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If a son shall ask bread of any of you that is a father, will he give him a stone? or if
he ask a fish, will he for a fish give him a serpent?
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Or if he shall ask an egg, will he offer him a scorpion?
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If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall
your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those that ask him?
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And he was casting out a demon, and it was dumb. And it came to pass, when the demon was gone out,
the one who had been dumb spoke; and the people marvelled.
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But some of them said, He casts out devils through Beelzebub the prince of the demons.
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And others, tempting
him, sought of him a sign from heaven.
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But he, knowing their thoughts, said unto them, Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation; and every house or city
divided against itself will not remain.
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If Satan also is divided against himself, how shall his kingdom stand? because ye say that I cast out demons through Beelzebub.
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And if I by Beelzebub cast out demons, by whom do your sons cast
them out? therefore shall they be your judges.
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But if I with the finger of God cast out the demons, certainly the kingdom of God is come upon you.
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When an armed strong man keeps his palace, his goods are in peace;