22. But if a stronger man comes and defeats him, he will carry off the weapons in which the strong man trusted. Then he will divide with others what he has taken.
23. If you are not on my side, you are against me. If you don't gather in the crop with me, you scatter it.
24. When an evil spirit leaves a person, it travels through the desert, looking for a place to rest. But when it doesn't find a place, it says, “I will go back to the home I left.”
25. When it gets there and finds the place clean and tidy,
26. it goes off and finds seven other evil spirits even worse than itself. They all come and make their home there, and that person ends up in a worse state than before.
27. While Jesus was still talking, a woman in the crowd spoke up, “The woman who gave birth to you and nursed you is blessed!”
28. Jesus replied, “That's true, but the people who are really blessed are the ones who hear and obey God's message!”