But the Perushim said, *By the prince of the demons, he casts out demons.*
It is enough for the talmid that he be like his teacher, and the servant like his lord. If they have called the master of the house Ba`al-Zibbul, how much more those of his household!
For Yochanan came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, 'He has a demon.'
Then one possessed by a demon, blind and mute, was brought to him and he healed him, so that the blind and mute man both spoke and saw.
If I by Ba`al-Zibbul cast out demons, by whom do your children cast them out? Therefore they will be your judges.
The scribes who came down from Yerushalayim said, *He has Ba`al-Zibbul,* and, *By the prince of the demons he casts out the demons.*
But some of them said, *He casts out demons by Ba`al-Zibbul, the prince of the demons.*
For everyone who does evil hates the light, and doesn't come to the light, lest his works would be exposed.
The multitude answered, *You have a demon! Who seeks to kill you?*