Jesus said all this because these experts in the Law of Moses had been saying; “He has an evil spirit in him.”
because they said, He hath an unclean spirit.
For they persisted in saying, He has an unclean spirit.
He said this because the legal experts were saying, “He’s possessed by an evil spirit.”
For they said: "He has an unclean spirit."
Because they said: He hath an unclean spirit.