He said this because they were saying, “He has an unclean spirit.”
because they said, He hath an unclean spirit.
For they persisted in saying, He has an unclean spirit.
He said this because the legal experts were saying, “He’s possessed by an evil spirit.”
For they said: "He has an unclean spirit."
Because they said: He hath an unclean spirit.
But the scribes who had come down from Jerusalem said, “He has Beelzebul,” and, “By the ruler of demons he casts out demons.”
But whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit never has forgiveness, but is subject to eternal judgment.”
Then Jesus' brothers and mother came, and standing outside, they sent word to him and called for him.
Many of them were saying, “He has a demon and is out of his mind; why do you listen to him?”