It is enough for the talmid that he be like his teacher, and the servant like his lord. If they have called the master of the house Ba`al-Zibbul, how much more those of his household!
Matthew 12:27 - Hebrew Names version (HNV) If I by Ba`al-Zibbul cast out demons, by whom do your children cast them out? Therefore they will be your judges. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And if I by Beelzebub cast out devils, by whom do your children cast them out? therefore they shall be your judges. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And if I drive out the demons by [help of] Beelzebub, by whose [help] do your sons drive them out? For this reason they shall be your judges. American Standard Version (1901) And if I by Beelzebub cast out demons, by whom do your sons cast them out? therefore shall they be your judges. Common English Bible And if I throw out demons by the authority of Beelzebul, then by whose authority do your followers throw them out? Therefore, they will be your judges. Catholic Public Domain Version And if I cast out demons by Beelzebub, by whom do your own sons cast them out? Therefore, they shall be your judges. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And if I by Beelzebub cast out devils, by whom do your children cast them out? Therefore they shall be your judges. |
It is enough for the talmid that he be like his teacher, and the servant like his lord. If they have called the master of the house Ba`al-Zibbul, how much more those of his household!
The report about him went out into all Syria. They brought to him all who were sick, afflicted with various diseases and torments, possessed with demons, epileptics, and paralytics; and he healed them.
But the Perushim said, *By the prince of the demons, he casts out demons.*
But if I cast out demons by Ba`al-Zibbul, by whom do your children cast them out? Therefore will they be your judges.
*He said to him, 'Out of your own mouth will I judge you, you wicked servant! You knew that I am an exacting man, taking up that which I didn't lay down, and reaping that which I didn't sow.
Now we know that whatever things the law says, it speaks to those who are under the law, that every mouth may be closed, and all the world may be brought under the judgment of God.