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And if it is by the power of Baal-zebul that I expel the demons, by whom do your disciples expel them? They therefore shall be your judges.
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But if it is by the power of God that I drive out the demons, it is evident that the Kingdom of God has come upon you.
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"Whenever a strong man, fully armed and equipped, is guarding his own castle, he enjoys peaceful possession of his property;
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but as soon as another stronger than he attacks him and overcomes him, he takes away that complete armour of his in which he trusted, and distributes the plunder he has collected.
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Whoever is not with me is against me, and whoever is not gathering with me is scattering abroad.
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"When a foul spirit has left a man, it roams about in the Desert, seeking a resting-place; but, unable to find any, it says, `I will return to the house I have left;"
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and when it comes, it finds the house swept clean and in good order.
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Then it goes and brings with it seven other spirits more malignant than itself, and they enter and dwell there; and in the end that man's condition becomes worse than it was at first.
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As He thus spoke a woman in the crowd called out in a loud voice, "Blessed is the mother who carried you, and the breasts that you have sucked."
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"Nay rather," He replied, "they are blessed who hear God's Message and carefully keep it."
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Now when the crowds came thronging upon Him, He proceeded to say, "The present generation is a wicked generation: it requires some sign, but no sign shall be given to it except that of Jonah.