The Beelzebul Accusation

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And come together again doth a multitude, so that they are not able even to eat bread;

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and his friends having heard, went forth to lay hold on him, for they said that he was beside himself,

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and the scribes who are from Jerusalem having come down, said--`He hath Beelzeboul,' and--`By the ruler of the demons he doth cast out the demons.'

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And, having called them near, in similes he said to them, `How is the Adversary able to cast out the Adversary?

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and if a kingdom against itself be divided, that kingdom cannot be made to stand;

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and if a house against itself be divided, that house cannot be made to stand;

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and if the Adversary did rise against himself, and hath been divided, he cannot be made to stand, but hath an end.

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`No one is able the vessels of the strong man--having entered into his house--to spoil, if first he may not bind the strong man, and then his house he will spoil.

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`Verily I say to you, that all the sins shall be forgiven to the sons of men, and evil speakings with which they might speak evil,

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but whoever may speak evil in regard to the Holy Spirit hath not forgiveness--to the age, but is in danger of age-during judgment;'

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because they said, `He hath an unclean spirit.'

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