But when the Pharisees heard this they said, “He does not cast out demons except by the power of Beelzebul, the ruler of demons!”
May the Lord repay my accusers in this way, those who say evil things about me!
It is enough for the disciple to become like his teacher, and the slave like his master. If they have called the head of the house ‘Beelzebul,’ how much more will they defame the members of his household!
As they were going away, a man who could not talk and was demon-possessed was brought to him.
But the Pharisees said, “By the ruler of demons he casts out demons.”
The experts in the law who came down from Jerusalem said, “He is possessed by Beelzebul,” and, “By the ruler of demons he casts out demons.”
Now he was casting out a demon that was mute. When the demon had gone out, the man who had been mute began to speak, and the crowds were amazed.
But some of them said, “By the power of Beelzebul, the ruler of demons, he casts out demons.”