But when the Pharisees heard it, they said, “It is only by Beelzebul, the ruler of the demons, that this man casts out the demons.”
May that be the reward of my accusers from the Lord, of those who speak evil against my life.
it is enough for the disciple to be like the teacher and the slave like the master. If they have called the master of the house Beelzebul, how much more will they malign those of his household!
After they had gone away, a demon-possessed man who was mute was brought to him.
But the Pharisees were saying, “By the ruler of the demons he casts out the demons.”
And the scribes who came down from Jerusalem said, “He has Beelzebul, and by the ruler of the demons he casts out demons.”
Now he was casting out a demon that was mute; when the demon had gone out, the one who had been mute spoke, and the crowds were amazed.
But some of them said, “He casts out demons by Beelzebul, the ruler of the demons.”