Luke 11:14–36

Christ Heals the Demoniac

^14hAnd He was casting out a demon, and it was mute. So it was, when the demon had gone out, that the mute spoke; and the multitudes marveled.

Christ’s Power Not from Satan

Matt. 12:25–30, 43–45; Mark 3:22–27

¹⁵But some of them said, ⁱ“He casts out demons by ⁶Beelzebub, the ruler of the demons.”

¹⁶Others, testing Him, ^jsought from Him a sign from heaven. ^17kBut ^lHe, knowing their thoughts, said to them: “Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation, and a house divided against a house falls. ¹⁸If Satan also is divided against himself, how will his kingdom stand? Because you say I cast out demons by Beelzebub. ¹⁹And if I cast out demons by Beelzebub, by whom do your sons cast them out? Therefore they will be your judges. ²⁰But if I cast out demons ^mwith the finger of God, surely the kingdom of God has come upon you. ²¹ⁿWhen a strong man, fully armed, guards his own palace, his goods are in peace. ²²But ^owhen a stronger than he comes upon him and overcomes him, he takes from him all his armor in which he trusted, and divides his ⁷spoils. ^23pHe who is not with Me is against Me, and he who does not gather with Me scatters.

^24q“When an unclean spirit goes out of a man, he goes through dry places, seeking rest; and finding none, he says, ‘I will return to my house from which I came.’ ²⁵And when he comes, he finds it swept and put in order. ²⁶Then he goes and takes with him seven other spirits more wicked than himself, and they enter and dwell there; and ^rthe last state of that man is worse than the first.”

²⁷And it happened, as He spoke these things, that a certain woman from the crowd raised her voice and said to Him, ^s“Blessed is the womb that bore You, and the breasts which nursed You!”

²⁸But He said, ^t“More than that, blessed are those who hear the word of God and keep it!”

Christ’s Only Sign is Jonah

Matt. 12:39–42

^29uAnd while the crowds were thickly gathered together, He began to say, “This is an evil generation. It seeks a ^vsign, and no sign will be given to it except the sign of Jonah ⁸the prophet. ³⁰For as ^wJonah became a sign to the Ninevites, so also the Son of Man will be to this generation. ^31xThe queen of the South will rise up in the judgment with the men of this generation and condemn them, for she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and indeed a ^ygreater than Solomon is here. ³²The men of Nineveh will rise up in the judgment with this generation and condemn it, for ^zthey repented at the preaching of Jonah; and indeed a greater than Jonah is here.

Parable of the Lighted Lamp

^33a“No one, when he has lit a lamp, puts it in a secret place or under a ^bbasket, but on a lampstand, that those who come in may see the light. ^34cThe lamp of the body is the eye. Therefore, when your eye is ⁹good, your whole body also is full of light. But when your eye is ¹bad, your body also is full of darkness. ³⁵Therefore take heed that the light which is in you is not darkness. ³⁶If then your whole body is full of light, having no part dark, the whole body will be full of light, as when the bright shining of a lamp gives you light.”