Alexandre Bida
Jesus eats with publicans and sinners
From Christ in Art; or, The Gospel Life of Jesus: With the Bida Illustrations.
by Edward Eggleston. New York: Fords, Howard, & Hulbert, 1874.
6 Jun 2024
Tenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
How can Satan cast out Satan?
Jesus went home with his disciples, and such a crowd collected that they could not even have a meal. When his relatives heard of this, they set out to take charge of him, convinced he was out of his mind. The scribes who had come down from Jerusalem were saying, ‘Beelzebul is in him’ and, ‘It is through the prince of devils that he casts devils out.’ So he called them to him and spoke to them in parables, ‘How can Satan cast out Satan? If a kingdom is divided against itself, that kingdom cannot last. And if a household is divided against itself, that household can never stand. Now if Satan has rebelled against himself and is divided, he cannot stand either – it is the end of him. But no one can make his way into a strong man’s house and burgle his property unless he has tied up the strong man first. Only then can he burgle his house.