Luke 11:14-32

14Now he was casting out a demon that was mute. When the demon had gone out, the man who had been mute began to speak, and the crowds were amazed.

15But some of them said, “By the power of Beelzebul, the ruler of demons, he casts out demons.”

16Others, to test him, began asking for a sign from heaven.

17But Jesus, realizing their thoughts, said to them, “Every kingdom divided against itself is destroyed, and a divided household falls.

18So if Satan too is divided against himself, how will his kingdom stand? I ask you this because you claim that I cast out demons by Beelzebul.

19Now if I cast out demons by Beelzebul, by whom do your sons cast them out? Therefore they will be your judges.

20But if I cast out demons by the finger of God, then the kingdom of God has already overtaken you.

21When a strong man, fully armed, guards his own palace, his possessions are safe.

22But when a stronger man attacks and conquers him, he takes away the first man’s armor on which the man relied and divides up his plunder.

23Whoever is not with me is against me, and whoever does not gather with me scatters.

24“When an unclean spirit goes out of a person, it passes through waterless places looking for rest but not finding any. Then it says, ‘I will return to the home I left.’

25When it returns, it finds the house swept clean and put in order.

26Then it goes and brings seven other spirits more evil than itself, and they go in and live there, so the last state of that person is worse than the first.”

27As he said these things, a woman in the crowd spoke out to him, “Blessed is the womb that bore you and the breasts at which you nursed!”

28But he replied, “Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and obey it!”

29As the crowds were increasing, Jesus began to say, “This generation is a wicked generation; it looks for a sign, but no sign will be given to it except the sign of Jonah.

30For just as Jonah became a sign to the people of Nineveh, so the Son of Man will be a sign to this generation.

31The queen of the South will rise up at the judgment with the people of this generation and condemn them, because she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon – and now, something greater than Solomon is here!

32The people of Nineveh will stand up at the judgment with this generation and condemn it, because they repented when Jonah preached to them – and now, something greater than Jonah is here!