Matthew 9:34

An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

But the Pharisees said, “He is driving out evil spirits by [the power of] the chief of evil spirits.”

Cross References

Matthew 10:25

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!

Matthew 11:18

For when John came, he did not eat or drink [on festive occasions] and people said, ‘He is dominated by an evil spirit.’

Matthew 12:22

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].

Matthew 12:27

And if I drive out evil spirits by [the power of] Beelzebub, by whom do they [i.e., your people] drive them out? So, they become your judges.

Mark 3:22

And the experts in the Law of Moses who had come down from Jerusalem were saying [Note: This followed the incident of Jesus healing a man with an evil spirit. See Matt. 12:22-28], “He has Beelzebub [in him],” and “He is driving out evil spirits by [the power of] the chief of evil spirits.”

Luke 11:15

But some of the people said, “He is driving out evil spirits by [the power of] Beelzebub, the chief of evil spirits.”

John 3:20

For every person who practices evil things hates the light [of truth] and does not come to it, for fear of having his deeds exposed [as sinful].

John 7:20

[Someone from] the crowd answered, “You have an evil spirit [in you]; who is trying to kill you?”