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Or if he shall ask an egg, will he offer him a scorpion?
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If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children: how much more will [your] heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them that ask him?
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And he was casting out a demon, and it was dumb. And it came to pass when the demon was gone out, the dumb spoke; and the people wondered.
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But some of them said, He casteth out demons through Beelzebub, the chief of the demons.
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And others tempting [him], sought from him a sign from heaven.
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But he, knowing their thoughts, said to them, Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation; and a house [divided] against a house falleth.
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If Satan also is divided against himself, how shall his kingdom stand? because ye say that I cast out demons through Beelzebub.
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And if I by Beelzebub cast out demons, by whom do your sons cast [them] out? therefore shall they be your judges.
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But if I with the finger of God cast out demons, no doubt the kingdom of God is come upon you.
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When a strong man armed keepeth his palace, his goods are in peace:
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But when a stronger than he shall come upon him, and overcome him, he taketh from him all his armor in which he trusted, and divideth his spoils.