Luke 11:20

Bible in Basic English (1941)

But if I, by the finger of God, send out evil spirits, then the kingdom of God has overtaken you.

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  • Exod 8:19 : 19 Then the wonder-workers said to Pharaoh, This is the finger of God: but Pharaoh's heart was hard, and he did not give ear to them, as the Lord had said.
  • Dan 2:44 : 44 And in the days of those kings, the God of heaven will put up a kingdom which will never come to destruction, and its power will never be given into the hands of another people, and all these kingdoms will be broken and overcome by it, but it will keep its place for ever.
  • Matt 3:2 : 2 Saying, Let your hearts be turned from sin; for the kingdom of heaven is near.
  • Matt 12:28 : 28 But if I by the Spirit of God send out evil spirits, then is the kingdom of God come on you.
  • Luke 10:9 : 9 And make well those in it who are ill and say to them, The kingdom of God is near to you.
  • Luke 10:11 : 11 Even the dust of your town, which is on our feet, we put off as a witness against you; but be certain of this, that the kingdom of God is near.
  • Acts 20:25 : 25 And now I am conscious that you, among whom I have gone about preaching the kingdom, will not see my face again.
  • Acts 28:23-28 : 23 And when a day had been fixed, they came to his house in great numbers; and he gave them teaching, giving witness to the kingdom of God, and having discussions with them about Jesus, from the law of Moses and from the prophets, from morning till evening. 24 And some were in agreement with what he said, but some had doubts. 25 And they went away, for there was a division among them after Paul had said this one thing: Well did the Holy Spirit say by the prophet Isaiah to your fathers, 26 Go to this people and say, Though you give ear, you will not get knowledge; and seeing, you will see, but the sense will not be clear to you: 27 For the heart of this people has become fat and their ears are slow in hearing and their eyes are shut; for fear that they might see with their eyes and give hearing with their ears and become wise in their hearts and be turned again to me, so that I might make them well. 28 Be certain, then, that the salvation of God is sent to the Gentiles, and they will give hearing.
  • 2 Thess 1:5 : 5 Which is a clear sign of the decision which God in his righteousness has made; to give you a part in his kingdom, for which you have undergone this pain;

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  • Matt 12:26-29
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    91%

    26 And if Satan sends out Satan, he makes war against himself; how then will he keep his kingdom?

    27 And if I by Beelzebub send evil spirits out of men, by whom do your sons send them out? So let them be your judges.

    28 But if I by the Spirit of God send out evil spirits, then is the kingdom of God come on you.

    29 Or how may one go into a strong man's house and take his goods, if he does not first put cords round the strong man? and then he may take his goods.

  • Luke 11:17-19
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    84%

    17 But he, having knowledge of their thoughts, said to them, Every kingdom in which there is division is made waste; and a house in which there is division comes to destruction.

    18 If, then, Satan is at war with himself, how will he keep his kingdom? because you say that I send evil spirits out of men by the help of Beelzebul.

    19 And if I, by Beelzebul, send out evil spirits, by whose help do your sons send them out? so let them be your judges.

  • Luke 11:14-15
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    75%

    14 And he was sending an evil spirit out of a man who was without the power of talking. And it came about that when the spirit had gone the man had the power of talking; and the people were full of wonder.

    15 But some of them said, He sends out evil spirits by Beelzebul, the ruler of evil spirits.

  • Mark 3:22-24
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    22 And the scribes who came down from Jerusalem, said, He has Beelzebub, and, By the ruler of evil spirits he sends evil spirits out of men.

    23 And turning to them, he said to them in the form of a story, How is it possible for Satan to put out Satan?

    24 If there is division in a kingdom, that kingdom will come to destruction;

  • Matt 12:24
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    24 But the Pharisees, hearing of it, said, This man only sends evil spirits out of men by Beelzebub, the ruler of evil spirits.

  • Luke 10:9
    73%

    9 And make well those in it who are ill and say to them, The kingdom of God is near to you.

  • Matt 9:34
    73%

    34 But the Pharisees said, By the ruler of evil spirits, he sends evil spirits out of men.

  • Luke 11:21-23
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    72%

    21 When the strong man armed keeps watch over his house, then his goods are safe:

    22 But when one who is stronger makes an attack on him and overcomes him, he takes away his instruments of war, in which he had put his faith, and makes division of his goods.

