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For everyone who goes on asking receives; and he who goes on seeking finds; and to him who continues knocking, the door will be opened.
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"Is there any father here who, if his son asked him for a fish, would instead of a fish give him a snake?
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Or if he asked for an egg would give him a scorpion?
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So if you, even though you are bad, know how to give your children gifts that are good, how much more will the Father keep giving the Ruach HaKodesh from heaven to those who keep asking him!"
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He was expelling a demon that was mute. When the demon had gone out, the man who had been mute spoke; and the people were astounded.
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But some of them said, "It is by Ba`al-Zibbul" -- the ruler of the demons -- "that he expels the de mons."
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And others, trying to trap him, demanded from him a sign from Heaven.
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But he, knowing what they were thinking, said to them, "Every kingdom divided against itself will be ruined, with one house collapsing on another.
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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!