²²Then a demon-possessed man who was blind and mute was brought to him. And he healed him so that the man who was mute could speak and see. ²³And all the crowds were amazed and began saying, “Perhaps this one is the Son of David!” ²⁴But the Pharisees, when they^* heard it,^* said, “This man does not expel demons except by Beelzebul the ruler of demons!” ²⁵But knowing their thoughts, he said to them, “Every kingdom divided against itself is laid waste, and every city or household divided against itself will not stand. ²⁶And if Satan expels Satan, he is divided against himself. How then will his kingdom stand? ²⁷And if I expel demons by Beelzebul, by whom do your sons expel them?^* For this reason they will be your judges! ²⁸But if I expel demons by the Spirit of God, then the kingdom of God has come upon you! ²⁹Or how can someone enter into the house of a strong man and steal his property, unless he first ties up the strong man? And then he can thoroughly plunder his house. ³⁰The one who is not with me is against me, and the one who does not gather with me scatters.

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Footnotes

*Here “when” is supplied as a component of the participle (“heard”) which is understood as temporal
*Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
*Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation