Synoptic Sayings - Jesus' Rebuttal to Possession Charges

JESUS' REBUTTAL
88	Matt 12	88	Mark 3	187	Luke 11
25	Knowing their thoughts,	23	And he called them to him,	17	But knowing their thoughts,
	he said to them,		and said to them		he said to them,
			in parables,
			"How can Satan
			cast out Satan?
	"Every kingdom	24	If a kingdom is		"Every kingdom
	divided against itself		divided against itself,		divided against itself
	is laid waste,				is laid waste,
			that kingdom cannot
			stand.
	and no city	25	And		and
	or house divided		if a house is divided		a divided household
	against itself		against itself,
	will		that house will not be able
	stand;		to stand.		falls.
26	and if Satan	26	And if Satan	18	And if Satan
	casts out Satan,		has risen up		also
	he is divided*		against himself*		is divided*
	against himself;*		and is divided,*		against himself,*
	how then				how
	will his kingdom stand?		he cannot stand,		will his kingdom stand?
			but is coming to an end.
					For you say
					that I cast out demons
					by Beelzebul.
27	And if I cast out demons			19	And if I cast out demons
	by Beelzebul,				by Beelzebul,
	by whom				by whom
	do your sons cast them out?				do your sons cast them out?
	Therefore				Therefore
	they shall be your judges.				they shall be your judges.
28	But if it is			20	But if it is
	by the Spirit of God				by the finger of God
	that I cast out demons,				that I cast out demons,
	then the kingdom of God				then the kingdom of God
	has come upon you.				has come upon you.
29	Or how can one enter	27	But no one can enter
	a strong man's house		a strong man's house	21	When a strong man,
					fully armed,
					guards his own palace,
	and plunder his goods,		and plunder his goods,		his goods are in peace;
	unless he first binds		unless he first binds	22	but when
	the strong man?		the strong man;		one stronger than he
					assails him
					and overcomes him,
					he takes away his armor
					in which he trusted,
	Then indeed		then indeed
	he may plunder his house.		he may plunder his house.		and divides his spoil.
30	He who is not with me			23	He who is not with me
	is against me,				is against me,
	and he who does not gather				and he who does not gather
	with me scatters.				with me scatters."
31	Therefore I tell you,	28	"Truly, I say to you,
	every sin and blasphemy*		all sins
	will be forgiven		will be forgiven
	men,		the sons of men,
			and whatever blasphemies*
			they utter;
	but the blasphemy	29	but whoever blasphemes
	against the Spirit		against the Holy Spirit
	will not be forgiven."		never has forgiveness,
			but is guilty
			of an eternal sin" --
		30	for they had said,
			"He has an unclean spirit."

Canonical gospel selection in the Revised Standard Version
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Blue	Three texts use same vocabulary.
Teal	Two texts use same vocabulary.
Black	Words unique to a particular text.
	No parallel element in this gospel.
*	Same wording, different order.
88	Sequence in synoptic outlines