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If a son asks for bread from any father among you, will he give him a stone? Or if he asks for a fish, will he give him a serpent instead of a fish?
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Or if he asks for an egg, will he offer him a scorpion?
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If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask Him!"
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And He was casting out a demon, and it was mute. So it was, when the demon had gone out, that the mute spoke; and the multitudes marveled.
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But some of them said, "He casts out demons by Beelzebub, the ruler of the demons."
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Others, testing 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 falls.
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If Satan also is divided against himself, how will his kingdom stand? Because you say I cast out demons by Beelzebub.
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And if I cast out demons by Beelzebub, by whom do your sons cast them out? Therefore they will be your judges.
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But if I cast out demons with the finger of God, surely 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.