Why was witchcraft a crime in colonial Massachusetts?

In order to understand why witchcraft was seen as a crime, it is necessary to consider the reasons upon which the Massachusetts Bay Colony was founded. In the early 1600s, a religious minority group hoped to "purify" the Church of England of any beliefs that were not based on Scripture. These Puritans left England with the hopes of forming their own community that would be built upon these strong religious beliefs. In 1630, they left England and founded the Massachusetts Bay Colony.
Many factors led to cries of witchcraft within the colony. In 1692, a group of young girls was said to be "afflicted." They were described as having fits or seizures. Unable to find anything physically or visibly wrong with the girls, a doctor in the village labeled the girls as "bewitched." As a result, three women were accused of witchcraft. It was because of these three women's "magic" that the three young girls were ill. This series of events led to a sort of chain reaction and mass hysteria. Around 200 were accused and twenty executed for being found guilty of witchcraft.
Scripture was the law in the colony. The daily lives of the colonists consisted of prayer and other ways in which they could fulfill God's plan. Anything thought to be the work of the devil, including witchcraft, would have been considered a crime.
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/a-brief-history-of-the-salem-witch-trials-175162489/