Luke 11:15 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition) But some of the people said, “He is driving out evil spirits by [the power of] Beelzebub, the chief of evil spirits.” More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 But some of them said, He casteth out devils through Beelzebub the chief of the devils. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition But some of them said, He drives out demons [because He is in league with and] by Beelzebub, the prince of demons, American Standard Version (1901) But some of them said, By Beelzebub the prince of the demons casteth he out demons. Common English Bible But some of them said, “He throws out demons with the authority of Beelzebul, the ruler of demons.” Catholic Public Domain Version But some of them said, "It is by Beelzebub, the leader of demons, that he casts out demons." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version But some of them said: He casteth out devils by Beelzebub, the prince of devils. |
A disciple is doing well if he can be [as good] as his teacher, and the slave [as good] as his master. If they have called the master of the house [i.e., Jesus] Beelzebub [i.e., the chief of evil spirits. See Mark 3:22], how much more [likely] will they call members of his household [i.e., the disciples] the same thing!
Then a person dominated by an evil spirit, who was [also] blind and mute, was brought to Jesus. He healed the man so that he was able [both] to speak and see [again].
The news [of what Jesus was doing] spread all over [the country of] Syria and they brought to Him all those who were sick, stricken with various diseases and pains, dominated by evil spirits, and afflicted with seizures and paralysis, and He healed them [all].
But the Pharisees said, “He is driving out evil spirits by [the power of] the chief of evil spirits.”
Many of them said, “This man is dominated by an evil spirit; he is crazy, why listen to him?”
[Someone from] the crowd answered, “You have an evil spirit [in you]; who is trying to kill you?”
The Jews answered and said to Jesus, “Were we not right in saying that you are a Samaritan [See note on 4:9], and are dominated by an evil spirit?”
The Jews [i.e., the authorities] replied, “Now we know that you are dominated by an evil spirit. Abraham and the prophets [all] died and [yet] you are saying, ‘If a person obeys my message, he will never experience death.’