But the Pharisees said, “He casts out demons by the ruler of the demons.”
“It is enough for the taught one to become like his teacher, and a servant like his master. If they have called the master of the house Be‛elzebul, how much more those of his household!
“For Yoḥanan came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, ‘He has a demon.’
Then they brought to Him one who was demon-possessed, blind and dumb. And He healed him, so that the blind and dumb man both spoke and saw.
“And if I, by Be‛elzebul, do cast out demons, by whom do your sons cast them out? Because of this they shall be your judges.
And the scribes who came down from Yerushalayim said, “He has Be‛elzebul,” and, “He casts out demons by the ruler of the demons.”
But some of them said, “He casts out demons by Be‛elzebul, the ruler of the demons,”
For everyone who is practising evil matters hates the light and does not come to the light, lest his works should be exposed.
The crowd answered and said, “You have a demon, who seeks to kill You?”