18. So if Satan is fighting against himself, how will his kingdom survive? You say that I use the power of Satan to force out demons.
19. But if I use Satan’s power to force out demons, then what power do your people use when they force out demons? So your own people will prove that you are wrong.
20. But I use the power of God to force out demons. This shows that God’s kingdom has now come to you.
21. “When a strong man with many weapons guards his own house, the things in his house are safe.
22. But suppose a stronger man comes and defeats him. The stronger man will take away the weapons that the first man trusted to keep his house safe. Then the stronger man will do what he wants with the other man’s things.