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And if I by Beelzebub cast out devils, by whom do your sons cast [them] out? therefore shall they be your judges.

And {G1161} if {G1487} I {G1473} by {G1722} Beelzebub {G954} cast out {G1544} devils {G1140}, by {G1722} whom {G5101} do {G1544} your {G5216} sons {G5207} cast them out {G1544}? therefore {G1223}{G5124} shall they {G846} be {G2071} your {G5216} judges {G2923}.

If I drive out demons by Ba‘al-Zibbul, by whom do your people drive them out? So, they will be your judges!

And if I drive out demons by Beelzebul, by whom do your sons drive them out? So then, they will be your judges.

And if I by Beelzebub cast out demons, by whom do your sons cast them out? therefore shall they be your judges.

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Cross-References

  • Luke 9:49 (4 votes)

    And John answered and said, Master, we saw one casting out devils in thy name; and we forbad him, because he followeth not with us.

  • Luke 19:22 (2 votes)

    And he saith unto him, Out of thine own mouth will I judge thee, [thou] wicked servant. Thou knewest that I was an austere man, taking up that I laid not down, and reaping that I did not sow:

  • Matthew 12:41 (2 votes)

    The men of Nineveh shall rise in judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: because they repented at the preaching of Jonas; and, behold, a greater than Jonas [is] here.

  • Matthew 12:42 (2 votes)

    The queen of the south shall rise up in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: for she came from the uttermost parts of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and, behold, a greater than Solomon [is] here.

  • Job 15:6 (2 votes)

    Thine own mouth condemneth thee, and not I: yea, thine own lips testify against thee.

  • Matthew 12:27 (2 votes)

    And if I by Beelzebub cast out devils, by whom do your children cast [them] out? therefore they shall be your judges.

  • Matthew 12:28 (2 votes)

    But if I cast out devils by the Spirit of God, then the kingdom of God is come unto you.