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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 the demons, certainly the kingdom of God is come upon you.
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When an armed strong man keeps his palace, his goods are in peace;
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but when another stronger than he shall come upon him and overcome him, he takes from him all his arms in which he trusted and divides his spoils.
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He that is not with me is against me, and he that does not gather with me scatters.
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When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he walks through dry places, seeking rest; and finding none, he says, I will return unto my house from which I came out.
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And when he comes, he finds
it swept and garnished.
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Then he goes, and takes
unto him seven other spirits more wicked than himself; and they enter in and dwell there, and the last
state of that man is worse than the first.
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And it came to pass as he spoke these things, a certain woman of the crowd lifted up her voice and said unto him, Blessed
is the womb that bare thee and the breasts which thou hast sucked.
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But he said, Rather, blessed
are those that hear the word of God and keep it.
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And gathering the people unto him, he began to say, This is an evil generation: they seek a sign, and no sign shall be given it but the sign of Jonah the prophet.