Matthew 12:28
Good News Translation
No, it is not Beelzebul, but God's Spirit, who gives me the power to drive out demons, which proves that the Kingdom of God has already come upon you.

New Revised Standard Version
But if it is by the Spirit of God that I cast out demons, then the kingdom of God has come to you.

Contemporary English Version
But when I force out demons by the power of God's Spirit, it proves that God's kingdom has already come to you.

New American Bible
But if it is by the Spirit of God that I drive out demons, then the kingdom of God has come upon you.

Douay-Rheims Bible
But if I by the Spirit of God cast out devils, then is the kingdom of God come upon you.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

But if I by the Spirit of God cast out devils, then is the kingdom of God come upon you.

I cast.

Matthew 12:18 Behold my servant whom I have chosen, my beloved in whom my soul hath been well pleased. I will put my spirit upon him, and he shall shew judgment to the Gentiles.

Mark 16:17 And these signs shall follow them that believe: In my name they shall cast out devils. They shall speak with new tongues.

Luke 11:20 But if I by the finger of God cast out devils, doubtless the kingdom of God is come upon you.

Acts 10:38 Jesus of Nazareth: how God anointed him with the Holy Ghost and with power, who went about doing good and healing all that were oppressed by the devil, for God was with him.

then.

Matthew 6:33 Seek ye therefore first the kingdom of God, and his justice, and all these things shall be added unto you.

Matthew 21:31,43 Which of the two did the father's will? They say to him: The first. Jesus saith to them: Amen I say to you that the publicans and the harlots shall go into the kingdom of God before you. . . .

Isaiah 9:6,7 For a CHILD IS BORN to us, and a son is given to us, and the government is upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, God the Mighty, the Father of the world to come, the Prince of Peace. . . .

Daniel 2:44 But in the days of those kingdoms, the God of heaven will set up a kingdom that shall never be destroyed, and his kingdom shall not be delivered up to another people: and it shall break in pieces, and shall consume all these kingdoms: and itself shall stand for ever.

Daniel 7:14 And he gave him power, and glory, and a kingdom: and all peoples, tribes, and tongues shall serve him: his power is an everlasting power that shall not be taken away: and his kingdom that shall not be destroyed.

Mark 1:15 And saying: The time is accomplished and the kingdom of God is at hand. Repent and believe the gospel:

Mark 11:10 Blessed be the kingdom of our father David that cometh: Hosanna in the highest.

Luke 1:32,33 He shall be great and shall be called the Son of the Most High. And the Lord God shall give unto him the throne of David his father: and he shall reign in the house of Jacob for ever. . . .

Luke 9:2 And he sent them to preach the kingdom of God and to heal the sick.

Luke 10:11 Even the very dust of your city that cleaveth to us, we wipe off against you. Yet know this, that the kingdom of God is at hand.

Luke 11:20 But if I by the finger of God cast out devils, doubtless the kingdom of God is come upon you.

Luke 16:16 The law and the prophets were until John. From that time the kingdom of God is preached: and every one useth violence towards it.

Luke 17:20,21 And being asked by the Pharisees when the kingdom of God should come, he answering them and said: The kingdom of God cometh not with observation. . . .

Romans 14:17 For the kingdom of God is not meat and drink: but justice and peace and joy in the Holy Ghost.

Colossians 1:13 Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness and hath translated us into the kingdom of the Son of his love,

Hebrews 12:28 Therefore, receiving an immoveable kingdom, we have grace: whereby let us serve, pleasing God, with fear and reverence.

Context
A House Divided
27And if I by Beelzebub cast out devils, by whom do your children cast them out? Therefore they shall be your judges. 28But if I by the Spirit of God cast out devils, then is the kingdom of God come upon you. 29Or how can any one enter into the house of the strong, and rifle his goods, unless he first bind the strong? and then he will rifle his house.…
Cross References
Matthew 4:24
And his fame went throughout all Syria, and they presented to him all sick people that were taken with divers diseases and torments, and such as were possessed by devils, and lunatics, and those that had the palsy, and he cured them:

Matthew 12:29
Or how can any one enter into the house of the strong, and rifle his goods, unless he first bind the strong? and then he will rifle his house.

1 John 3:8
He that committeth sin is of the devil: for the devil sinneth from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God appeared, that he might destroy the works of the devil.

Matthew 12:27
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