Luke 11:14-32

141And He was casting out a mute demon; when the demon had gone out, the man who was previously unable to speak talked, and the crowds were amazed. 15But some of them said, “He casts out the demons 2by 3Beelzebul, the ruler of the demons.” 16Others, 4to test Him, 5were demanding of Him a 6sign from heaven. 177But He knew their thoughts and said to them, “Every kingdom divided against itself is laid waste; and a house divided against 8itself falls. 18And if 9Satan also has been divided against himself, how will his kingdom 10stand? For you claim that I cast out the demons by 11Beelzebul. 19Yet if by 12Beelzebul I cast out the demons, by whom do your sons cast them out? Therefore, they will be your judges. 20But if I cast out the demons by 13the 14finger of God, then 15the kingdom of God has come upon you. 21When 16a strong man, fully armed, guards his own house, his possessions are 17secure. 22But 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. 2318The one who is not with Me is against Me; and the one who does not gather with Me scatters.

24“19When the unclean spirit comes out of 20a 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.’ 25And when it comes, it finds it swept and put in order. 26Then 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.”

27While 21Jesus was saying these things, one of the women in the crowd raised her voice and said to Him, “22Blessed is the womb that carried You, and the breasts at which You nursed!” 28But He said, “On the contrary, blessed are 23those who hear the word of God and follow it.”

29Now as the crowds were increasing, He began to say, “24This generation is a wicked generation; it 25demands a 26sign, and so no 27sign will be given to it except the 28sign of Jonah. 30For just as 29Jonah became a 30sign to the Ninevites, so will the Son of Man be to this generation. 31The 31Queen of the South will rise up with the men of this generation at the judgment and condemn them, because she came from the ends of the earth to listen to the wisdom of Solomon; and behold, something greater than Solomon is here. 32The men of Nineveh will stand up with this generation at the judgment and condemn it, because 32they repented at the preaching of Jonah; and behold, something greater than Jonah is here.