11:14 耶穌趕出一個叫人啞巴的鬼；鬼出去了，啞巴就說出話來；眾人都希奇。
11:15 內中卻有人說：「他是靠著鬼王別西卜趕鬼。」
11:16 又有人試探耶穌，向他求從天上來的神蹟。
11:17 他曉得他們的意念，便對他們說：「凡一國自相紛爭，就成為荒場；凡一家自相紛爭，就必敗落。
11:18 若撒但自相紛爭，他的國怎能站得住呢？因為你們說我是靠著別西卜趕鬼。
11:19 我若靠著別西卜趕鬼，你們的子弟趕鬼又靠著誰呢？這樣，他們就要斷定你們的是非。
11:20 我若靠著上帝的能力趕鬼，這就是上帝的國臨到你們了。
11:21 壯士披掛整齊，看守自己的住宅，他所有的都平安無事；
11:22 但有一個比他更壯的來，勝過他，就奪去他所倚靠的盔甲兵器，又分了他的贓。
11:23 不與我相合的，就是敵我的；不同我收聚的，就是分散的。」
11:24 「污鬼離了人身，就在無水之地過來過去，尋求安歇之處；既尋不著，便說：『我要回到我所出來的屋裡去。』
11:25 到了，就看見裡面打掃乾淨，修飾好了，
11:26 便去另帶了七個比自己更惡的鬼來，都進去住在那裡。那人末後的景況比先前更不好了。」
11:27 耶穌正說這話的時候，眾人中間有一個女人大聲說：「懷你胎的和乳養你的有福了！」
11:28 耶穌說：「是，卻還不如聽上帝之道而遵守的人有福。」
14 Jesus was driving out a demon that was mute. When the demon left, the man who had been mute spoke, and the crowd was amazed. 15 But some of them said, “By Beelzebul, the prince of demons, he is driving out demons.” 16 Others tested him by asking for a sign from heaven.
17 Jesus knew their thoughts and said to them: “Any kingdom divided against itself will be ruined, and a house divided against itself will fall. 18 If Satan is divided against himself, how can his kingdom stand? I say this because you claim that I drive out demons by Beelzebul. 19 Now if I drive out demons by Beelzebul, by whom do your followers drive them out? So then, they will be your judges. 20 But 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 and overpowers him, he takes away the armor in which the man trusted and divides up his plunder.
23 “Whoever is not with me is against me, and whoever does not gather with me scatters.
24 “When an impure spirit comes out of a person, it goes through arid places seeking rest and does not find it. Then it says, ‘I will return to the house I left.’ 25 When it arrives, it finds the house swept clean and put in order. 26 Then it goes and takes seven other spirits more wicked than itself, and they go in and live there. And the final condition of that person is worse than the first.”
27 As Jesus was saying these things, a woman in the crowd called out, “Blessed is the mother who gave you birth and nursed you.”
28 He replied, “Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and obey it.”
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主耶穌對於那些自以為是，就是認為祂趕鬼是靠著鬼王別西卜趕鬼的人，宣告：「凡一國自相紛爭，就成為荒場；凡一家自相紛爭，就必敗落。若撒但自相紛爭，他的國怎能站得住呢？因為你們說我是靠著別西卜趕鬼。我若靠著別西卜趕鬼，你們的子弟趕鬼又靠著誰呢？這樣，他們就要斷定你們的是非。我若靠著上帝的能力趕鬼，這就是上帝的國臨到你們了。壯士披掛整齊，看守自己的住宅，他所有的都平安無事；但有一個比他更壯的來，勝過他，就奪去他所倚靠的盔甲兵器，又分了他的贓。不與我相合的，就是敵我的；不同我收聚的，就是分散的。」
這也是說主耶穌自己就是擁有上帝的權柄，可以勝過一切的污鬼！更何況鬼是互相合作的，不是互相攻擊的！而上帝的國度中的子民，更是要互相合作，而不是互相攻擊！並且要認識出，主耶穌是真正有權柄的主，上帝的國已經臨到了！
很可惜的是，主耶穌已經明顯他是有權柄的主，然而許多人卻要自立權柄，要人來跟隨他，而沒有將人引到主的面前跟隨主，反倒與主的權柄衝突，結果自己成了撒但害不知！
因此，人必須放下自己的自以為是，讓主的旨意成全！正如主耶穌所說：「…聽上帝之道而遵守的人有福。」
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