Matthew 12:24

Good News Translation

When the Pharisees heard this, they replied, “He drives out demons only because their ruler Beelzebul gives him power to do so.”

Cross References

Psalm 109:20

Lord, punish my enemies in that way— those who say such evil things against me!

Matthew 10:25

So a pupil should be satisfied to become like his teacher, and a slave like his master. If the head of the family is called Beelzebul, the members of the family will be called even worse names!

Matthew 9:32

As the men were leaving, some people brought to Jesus a man who could not talk because he had a demon.

Matthew 9:34

But the Pharisees said, “It is the chief of the demons who gives Jesus the power to drive out demons.”

Mark 3:22

Some teachers of the Law who had come from Jerusalem were saying, “He has Beelzebul in him! It is the chief of the demons who gives him the power to drive them out.”

Luke 11:14

Jesus was driving out a demon that could not talk; and when the demon went out, the man began to talk. The crowds were amazed,

Luke 11:15

but some of the people said, “It is Beelzebul, the chief of the demons, who gives him the power to drive them out.”