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.
23. “Whoever is not with me is against me. And anyone who does not work with me is working against me.
24. “When an evil spirit comes out of someone, it travels through dry places, looking for a place to rest. But it finds no place to rest. So it says, ‘I will go back to the home I left.’