Matthew 12:14-16, 22-30 (Gospel)
- 14
- Then the Pharisees went out and plotted against Him, how they might destroy Him.
- 15
- But when Jesus knew it, He withdrew from there. And great multitudes followed Him, and He healed them all.
- 16
- Yet He warned them not to make Him known,
- 22
- Then one was brought to Him who was demon-possessed, blind and mute; and He healed him, so that the blind and mute man both spoke and saw.
- 23
- And all the multitudes were amazed and said, “Could this be the Son of David?”
- 24
- Now when the Pharisees heard it they said, “This fellow does not cast out demons except by Beelzebub, the ruler of the demons.”
- 25
- But Jesus knew their thoughts, and said to them: “Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation, and every city or house divided against itself will not stand.
- 26
- If Satan casts out Satan, he is divided against himself. How then will his kingdom stand?
- 27
- And if I cast out demons by Beelzebub, by whom do your sons cast them out? Therefore they shall be your judges.
- 28
- But if I cast out demons by the Spirit of God, surely the kingdom of God has come upon you.
- 29
- Or how can one enter a strong man’s house and plunder his goods, unless he first binds the strong man? And then he will plunder his house.
- 30
- He who is not with Me is against Me, and he who does not gather with Me scatters abroad.