17. This was to fulfill what was spoken through the prophet Isaiah:
18. “Here is my servant whom I have chosen, the one I love, in whom I delight; I will put my Spirit on him, and he will proclaim justice to the nations.
19. He will not quarrel or cry out; no one will hear his voice in the streets.
20. A bruised reed he will not break, and a smoldering wick he will not snuff out, till he has brought justice through to victory.
21. In his name the nations will put their hope.”
22. Then they brought him a demon-possessed man who was blind and mute, and Jesus healed him, so that he could both talk and see.
23. All the people were astonished and said, “Could this be the Son of David?”
24. But when the Pharisees heard this, they said, “It is only by Beelzebul, the prince of demons, that this fellow drives out demons.”
25. Jesus knew their thoughts and said to them, “Every kingdom divided against itself will be ruined, and every city or household divided against itself will not stand.
26. If Satan drives out Satan, he is divided against himself. How then can his kingdom stand?
27. And if I drive out demons by Beelzebul, by whom do your people drive them out? So then, they will be your judges.
28. But if it is by the Spirit of God that I drive out demons, then the kingdom of God has come upon you.