Mark 1:27

1:27 They were all amazed so that they asked each other, “What is this? A new teaching with authority! He even commands the unclean spirits and they obey him.”

Mark 3:11

3:11 And whenever the unclean spirits ¹  saw him, they fell down before him and cried out, “You are the Son of God.”

Mark 5:2

5:2 Just as Jesus ²  was getting out of the boat, a man with an unclean spirit ³  came from the tombs and met him. ⁴ 

Mark 6:7

Sending Out the Twelve Apostles

6:7 Jesus ⁵  called the twelve and began to send them out two by two. He gave them authority over the unclean spirits. ⁶ 

Mark 7:25

7:25 Instead, a woman whose young daughter had an unclean spirit ⁷  immediately heard about him and came and fell at his feet.

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¹ sn Unclean spirits refers to evil spirits.

² tn Grk “he”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

³ sn Unclean spirit refers to an evil spirit.

⁴ tn Grk “met him from the tombs a man with an unclean spirit.” When this is converted to normal English word order (“a man met him from the tombs with an unclean spirit”) it sounds as if “with an unclean spirit” modifies “the tombs.” Likewise, “a man with an unclean spirit from the tombs met him” implies that the unclean spirit came from the tombs, while the Greek text is clear that it is the man who had the unclean spirit who came from the tombs. To make this clear a second verb, “came,” is supplied in English: “came from the tombs and met him.”

⁵ tn Grk “He”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁶ sn The phrase unclean spirits refers to evil spirits.

⁷ sn Unclean spirit refers to an evil spirit.