Matthew 12:27 “And if I drive out demons by Beelzebul, by whom do your sons drive the…”

Matthew 12:27

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

Other translations

King James Version

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

World English Bible

If I by Beelzebul cast out demons, by whom do your children cast them out? Therefore they will be your judges.

American Standard Version

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

Geneva Bible 1599

Also if I through Beelzebub cast out deuils, by whom doe your children cast them out? Therefore they shall be your iudges.

Darby Translation

And if I cast out demons by Beelzebub, your sons, by whom do they cast [them] out? For this reason they shall be your judges.

Young's Literal Translation

'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.

Bible in Basic English

And if I by Beelzebub send evil spirits out of men, by whom do your sons send them out? So let them be your judges.

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Cross references

“by whom”

Acts 19:13–16 Luke 11:19 Mark 9:38 Mark 9:39 Luke 9:49 Luke 9:50

Acts 19:13–16 · BSB

Now 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 command you by Jesus, whom Paul proclaims.”

Luke 11:19 · BSB

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

Mark 9:38 · BSB

John 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.”

Mark 9:39 · BSB

“Do not stop him,” Jesus replied. “For no one who performs a miracle in My name can turn around and speak evil of Me.

Luke 9:49 · BSB

“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 9:50 · BSB

“Do not stop him,” Jesus replied, “for whoever is not against you is for you.”

“they”

Romans 3:19 Luke 19:22 Matthew 12:41 Matthew 12:42

Romans 3:19 · BSB

Now 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.

Luke 19:22 · BSB

His 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?

Matthew 12:41 · BSB

The 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.

Matthew 12:42 · BSB

The Queen of the South will rise at the judgment with this generation and condemn it; for she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon, and now One greater than Solomon is here.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

26If Satan drives out Satan, he is divided against himself. How then can his kingdom stand?

28But if I drive out demons by the Spirit of God, then the kingdom of God has come upon you.

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