Luke 11:12-22

12 Or * if he shall ask an egg, will he offer * him a scorpion?

13 If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children: how much more shall your heavenly Father * give the Holy Spirit to them that ask him?

14 And he was casting out a devil, and it was dumb. And it came to pass , when the devil was gone out , the dumb spake ; and the people wondered .

15 But some of them said , He casteth out devils through Beelzebub the chief of the devils.

16 And others, tempting him, sought of him a sign from heaven.

17 But he, knowing their thoughts, said unto them, Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation ; and a house divided against a house falleth .

18 If * Satan also be divided against himself, how shall his kingdom stand ? because ye say that I cast out devils through Beelzebub.

19 And if I by Beelzebub cast out devils, by whom do your sons cast them out ? therefore shall they be your judges.

20 But if I with the finger of God cast out devils, no doubt the kingdom of God is come upon you.

21 When a strong man armed keepeth his palace, his goods are in peace:

22 But when a stronger than he shall come upon him , and overcome him, he taketh from him all his armour wherein he trusted , and divideth his spoils.

Footnotes

• [a]. offer: Gr. give
• [b]. Beelzebub: Gr. Beelzebul