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When his friends heard it, they went out to seize him: for they said, "He is insane."
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The Sofrim who came down from Yerushalayim said, "He has Ba`al-Zibbul," and, "By the prince of the demons he casts out the demons."
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He summoned them, and said to them in parables, "How can Hasatan cast out Hasatan?
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If a kingdom is divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand.
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If a house is divided against itself, that house cannot stand.
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If Hasatan has risen up against himself, and is divided, he can't stand, but has an end.
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But no one can enter into the house of the strong man to plunder, unless he first binds the strong man; and then he will plunder his house.
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Most assuredly I tell you, all their sins will be forgiven to the sons of men, and their blasphemies with which they may blaspheme;
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but whoever may blaspheme against the Ruach HaKodesh never has forgiveness, but is guilty of an eternal sin"
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-- because they said, "He has an unclean spirit."
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His mother and his brothers came, and standing outside, they sent to him, calling him.