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12 Or if the ben will ask for a beytzah (egg), will the av give him an akrav (scorpion)?
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Or if he asks for an egg, will give him a scorpion?
13 If, therefore, you, though you are ra’im (evil ones), have da’as (knowledge) of how to give matanot tovot (good gifts) to your yeladim, how much more will HaAv shbaShomayim give the Ruach Hakodesh to the ones asking him.
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If you then, though you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him!”
14 And Rebbe Melech HaMoshiach was casting out a shed from an ish illem (mute man). And it came to pass when the shed had come out, the ish illem spoke, and the multitudes were amazed.
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Jesus was driving out a demon that was mute. When the demon left, the man who had been mute spoke, and the crowd was amazed.
15 But some of them said, He casts out the shedim by Baal-zibbul Sar HaShedim.
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But some of them said, “By Beelzebul, the prince of demons, he is driving out demons.”
16 And others, to test him, were demanding of Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach an ot (sign) from Shomayim.
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Others tested him by asking for a sign from heaven.
17 But Rebbe Melech HaMoshiach, having had daas of their machshavot (thoughts), said to them, Every Malchut divided against itself is laid waste; and a bais (household) divided against itself falls.
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Jesus knew their thoughts and said to them: “Any kingdom divided against itself will be ruined, and a house divided against itself will fall.
18 And if Hasatan also was divided against himself, how shall Hasatan’s Malchut (Kingdom) stand? Because you say by Baal-zibbul I cast out shedim.
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If Satan is divided against himself, how can his kingdom stand? I say this because you claim that I drive out demons by Beelzebul.
19 But if I by Baal-zibbul cast out the shedim, by whom do your banim cast them out? Oib azoi (consequently), they shall be your shofetim (judges).
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Now if I drive out demons by Beelzebul, by whom do your followers drive them out? So then, they will be your judges.
20 But, if I, by the finger of Hashem, cast out the shedim, then the Malchut Hashem has come upon you. [SHEMOT 8:19]
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But if I drive out demons by the finger of God, then the kingdom of God has come upon you.
21 When a Gibbor (Strong Man), fully armed, is shomer over his armon (palace), his possessions are left in shalom;
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“When a strong man, fully armed, guards his own house, his possessions are safe.
22 But when someone stronger than he overpowers him, he takes away from him all his shiryon kaskasim (coat of scale armor) on which he had depended, and distributes his plunder.
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But when someone stronger attacks and overpowers him, he takes away the armor in which the man trusted and divides up his plunder.
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