Luke 11:14-23

Evangelical Heritage Version

Jesus Drives Out Demons

¹⁴ Jesus drove out a demon, which was mute. After the demon had gone out, the man who had been mute spoke, and the crowds were amazed. ¹⁵ But some of them said, “He drives out demons by Beelzebul, the ruler of the demons.” ¹⁶ Others were testing him by demanding of him a sign from heaven. ¹⁷ But he knew their thoughts and said to them, “Every kingdom divided against itself is destroyed. And a house divided against itself falls. ¹⁸ If Satan is divided against himself, how will his kingdom stand? You say that I drive out demons by Beelzebul. ¹⁹ But if I drive out demons by Beelzebul, by whom do your sons drive them out? So they will be your judges. ²⁰ Yet if I drive out demons by the finger of God, then the kingdom of God has come upon you.

²¹ “When a strong man, fully armed, guards his own house, his possessions are safe. ²² But when someone stronger attacks him and defeats him, he takes away that man’s full armor, in which he had trusted, and divides up his plunder.

²³ “The one who is not with me is against me. The one who does not gather with me scatters.