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If*Satanalso be dividedagainsthimself,howshallhiskingdomstand? because ye say that I cast outdevilsthroughBeelzebub.
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AndifIbyBeelzebub cast outdevils,bywhomdoyoursons cast them out? thereforeshalltheybeyourjudges.
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Butif I with the finger of God cast outdevils, no doubt the kingdom of God is comeuponyou.
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When a strong manarmedkeepethhispalace,hisgoodsareinpeace:
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Butwhen a stronger than he shall come upon him, and overcomehim, he taketh from him all his armourwhereinhetrusted, anddividethhisspoils.
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He that isnotwithmeisagainstme:and he that gatherethnotwithmescattereth.
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When the uncleanspirit is gone out of a man, he walkeththroughdryplaces,seekingrest;andfindingnone, he saith, I will returnuntomyhousewhence I came out.
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And when he cometh, he findeth it sweptandgarnished.
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Then goeth he, andtaketh to him sevenotherspirits more wicked than himself;and they enter in, and dwellthere:and the last state of thatmanisworse than the first.
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And it came to pass, ashespake these things, a certainwomanof the company lifted up her voice, and said unto him,Blessed is the womb that barethee,and the papswhich thou hast sucked.
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Buthesaid, Yea rather,blessed are they that hear the word of God,andkeepit.
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And when the people were gathered thick together, he began to say, Thisis an evilgeneration: they seek a sign;and there shallnosign be givenit,but the sign of Jonas the prophet.
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ForasJonaswas a sign unto the Ninevites,soshallalso the Son of manbe to thisgeneration.
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The queen of the south shall rise upin the judgmentwith the men of thisgeneration,andcondemnthem:for she camefrom the utmost parts of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon;and,behold, a greater thanSolomon is here.
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The men of Nineve shall rise upin the judgmentwiththisgeneration,and shall condemnit:for they repentedat the preaching of Jonas;and,behold, a greater thanJonas is here.
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Noman, when he hath lighted a candle,putteth it in a secret place,neitherunder a bushel,buton a candlestick,that they which come in may see the light.
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The light of the bodyis the eye:thereforewhenthineeyeissingle,thywholebodyalsois full of light;butwhen thine eye isevil,thybodyalso is full of darkness.
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Take heedtherefore that the lightwhich is intheebenotdarkness.
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Ifthywholebodytherefore be full of light,havingno*partdark, the whole shall be full of light,aswhen the bright shining of a candle doth givetheelight.
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Andas he spake, a certainPhariseebesoughthimtodinewithhim:and he went in, and sat down to meat.
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And when the Phariseesaw it, he marvelledthat he hadnotfirstwashedbeforedinner.