17. But Jesus, realizing their thoughts, said to them, “Every kingdom divided against itself is destroyed, and a divided household falls.
18. So if Satan too is divided against himself, how will his kingdom stand? I ask you this because you claim that I cast out demons by Beelzebul.
19. Now if I cast out demons by Beelzebul, by whom do your sons cast them out? Therefore they will be your judges.
20. But if I cast out demons by the finger of God, then the kingdom of God has already overtaken you.
21. When a strong man, fully armed, guards his own palace, his possessions are safe.
22. But when a stronger man attacks and conquers him, he takes away the first man’s armor on which the man relied and divides up his plunder.
23. Whoever is not with me is against me, and whoever does not gather with me scatters.
24. “When an unclean spirit goes out of a person, it passes through waterless places looking for rest but not finding any. Then it says, ‘I will return to the home I left.’
25. When it returns, it finds the house swept clean and put in order.