22 Scribes that came down from Jerusalem said: »He has Beelzebub. He casts out demons by the prince of the demons.«

23 Jesus called them to him and spoke to them in illustrations. He asked: »How could Satan cast out Satan?

24 »When a kingdom is divided against itself that kingdom cannot stand.

25 »When a house is divided against itself it will not be able to stand.

26 »If Satan has risen up against himself, he is divided, cannot stand and will come to an end.

27 »No one can enter into the house of the strong man and steal his property unless he first captures the strong man. Then he will steal his property.

28 »I tell you sins will be forgiven of the sons of men, and their evil talk will be forgiven.

29 »But whoever speaks evil and defames Holy Spirit will not be forgiven but is guilty of an eternal sin.«

30 They exclaimed: »He has an unclean spirit!«