John said to him, "Master, we saw a man casting out daemons in your name, but we stopped him because he is not a follower of ours."

He was casting out a dumb daemon, and when the daemon had gone out the dumb man spoke. The crowds marvelled,

but some of them said, "It is by Beelzebul the prince of daemons that he casts out daemons."

and if Satan is divided against himself, how can his realm stand? You say I am casting out daemons by Beelzebul?

If I cast out daemons by Beelzebul, by whom do your sons cast them out? Thus they will be your judges.

"Go and tell that fox," he replied, "I cast out daemons and perform cures to-day and to-morrow, and on the third day I complete my task!

I begged your disciples to cast it out, but they could not."

But if it is by the finger of God that I cast daemons out, then the Reign of God has reached you already.