12Or if he asks for an egg, will he offer him a scorpion?
13If you then, being evil, know how to give agood gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask Him!”
A House Divided Cannot Stand
14aAnd He was casting out a demon, and it was mute. So it was, when the demon had gone out, that the mute spoke; and the multitudes marveled.
15 But some of them said, a“He casts out demons by Beelzebub, the ruler of the demons.”
16 Others, testing Him,asought from Him a sign from heaven.
17aBut bHe, knowing their thoughts, said to them: “Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation, and a house divided against a house falls.
18If Satan also is divided against himself, how will his kingdom stand? Because you say I cast out demons by Beelzebub.
19And if I cast out demons by Beelzebub, by whom do your sons cast them out? Therefore they will be your judges.
20But if I cast out demons awith the finger of God, surely the kingdom of God has come upon you.
21aWhen a strong man, fully armed, guards his own palace, his goods are in peace.
22But awhen a stronger than he comes upon him and overcomes him, he takes from him all his armor in which he trusted, and divides his1spoils.
23aHe who is not with Me is against Me, and he who does not gather with Me scatters.
An Unclean Spirit Returns
24a“When an unclean spirit goes out of a man, he goes through dry places, seeking rest; and finding none, he says, ‘I will return to my house from which I came.’
25And when he comes, he finds it swept and put in order.
26Then he goes and takes with him seven other spirits more wicked than himself, and they enter and dwell there; and athe last state of that man is worse than the first.”
Keeping the Word
27 And it happened, as He spoke these things, that a certain woman from the crowd raised her voice and said to Him, a“Blessed is the womb that bore You, and the breasts which nursed You!”
28 But He said, a“More than that, blessed are those who hear the word of God and keep it!”
Seeking a Sign
29aAnd while the crowds were thickly gathered together, He began to say, “This is an evil generation. It seeks a bsign, and no sign will be given to it except the sign of Jonah1the prophet.
30For as aJonah became a sign to the Ninevites, so also the Son of Man will be to this generation.
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