13 Therefore, if you, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will the Father in heaven give the Holy Spirit to those who ask Him.

14 Once he cast out a demon that was dumb; And when the demon went out, the dumb man began to speak; And the people were surprised.

15 And some of them said, He casteth out demons by the power of Beelzebub, the prince of demons.

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

17 But he, knowing their thoughts, said to them, 'Every kingdom that is divided against itself will be desolate, and a house that is divided against itself will fall;

18 But if Satan also be divided against himself, how shall his kingdom stand? but you say that I cast out demons by the power of Beelzebub;

19 And if I cast out demons by the power of Beelzebub, by whose power do your sons cast them out? Therefore they will be your judges.

20 But if I cast out demons with the finger of God, surely the kingdom of God has come to you.

21 When a strong man with arms guards his house, then his possessions are safe;

22 And when his mighiest shall come upon him, and shall overcome him, then shall he take all his weapons in which he trusted, and shall divide that which he has stolen from him.

23 He who is not with me is against me; and whoever does not gather with Me scatters.

24 And when an unclean spirit goes out of a man, he walketh in dry places, seeking rest, and finding not, he saith, I will return to my house whence I came;

25 and when he comes, he finds it swept and put away;

26 Then he goeth and takes with him seven other spirits, which are more evil than himself, and when he goes in, they dwell there, and the last is worse for that man than the first.