¹⁹ Yet if by ^(A)Beelzebul I cast out the demons, by whom do your sons cast them out? Therefore, they will be your judges. ²⁰ But if I cast out the demons by ^[a]the ^(B)finger of God, then ^(C)the kingdom of God has come upon you. ²¹ When ^[b]a strong man, fully armed, guards his own house, his possessions are ^[c]secure. ²² But when someone stronger than he attacks him and overpowers him, that man takes away his armor on which he had relied and distributes his plunder. ^23 (D)The one who is not with Me is against Me; and the one who does not gather with Me scatters.

²⁴ “^(E)When the unclean spirit comes out of ^[d]a person, it passes through waterless places seeking rest, and not finding any, it then says, ‘I will return to my house from which I came.’ ²⁵ And when it comes, it finds it swept and put in order. ²⁶ Then it goes and brings along seven other spirits more evil than itself, and they come in and live there; and the last condition of that person becomes worse than the first.”

²⁷ While ^[e]Jesus was saying these things, one of the women in the crowd raised her voice and said to Him, “^(F)Blessed is the womb that carried You, and the breasts at which You nursed!”