...superstition, do actually unite in opposing them ? ' Every kingdom,' says our blessed Lord, ' divided against itself is brought to desolation ; and every...city or house divided against itself shall not stand. And if Satan cast out Satan, he is divided against himself; how shall then his kingdom stand ? ' "...

...twelfth chapter of the Gospel by St. Matthew. " The pharisees heard it," observes the evangelist, " and they said, This fellow doth not cast out devils but by Beelzebub, the prince of the devils. And Jesus knew their thoughts, and said unto them, Every kingdom divided against itself is brought...

...heard it, they said, This fellow doth not cast out devil* but by Beelzebub, the prince of the devils. And Jesus knew their thoughts, and said unto them, Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation : and if Satan cast out Satan, he is divided against himself, how shall then his kingdom...

...the morning ! how art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken die nations ! — Matt. xii. 24. But when the Pharisees heard it, they said, This...devils, but by Beelzebub, the Prince of the devils.— Eph. ii. 2. Wherein in time past, ye walked according to the course of this world, according to the...

...heard rt, they said, Ihis fellow doth not cast out devils, but by Beelzebub the prmce of the devils. 2 And Jesus knew their thoughts, and said unto them,...brought to desolation; and every city or house divided agamst itsclt 4. And behold, a certain lawyer stood up, and tempted him, saying, Master, what shall...

...avowed, that is, not seeking to shelter or hide itself. The Pharisees speak against Christ publicly : " But when the Pharisees heard it, they said, This fellow...devils, but by Beelzebub, the prince of the devils." They would have " Christ brought to an open shame." They forsake the ordinances which savour that way...

...Then was brought unto him one possessed with a devil amazed, and said, Is not this the son of David! > 24 But when the Pharisees heard it, they said. This...divided against itself, shall not stand. 26 And if ?"*?<" lltlll j IlC IS ui v ivt(_u a^ciuim himself ; how shall then his kingdom stand 1 27 And if I...

...forgiven. For further illustration I quote here the whole passage of Matthew, ch. xii. vers. 24 — 37 ; " But when the Pharisees heard it, they said, This fellow...devils, but by Beelzebub, the prince of the devils. And Jesus knew their thoughts, and said unto them, Every kingdom divided against itself is brought...

...co-exis* in the same political fabric. Sooner or later they will fly asunder. ' Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation, and every...or house divided against itself shall not stand.' And where I ask was there ever a kingdom more palpably divided against itself, than that, which attempts...

...anyone else do more?" b. The Malice of the Leaders (12:24) The Pharisees had a different explanation. They said, "This fellow doth not cast out devils, but by Beelzebub the prince of the devils." This was the second time they had said such a dreadful thing. The first time, the Lord ignored them,...