"And ifI by Beelzebulcastout demons,by whomdo your sonscastthem out? Sothey will be your judges.
"Your own mouthcondemnsyou, and not I; And your own lipstestifyagainst you.
"It is enoughfor the disciplethat he becomelikehis teacher,and the slavelikehis master.Ifthey have calledthe head of the houseBeelzebul,how muchmore[will they malign] the members of his household!
The newsabout Him spreadthroughoutallSyria;and they broughtto Him allwho were ill,those sufferingwith variousdiseasesand pains,demoniacs,epileptics,paralytics;and He healedthem.
"He saidto him, 'By your own wordsI will judgeyou, you worthlessslave.Did you knowthat I aman exactingman,takingup whatI did not lay downand reapingwhatI did not sow?
Johnansweredand said,"Master,we sawsomeonecastingout demonsin Your name;and we tried to preventhim becausehe does not followalong with us."
But alsosomeof the Jewishexorcists,who went from place to place,attemptedto nameoverthosewho hadthe evilspiritsthe nameof the LordJesus,saying,"I adjureyou by JesuswhomPaulpreaches."
Nowwe knowthat whateverthe Lawsays,it speaksto thosewho are underthe Law,sothat everymouthmay be closedand allthe worldmay becomeaccountableto God;
