Luke 11:18 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition) And if Satan also is divided against himself, how [then] can his kingdom stand? I tell you this because you are saying that I drove out evil spirits by [the power of] Beelzebub. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 If Satan also be divided against himself, how shall his kingdom stand? because ye say that I cast out devils through Beelzebub. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And if Satan also is divided against himself, how will his kingdom last? For you say that I expel demons with the help of and by Beelzebub. American Standard Version (1901) And if Satan also is divided against himself, how shall his kingdom stand? because ye say that I cast out demons by Beelzebub. Common English Bible If Satan is at war with himself, how will his kingdom endure? I ask this because you say that I throw out demons by the authority of Beelzebul. Catholic Public Domain Version So then, if Satan is also divided against himself, how will his kingdom stand? For you say that it is by Beelzebub that I cast out demons. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And if Satan also be divided against himself, how shall his kingdom stand? because you say, that through Beelzebub I cast out 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!
If Satan drives out Satan, he is divided against himself, [so] how then can his kingdom stand?
Then Jesus replied to him, “Get away from me Satan, for it is written [Deut. 6:13], ‘You are supposed to worship the Lord your God, and serve only Him.’”
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 some of the people said, “He is driving out evil spirits by [the power of] Beelzebub, the chief of evil spirits.”