11:11 - Will a father give his son a stone when he’s asked for bread or a serpent when he’s asked for a fish?
11:12 - Or should he ask for an egg, would he be offered a scorpion?
11:13 - If even you evil people like to give good gifts to your children: won’t your Father in heaven give his Holy Spirit to you when you ask?
11:14 - And he was rebuking an evil spirit from a mute person. And after the evil spirit had departed, the mute person spoke; and the people were astonished.
11:15 - But some of them said, He casts out demons through withcraft.
11:16 - They tempted him, by demanding a sign from heaven.
11:17 - But, knowing what they were thinking, he said to them: When the people in a kingdom are at odds with one another, it ends in disaster \u2013 just as when the members of a household are fighting among themselves.
11:18 - If Satan’s soldiers are fighting against each other, how will his kingdom not fall? because you say I am using Satan’s power to cast out demons.
11:19 - If I get rid of evil because of Beelzebub, why do your sons get rid of them? They are your judges.
11:20 - But if I drive out devils by the grace of God, do not doubt that the kingdom of God will come into your heart.