Matthew 12:27
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“And if I drive out demons by Beelzebul, by whom do your sons drive them out? So then, they will be your judges.”
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“And if I drive out demons by Beelzebul, by whom do your sons drive them out? So then, they will be your judges.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“And if I by Beelzebub cast out devils, by whom do your children cast them out? therefore they shall be your judges.”
King James Version · Public Domain“And if I by Beelzebub cast out demons, by whom do your sons cast them out? therefore shall they be your judges.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“`And if I, by Beelzeboul, do cast out the demons, your sons--by whom do they cast out? because of this they--they shall be your judges.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Matthew 12:27 — 7 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Matthew 12:41The men of Nineveh will stand at the judgment with this generation and condemn it; for they repented at the preaching of Jonah, and now One greater than Jonah is here.
- Mark 9:38John said to Him, “Teacher, we saw someone else driving out demons in Your name, and we tried to stop him, because he does not accompany us.”
- Luke 9:49“Master,” said John, “we saw someone driving out demons in Your name, and we tried to stop him, because he does not accompany us.”
- Luke 11:19And if I drive out demons by Beelzebul, by whom do your sons drive them out? So then, they will be your judges.
- Luke 19:22His master replied, ‘You wicked servant, I will judge you by your own words. So you knew that I am a harsh man, withdrawing what I did not deposit and reaping what I did not sow?
- Acts 19:13Now there were some itinerant Jewish exorcists who tried to invoke the name of the Lord Jesus over those with evil spirits. They would say, “I bind you by Jesus, whom Paul proclaims.”
- Romans 3:19Now we know that whatever the law says, it says to those who are under the law, so that every mouth may be silenced and the whole world held accountable to God.
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