Doing No Harm

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But Jesus rebuked him, saying, “Be silent, and come out of him!” When the demon had thrown him down before them, he came out of him without having done him any harm. (Luke 4:35)

They are so visual, those words from Luke 4 about Jesus casting out the unclean demon. We can see Jesus issuing the command, and the demon discarding like so much garbage what had been his ...