it is enough for the disciple to be like the teacher and the slave like the master. If they have called the master of the house Beelzebul, how much more will they malign those of his household!
Luke 11:15 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 But some of them said, “He casts out demons by Beelzebul, the ruler of the demons.” 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. |
it is enough for the disciple to be like the teacher and the slave like the master. If they have called the master of the house Beelzebul, how much more will they malign those of his household!
Then they brought to him a demon-possessed man who was blind and mute, and he cured him, so that the one who had been mute could speak and see.
So his fame spread throughout all Syria, and they brought to him all the sick, those who were afflicted with various diseases and pains, people possessed by demons or having epilepsy or afflicted with paralysis, and he cured them.
But the Pharisees were saying, “By the ruler of the demons he casts out the demons.”
Many of them were saying, “He has a demon and is out of his mind. Why listen to him?”
The Jews answered him, “Are we not right in saying that you are a Samaritan and have a demon?”
The Jews said to him, “Now we know that you have a demon. Abraham died, and so did the prophets, yet you say, ‘Whoever keeps my word will never taste death.’