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Is there anyone among you who, if your child asks for a fish, will give a snake instead of a fish?
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Or if the child asks for an egg, will give a scorpion?
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If you then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will the heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him!"
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Now he was casting out a demon that was mute; when the demon had gone out, the one who had been mute spoke, and the crowds were amazed.
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But some of them said, "He casts out demons by Beelzebul, the ruler of the demons."
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Others, to test him, kept demanding from him a sign from heaven.
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But he knew what they were thinking and said to them, "Every kingdom divided against itself becomes a desert, and house falls on house.
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If Satan also is divided against himself, how will his kingdom stand? —for you say that I cast out the demons by Beelzebul.
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Now if I cast out the demons by Beelzebul, by whom do your exorcists cast them out? Therefore they will be your judges.
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But if it is by the finger of God that I cast out the demons, then the kingdom of God has come to you.
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When a strong man, fully armed, guards his castle, his property is safe.