(because they said, “He has an unclean spirit”).

(For Jesus had said to him, “Come out of that man, you unclean spirit!”)

But Peter said, “Certainly not, Lord, for I have never eaten anything defiled and ritually unclean!”

But I said, ‘Certainly not, Lord, for nothing defiled or ritually unclean has ever entered my mouth!’

After throwing him into convulsions, the unclean spirit cried out with a loud voice and came out of him.

“When an unclean spirit goes out of a person, it passes through waterless places looking for rest but does not find it.

Instead, a woman whose young daughter had an unclean spirit immediately heard about him and came and fell at his feet.

“When an unclean spirit goes out of a person, it passes through waterless places looking for rest but not finding any. Then it says, ‘I will return to the home I left.’

He said to them, “You know that it is unlawful for a Jew to associate with or visit a Gentile, yet God has shown me that I should call no person defiled or ritually unclean.