35 Then Jesus went around to all the cities and villages, teaching in their synagogues and preaching the Gospel of the kingdom, and healing every disease and every illness among the people.

8 Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, cast out demons.* have "raise the dead". KJV, NKJV, NIV, NASB, LB, TEV, etc. (most versions in English) follow 6%. You have received free of charge, give free of charge.*

8 Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, cast out demons.* have "raise the dead". KJV, NKJV, NIV, NASB, LB, TEV, etc. (most versions in English) follow 6%. You have received free of charge, give free of charge.*

1 So summoning His twelve disciples He gave them authority over unclean spirits so as to cast them out, and to heal every disease and every illness.

12 But Jesus heard it, so He said to them: "Those who are strong do not need a physician, but those who are sick.

23 Jesus went about all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues and proclaiming the Gospel of the Kingdom, and healing every disease and every illness among the people.

9 Heal the sick therein and say to them, ‘The Kingdom of God has come near to you.’

18 "The Spirit of the Lord is upon me,

because He has anointed me to evangelize poor people.

He has sent me to heal the brokenhearted,*

to proclaim release to captives

and recovery of sight to blind people,

to send those who are oppressed out in freedom,

14 And paying attention He said to them, "Go and show yourselves to the priests." It happened that as they went they were cleansed!

10 Now as Jesus was teaching in one of the synagogues on the Sabbath, 11 He saw a woman there who had been crippled by a spirit for eighteen years—she was bent over and could not straighten up. 12 So He called her over* and said to her, "Woman, you are loosed from your infirmity!" 13 He placed His hands on her and immediately she was made straight and started glorifying God.

14 But the ruler of the synagogue reacted with indignation, because Jesus had healed on the Sabbath, and he said to the crowd, "There are six days in which one should work; therefore come and be healed on them, and not on the Sabbath."* 15 So the Lord answered him and said: "Hypocrites! Does not each one of you on the Sabbath loose his ox or donkey from the stall and lead it away to water? 16 So ought not this woman, being a daughter of Abraham, whom Satan* kept bound during eighteen long years, be freed from this bond on the Sabbath day?" 17 When He said these things all His adversaries were put to shame, while all the crowd was rejoicing over all the glorious things that were being done by Him.

50 But upon hearing it Jesus reacted by saying to him, "Don’t be afraid; just believe and she will be healed."

34 And He said to her: "Daughter, your faith has saved you. Go into peace* peace be? I would say that you take the peace with you; you live within an atmosphere of peace. Now that is a proper ‘blessing’! and be healed from your affliction."

23 Jesus said to him, "It’s ‘if you can believe’;* all things are possible to the one who believes."

52 So Jesus said to him, "Go; your faith has healed you." And immediately he could see, and followed Jesus on the road.

17 And these signs will accompany those who believe: in my name they will cast out demons; they will speak with new languages; 18 they will remove ‘snakes’;* [so 98% of the Greek manuscripts] you the authority to trample on snakes and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy, and nothing shall by any means hurt you." The Lord is addressing the Seventy, not the Twelve, and others were doubtless present; further, this was said perhaps four months before His death and resurrection. It follows that this authority is not limited to the apostles, and there is no indication of a time limit. The Lord Jesus affirms that He gives us the authority over all the power of the enemy. In Matthew 28:18 He declares that He holds "all authority… in heaven and earth", and so He has the right and the competence to delegate a portion of that authority to us. We may have any number of enemies, but the enemy is Satan. The phrase, "all the power", presumably includes his works, followed by their consequences. Returning to Luke 10:19, the Lord gives us the authority to "trample snakes and scorpions". Well now, to smash the literal insect, a scorpion, you don’t need power from on High, just a slipper (if you’re fast you can do it barefoot). To trample a snake I prefer a boot, but we can kill literal snakes without supernatural help. It becomes obvious that Jesus was referring to something other than reptiles and insects. I understand Mark 16:18 to be referring to the same reality—Jesus declares that certain signs will accompany the believers (the turn of phrase virtually has the effect of commands): they will expel demons, they will speak strange languages, they will remove ‘snakes’, they will place hands on the sick. ("If they drink…" is not a command; it refers to an eventuality.) But what did the Lord Jesus mean by ‘snakes’? In a list of distinct activities Jesus has already referred to demons, so the ‘snakes’ must be something else. In Matthew 12:34 Jesus called the Pharisees a ‘brood of vipers’, and in 23:33, ‘snakes, brood of vipers’. In John 8:44, after they claimed God as their father, Jesus said, "You are of your father the devil". And 1 John 3:10 makes clear that Satan has many other ‘sons’. In Revelation 20:2 we read: "He seized the dragon, the ancient serpent, who is a slanderer, even Satan, who deceives the whole inhabited earth, and bound him for a thousand years." If Satan is a snake, then his children are also snakes. So then, I take it that our ‘snakes’ are human beings who chose to serve Satan, who sold themselves to evil. I conclude that the ‘snakes’ in Luke 10:19 are the same as those in Mark 16:18, but what of the ‘scorpions’? Since they also are of the enemy, they may be demons, in which case the term may well include their offspring, the humanoids [see my paper, "In the Days of Noah"]. I am still working on the question of just how the removal is done. and if they drink anything deadly, it will not hurt them at all;* they will lay hands on sick people, and they will get well."*

34 Peter said to him: "Aeneas, Jesus the Messiah* is healing you. Get up and make your bed!"* And immediately he stood up!

7 Because of the incredible importance of the revelations, to keep me from feeling too important, there was given me a thorn in the flesh, a messenger of Satan* to beat on me—to keep me from feeling too important. 8 Concerning this thing I pleaded with the Lord three times that it might depart from me. 9 But He said to me, "My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness." Therefore I will boast all the more cheerfully about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may take up residence upon me.*