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and did charge them that they might not make him manifest,
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that it might be fulfilled that was spoken through Isaiah the prophet, saying,
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`Lo, My servant, whom I did choose, My beloved, in whom My soul did delight, I will put My Spirit upon him, and judgment to the nations he shall declare,
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he shall not strive nor cry, nor shall any hear in the broad places his voice,
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a bruised reed he shall not break, and smoking flax he shall not quench, till he may put forth judgment to victory,
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and in his name shall nations hope.'
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Then was brought to him a demoniac, blind and dumb, and he healed him, so that the blind and dumb both spake and saw.
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And all the multitudes were amazed, and said, `Is this the Son of David?'
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but the Pharisees having heard, said, `This one doth not cast out demons, except by Beelzeboul, ruler of the demons.'
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And Jesus, knowing their thoughts, said to them, `Every kingdom having been divided against itself is desolated, and no city or house having been divided against itself, doth stand,
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and if the Adversary doth cast out the Adversary, against himself he was divided, how then doth his kingdom stand?