How can Satan cast out Satan? Gk pōs dynatai Satanas Satanan ekballein. Jesus’ rhetorical question seems to assume that exorcism is prima facie evidence of divine presence. A different view is implied by Matthew, who omits the rhetorical question from his parallel passage and includes in the Sermon on the Mount a denial that those who perform exorcisms but practice “lawlessness” (anomia) are really on God’s side (Matt 7:21–23). This Matthean stance comes strikingly close to Jewish rejections of the