12 Or also, if he will ask for an egg, will give him a scorpion? 13 Therefore if you, although you[a] are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will the Father from heaven give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him?”

A House Divided Cannot Stand

14 And he was expelling a mute demon.[b] Now it happened that when[c] the demon came out, the man who had been mute spoke, and the crowds were astonished.

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Footnotes

  1. Luke 11:13 Here “although” is supplied as a component of the participle (“are”) which is understood as concessive
  2. Luke 11:14 Some manuscripts have “a demon, and it was mute”
  3. Luke 11:14 Here “when” is supplied as a component of the temporal genitive absolute participle (“came out”)

12 Or if he asks for an egg, will give him a scorpion? 13 If you then, though you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him!”

Jesus and Beelzebul(A)(B)

14 Jesus was driving out a demon that was mute. When the demon left, the man who had been mute spoke, and the crowd was amazed.(C)

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