So many gathered that there was no longer any room, not even by the door, and he preached the word to them.

He said to it, “May no one ever eat fruit from you again.” And his disciples heard it.

But as the man went out he began to announce it publicly and spread the story widely, so that Jesus was no longer able to enter any town openly but stayed outside in remote places. Still they kept coming to him from everywhere.

Now when Jesus saw that a crowd was quickly gathering, he rebuked the unclean spirit, saying to it, “Mute and deaf spirit, I command you, come out of him and never enter him again.”