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So if the Adversary too is divided against himself, how can his kingdom survive? I'm asking because you claim it is by Ba`al-Zibbul that I drive out the demons.
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If I drive out demons by Ba`al-Zibbul, by whom do your people drive them out? So, they will be your judges!
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But if I drive out demons by the finger of God, then the Kingdom of God has come upon you!
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"When a strong man who is fully equipped for battle guards his own house, his possessions are secure.
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But when someone stronger attacks and defeats him, he carries off all the armor and weaponry on which the man was depending, and divides up the spoils.
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Those who are not with me are against me, and those who do not gather with me are scattering.
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"When an unclean spirit comes out of a person, it travels through dry country seeking rest. On finding none, it says, `I will return to the house I left.'
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When it arrives, it finds the house swept clean and put in order.
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Then it goes and takes seven other spirits more evil than itself, and they come and live there -- so that in the end the person is worse off than he was before."
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As Yeshua was saying these things, a woman in the crowd raised her voice to call out, "How blessed is the mother that gave birth to you and nursed you from her breast!"
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But he said, "Far more blessed are those who hear the word of God and obey it!"