    23 He who is not with me is against me, and he who will not give me help in getting people together is driving them away.

  • Luke 10:11
    72%

    11 Even the dust of your town, which is on our feet, we put off as a witness against you; but be certain of this, that the kingdom of God is near.

  • 1 Cor 4:20
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    20 For the kingdom of God is not in word but in power.

  • Luke 17:20-21
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    20 And when the Pharisees put questions to him about when the kingdom of God would come, he gave them an answer and said, The kingdom of God will not come through observation:

    21 And men will not say, See, it is here! or, There! for the kingdom of God is among you.

  • Mark 3:11
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    11 And the unclean spirits, whenever they saw him, went down before him, crying out, and saying, You are the Son of God.

  • Luke 4:35-36
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    70%

    35 And Jesus said to him, Be quiet, and come out of him. And when the evil spirit had put him down on the earth in the middle of them, he came out of him, having done him no damage.

    36 And wonder came on them all and they said to one another, What are these words? for with authority and power he gives orders to the evil spirits and they come out.

  • Acts 10:38
    70%

    38 About Jesus of Nazareth, how God gave the Holy Spirit to him, with power: and how he went about doing good and making well all who were troubled by evil spirits, for God was with him.

  • Mark 5:8
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    8 For Jesus had said to him, Come out of the man, you unclean spirit.

  • Mark 3:26-27
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    26 And if Satan is at war with himself, and there is division in him, he will not keep his place but will come to an end.

    27 But no one is able to go into the house of the strong man and take his goods, without first putting cords round the strong man, and then he will take his goods.

  • Mark 1:39
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    39 And he went into their Synagogues in every part of Galilee, preaching and driving out evil spirits.

  • Luke 13:20
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    20 And again he said, What is the kingdom of God like?

  • Mark 1:25-26
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    69%

    25 And Jesus said to him sharply, Be quiet, and come out of him.

    26 And the unclean spirit, shaking him violently, and crying with a loud voice, came out of him.

  • Luke 10:17
    69%

    17 And the seventy came back with joy, saying, Lord, even the evil spirits are under our power in your name.

  • Matt 17:19
    69%

    19 Then the disciples came to Jesus privately, and said, Why were we not able to send it out?

  • Luke 9:1
    69%

    1 And getting the twelve together, he gave them power and authority over all evil spirits and over diseases, to make them well.

  • Mark 1:23
    69%

    23 And there was in their Synagogue a man with an unclean spirit; and he gave a cry,

  • John 12:31
    69%

    31 Now is this world to be judged: now will the ruler of this world be sent out.

  • Mark 3:15
    68%

    15 And give them the power of driving out evil spirits:

  • Luke 4:41
    68%

    41 And evil spirits came out of a number of them, crying out and saying, You are the Son of God. But he gave them sharp orders not to say a word, because they had knowledge that he was the Christ.

  • Luke 21:31
    68%

    31 In the same way, when you see these things taking place you may be certain that the kingdom of God is near.

  • Luke 9:42
    68%

    42 And while he was coming, he was pushed violently down and twisted by the evil spirit. But Jesus gave sharp orders to the unclean spirit, and made the boy well, and gave him back to his father.

  • Mark 9:25
    68%

    25 And when Jesus saw that the people came running together, he gave orders to the unclean spirit, saying to him, You, spirit, who are the cause of his loss of voice and hearing, I say to you, come out of him, and never again go into him.

  • Mark 1:14-15
    2 verses
    68%

    14 Now after John had been put in prison, Jesus came into Galilee, preaching the good news of God,

    15 And saying, The time has come, and the kingdom of God is near: let your hearts be turned from sin and have faith in the good news.

  • Matt 11:18
    68%

    18 For John came, taking no food or drink, and they say, He has an evil spirit.

  • Matt 8:16
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    16 And in the evening, they took to him a number of people who had evil spirits; and he sent the spirits out of them with a word, and made well all who were ill;

  • Matt 9:8
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    8 But when the people saw it they were full of fear, and gave glory to God who had given such authority to men.

  • Luke 4:33
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    33 And there was a man in the Synagogue who had an unclean spirit; and he gave a loud cry and said,

  • Matt 10:1
    68%

    1 And he got together his twelve disciples and gave them the power of driving out unclean spirits, and of making well all sorts of disease and pain.