it is enough for the disciple to be like his teacher, and the servant like his master. If they have called the master of the house Be-elzebul, how much more will they malign those of his household.
Matthew 12:27 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI) And if I cast out demons by Be-elzebul, by whom do your sons cast them out? Therefore they shall be your judges. Flere versionerKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And if I by Beelzebub cast out devils, by whom do your children cast them out? therefore they shall be your judges. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And if I drive out the demons by [help of] Beelzebub, by whose [help] do your sons drive them out? For this reason they shall be your judges. American Standard Version (1901) And if I by Beelzebub cast out demons, by whom do your sons cast them out? therefore shall they be your judges. Common English Bible And if I throw out demons by the authority of Beelzebul, then by whose authority do your followers throw them out? Therefore, they will be your judges. Catholic Public Domain Version And if I cast out demons by Beelzebub, by whom do your own sons cast them out? Therefore, they shall be your judges. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And if I by Beelzebub cast out devils, by whom do your children cast them out? Therefore they shall be your judges. |
it is enough for the disciple to be like his teacher, and the servant like his master. If they have called the master of the house Be-elzebul, how much more will they malign those of his household.
So his fame spread throughout all Syria, and they brought him all the sick, those afflicted with various diseases and pains, demoniacs, epileptics, and paralytics, and he healed them.
And if I cast out demons by Be-elzebul, by whom do your sons cast them out? Therefore they shall be your judges.
He said to him, ‘I will condemn you out of your own mouth, you wicked servant! You knew that I was a severe man, taking up what I did not lay down and reaping what I did not sow?
Now we know that whatever the law says it speaks to those who are under the law, so that every mouth may be stopped, and the whole world may be held accountable to God.