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And if I cast out demons by Be-el'zebul, by whom do your sons cast them out? Therefore they shall be your judges.
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But if it is by the finger of God that I cast out demons, then the kingdom of God has come upon you.
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When a strong man, fully armed, guards his own palace, his goods are in peace;
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but when one stronger than he assails him and overcomes him, he takes away his armor in which he trusted, and divides his spoil.
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He who is not with me is against me, and he who does not gather with me scatters.
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"When the unclean spirit has gone out of a man, he passes through waterless places seeking rest; and finding none he says, 'I will return to my house from which I came.'
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And when he comes he finds it swept and put in order.
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Then he goes and brings seven other spirits more evil than himself, and they enter and dwell there; and the last state of that man becomes worse than the first."
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As he said this, a woman in the crowd raised her voice and said to him, "Blessed is the womb that bore you, and the breasts that you sucked!"
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But he said, "Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and keep it!"
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When the crowds were increasing, he began to say, "This generation is an evil generation; it seeks a sign, but no sign shall be given to it except the sign of Jonah.