By this parabolic saying Jesus answered his critics by asserting that in his ministry of exorcising demons he was setting people free from the demonization and slavery of Satan. And by such exorcising of demons he was displaying the power and authority by which he was binding Satan.29 Jesus was clearly demonstrating that the kingdom of God had come because he was doing this by the power and authority of the Spirit of God (Mt 12:28; Lk 11:20). This reference to the binding of Satan in the synoptic
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