And the teachers of the law from Jerusalem said, “Beelzebul (the devil) is living inside him (Jesus)! He uses power from the ruler of demons {\cf2\super [48]} to force demons out of people.”
Mark 7:1 - Easy To Read Version Some Pharisees {\cf2\super [80]} and some teachers of the law came from Jerusalem. They gathered around Jesus. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Then came together unto him the Pharisees, and certain of the scribes, which came from Jerusalem. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition NOW THERE gathered together to [Jesus] the Pharisees and some of the scribes who had come from Jerusalem, American Standard Version (1901) And there are gathered together unto him the Pharisees, and certain of the scribes, who had come from Jerusalem, Common English Bible The Pharisees and some legal experts from Jerusalem gathered around Jesus. Catholic Public Domain Version And the Pharisees and some of the scribes, arriving from Jerusalem, gathered together before him. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version AND there assembled together unto him the Pharisees and some of the scribes, coming from Jerusalem. |
And the teachers of the law from Jerusalem said, “Beelzebul (the devil) is living inside him (Jesus)! He uses power from the ruler of demons {\cf2\super [48]} to force demons out of people.”
The Pharisees and teachers of the law saw that some of Jesus’ followers ate food with hands that were not clean. (“Not clean” means that they did not wash their hands \{in the way the Pharisees said people must\}.)
One day Jesus was teaching the people. The Pharisees {\cf2\super [94]} and teachers of the law were sitting there too. They had come from every town in Galilee and from Judea and Jerusalem. The Lord (God) was giving Jesus the power to heal people.