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"And if I by 1Beelzebulcast out demons, by whom do your sonscast them out? So* they will be your judges.
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"But if I cast out demons by the 2finger of God, then3the kingdom of God has come upon you.
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"When a strong man, fullyarmed, guards his ownhouse, his possessions are undisturbed*.
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"But when someone stronger than he attacks him and overpowers him, he takesaway from him all his armor on which he had relied and distributes his plunder.
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"4He who is not with Me is against Me; and he who does not gather with Me, scatters.
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"5When the uncleanspiritgoes out of a man, it passesthroughwaterlessplacesseekingrest, and not finding any, it says, 'I will return to my house from which I came.'
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"And when it comes, it finds it swept and put in order.
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"Then it goes and takes along sevenotherspiritsmoreevil than itself, and they go in and livethere; and the last state of that manbecomesworse than the first."
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While Jesus was sayingthesethings, one of the women in the crowdraised her voice and said to Him, "6Blessed is the womb that bore You and the breasts at which You nursed."
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But He said, "On the contrary*, blessed are 7those who hear the word of God and observe it."
The Sign of Jonah
29 As the crowds were increasing, He began to say, "8Thisgeneration is a wickedgeneration; it 9seeks for a sign, and yet nosign will be given to it but the sign of Jonah.