Blessed are you when men hate you, and when they exclude you and revile you, and cast out your name as evil, because of the Son of Man.

Now John answered, "Master, we saw a man casting out demons in your name, and we forbade him because he does not follow with us."

Now he was casting out a demon that was mute. So it was, when the demon had gone out, that the mute man spoke; and the multitudes marveled.

But some of them said, "He casts out demons by Beelzebub, the prince of demons."

If Satan also is divided against himself, how will his kingdom stand? For you say that I cast out demons by Beelzebub.

And if I cast out demons by Beelzebub, by whom do your sons cast them out? Therefore they will be your judges.

But if I cast out demons by the finger of God, then the kingdom of God has come upon you.

And he said to them, "Go and tell that fox, 'Behold, I cast out demons and perform cures today and tomorrow, and the third day I finish my course.'