It sprang up quickly, because the soil was shallow. Some fell on rocky places, where it did not have much soil. As he was scattering the seed, some fell along the path, and the birds came and ate it up. Then he told them many things in parables, saying: “A farmer went out to sow his seed. Such large crowds gathered around him that he got into a boat and sat in it, while all the people stood on the shore. That same day Jesus went out of the house and sat by the lake. “Whoever is not with me is against me, and whoever does not gather with me scatters. “Or again, how can anyone enter a strong man’s house and carry off his possessions unless he first ties up the strong man? Then he can plunder his house. But if it is by the Spirit of God that I drive out demons, then the kingdom of God has come upon you. How then can his kingdom stand? And if I drive out demons by Beelzebul, by whom do your people drive them out? So then, they will be your judges. If Satan drives out Satan, he is divided against himself. Parable of The Divided Kingdom - Matthew 12:24-30īut when the Pharisees heard this, they said, “It is only by Beelzebul, the prince of demons, that this fellow drives out demons.” Jesus knew their thoughts and said to them, “Every kingdom divided against itself will be ruined, and every city or household divided against itself will not stand. No, they pour new wine into new wineskins, and both are preserved.” If they do, the skins will burst the wine will run out and the wineskins will be ruined. Neither do people pour new wine into old wineskins.
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