14. Then the Pharisees went out and plotted against Him, how they might destroy Him.
15. But when Jesus knew it, He withdrew from there. And great multitudes followed Him, and He healed them all.
16. Yet He warned them not to make Him known,
17. that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Isaiah the prophet, saying:
18. “Behold! My Servant whom I have chosen,My Beloved in whom My soul is well pleased!I will put My Spirit upon Him,And He will declare justice to the Gentiles.
19. He will not quarrel nor cry out,Nor will anyone hear His voice in the streets.
20. A bruised reed He will not break,And smoking flax He will not quench,Till He sends forth justice to victory;
21. And in His name Gentiles will trust.”
22. Then one was brought to Him who was demon-possessed, blind and mute; and He healed him, so that the blind and mute man both spoke and saw.
23. And all the multitudes were amazed and said, “Could this be the Son of David?”
24. Now when the Pharisees heard it they said, “This fellow does not cast out demons except by Beelzebub, the ruler of the demons.”
25. But Jesus knew their thoughts, and said to them: “Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation, and every city or house divided against itself will not stand.