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Buthe,knowingtheirthoughts,said unto them,Everykingdomdividedagainstitself is brought to desolation; and a house divided against a housefalleth.
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If*Satanalso be dividedagainsthimself,howshallhiskingdomstand? because ye say that I cast outdevilsthroughBeelzebub.
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AndifIbyBeelzebub cast outdevils,bywhomdoyoursons cast them out? thereforeshalltheybeyourjudges.
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Butif I with the finger of God cast outdevils, no doubt the kingdom of God is comeuponyou.
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When a strong manarmedkeepethhispalace,hisgoodsareinpeace:
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Butwhen a stronger than he shall come upon him, and overcomehim, he taketh from him all his armourwhereinhetrusted, anddividethhisspoils.
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He that isnotwithmeisagainstme:and he that gatherethnotwithmescattereth.
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When the uncleanspirit is gone out of a man, he walkeththroughdryplaces,seekingrest;andfindingnone, he saith, I will returnuntomyhousewhence I came out.
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And when he cometh, he findeth it sweptandgarnished.
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Then goeth he, andtaketh to him sevenotherspirits more wicked than himself;and they enter in, and dwellthere:and the last state of thatmanisworse than the first.
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And it came to pass, ashespake these things, a certainwomanof the company lifted up her voice, and said unto him,Blessed is the womb that barethee,and the papswhich thou hast sucked.