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!
Matthew 12:27 - New Revised Standard Version If I cast out demons by Beelzebul, by whom do your own exorcists 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 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!
So his fame spread throughout all Syria, and they brought to him all the sick, those who were afflicted with various diseases and pains, demoniacs, epileptics, and paralytics, and he cured them.
But the Pharisees said, “By the ruler of the demons he casts out the demons.”
Now if I cast out the demons by Beelzebul, by whom do your exorcists cast them out? Therefore they will be your judges.
He said to him, ‘I will judge you by your own words, you wicked slave! You knew, did you, that I was a harsh man, taking what I did not deposit and reaping what I did not sow?
Now we know that whatever the law says, it speaks to those who are under the law, so that every mouth may be silenced, and the whole world may be held accountable to God.