17. But Jesus knew what they were thinking, so he said to them, “Any country that divides itself into groups which fight each other will not last very long; a family divided against itself falls apart.
18. So if Satan's kingdom has groups fighting each other, how can it last? You say that I drive out demons because Beelzebul gives me the power to do so.
19. If this is how I drive them out, how do your followers drive them out? Your own followers prove that you are wrong!
20. No, it is rather by means of God's power that I drive out demons, and this proves that the Kingdom of God has already come to you.
21. “When a strong man, with all his weapons ready, guards his own house, all his belongings are safe.
22. But when a stronger man attacks him and defeats him, he carries away all the weapons the owner was depending on and divides up what he stole.