ^c spirit, saying to it, “You mute and deaf ^d spirit, ^{▼▼A spirit that caused the boy to be deaf and unable to speak} I command you: come out of him and never enter him again!”