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## What Demons Can and Cannot Do Most people I have met are not sure of what demons really are or what exactly they do. To put it simply I think of them as the soldiers whose allegiance is to the kingdom of darkness. In the New Testament, we read of demons affecting our bodies, minds, and emotions. ### Bodies Here are a few examples of demons affecting our bodies. A woman was bent over because of a demonic presence and healed when the spirit was evicted (Luke 13:10–17). We see this with a man who was blind and mute (Matt. 12:22), and a boy who was seized by the compulsion to throw himself into fire or water (Mark 9:22). According to one study, out of thirty-five miracles performed by Jesus, seven of them involved casting out demons. ### Mind As “the father of lies” (John 8:44), the devil is clearly involved in deception. Paul warned the Corinthians that their minds could be led astray by the enemy (2 Cor. 11:3). ### Emotions The Scriptures also portray wicked spirits as able to cause emotional or psychological torment. For example, King Saul was tormented by a demonic spirit (1 Sam. 16:14, 23), and in His parable of the unforgiving servant, Jesus compared the consequences of unforgiveness to being handed over for torment (Matt. 18:32–35). Torment is a good description of the emotional distress many describe when they find themselves battling demonic voices.