Jesus sent him away at once with a strong warning:
NIV
And Jesus charged him sternly (sharply and threateningly, and with earnest admonition) and [acting with deep feeling thrust him forth and] sent him away at once
AMP
And he straitly charged him, and forthwith sent him away;
KJV
Instead he went out and began to talk freely, spreading the news. As a result, Jesus could no longer enter a town openly but stayed outside in lonely places. Yet the people still came to him from everywhere.
NIV
But he went out and began to talk so freely about it and blaze abroad the news [spreading it everywhere] that [Jesus] could no longer openly go into a town but was outside in [lonely] desert places. But the people kept on coming to Him from all sides and every quarter.
AMP
But he went out, and began to publish it much, and to blaze abroad the matter, insomuch that Jesus could no more openly enter into the city, but was without in desert places: and they came to him from every quarter.
KJV
"What do you want with us, Jesus of Nazareth? Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are – the Holy One of God!"
NIV
What have You to do with us, Jesus of Nazareth? Have You come to destroy us? I know who You are--the Holy One of God!
AMP
Saying, Let us alone; what have we to do with thee, thou Jesus of Nazareth? art thou come to destroy us? I know thee who thou art, the Holy One of God.
KJV
""a voice of one calling in the wilderness, "Prepare the way for the Lord, make straight paths for him."
NIV
A voice of one crying in the wilderness [shouting in the desert], Prepare the way of the Lord, make His beaten tracks straight (level and passable)! [Isa. 40:3.]AMP
The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.
KJV
Just then a man in their synagogue who was possessed by an evil spirit cried out
NIV
Just at that time there was in their synagogue a man [who was in the power] of an unclean spirit; and now [immediately] he raised a deep and terrible cry from the depths of his throat, saying
AMP
And there was in their synagogue a man with an unclean spirit; and he cried out,
KJV
And he was in the wilderness forty days, being tempted by Satan. He was with the wild animals, and angels attended him.
NIV
And He stayed in the wilderness (desert) forty days, being tempted [all the while] by Satan; and He was with the wild beasts, and the angels ministered to Him [continually].
AMP
And he was there in the wilderness forty days, tempted of Satan; and was with the wild beasts; and the angels ministered unto him.
KJV