Would casting out demons be part of the good news according to John?

There may be no EXPLICIT accounts of Jesus casting out demons in John, but there might be accounts that could be COMPATIBLE with the fact that Jesus may have done that (like Matthew, Mark and Luke all record explicitly).

"Having" a demon and being "demonized" are mentioned in John

It is written in John 7 that people told Jesus: "YOU-HAVE (A) DEMON" (John 7:20). 

In another passage one chapter later in John 8, it is written: "The Jews responded and said (to) Him, “Do we not rightly say that You are (a) Samaritan and HAVE (A) DEMON?” Jesus answered, “I do not HAVE (A) DEMON" (John 8:48-49), "So the Jews said (to) Him, “Now we-have-come-to-know that YOU-HAVE (A) DEMON" (John 8:52).

In another passage two chapters later in John 10, it is written: "many of them were-saying, “HE-HAS (A) DEMON, and He-is-mad. Why are-you-listening-to Him?” Others were-saying, “These words are not (from one) BEING-DEMONIZED" (John 10:20-21).

These passages mention having a demon and being demonized. These terms can imply the notion that a demon entered someone and would also be able to be cast out of that person. The notion of casting out demons may at least be here implied to be understood by people in John.

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"Having" demons can mean that demons entered (and can later come out):
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"Demonized" can mean having a demon (that can later come out):
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Jesus doing signs is mentioned in John

It is written in John 2: "(while) He-was in Jerusalem at the Passover during the Feast, many believed in His name, seeing His SIGNS which He-was-doing" (John 2:23). 

It is written one chapter later in John 3 that someone told Jesus: "no-one is-able to-be-doing these SIGNS which You are-doing unless (the) God is with him" (John 3:2), to which Jesus then mentioned specifically seeing the kingdom of God: "Jesus responded and said (to) him, “Truly, truly, I-say (to) you — unless one is-born again, he-is not able TO-SEE THE KINGDOM (OF) GOD”" (John 3:3).

While the nature of the signs (in the plural) which Jesus was doing here are not explicitly mentioned in these passages, there is evidence that Jesus cast out demons in Matthew, Mark and Luke and that casting out demons can be considered a sign, so this possibility could at least be compatible with this passage. Furthermore, casting out demons could be also specifically a sign that THE KINGDOM OF GOD has come upon someone, which could shed light on the mention from Jesus of "THE KINGDOM (OF) GOD”" (John 3:3) after someone told him about "these SIGNS which You are-doing" (John 3:2).

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The end of John indicates that Jesus did many other things

It is written at the end of John: "THERE-ARE ALSO MANY OTHER (THINGS) WHICH JESUS DID, which if they-should-be-written individually, I-suppose (that) not-even the world itself (would) have-room-for the books being-written" (John 21:25). It is here indicated that not everything Jesus did was recorded in John. Matthew, Mark and Luke for example recorded many other things that Jesus did, such as casting out demons.

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