Matthew 12:24
Good News Translation
When the Pharisees heard this, they replied, "He drives out demons only because their ruler Beelzebul gives him power to do so."

New Revised Standard Version
But when the Pharisees heard it, they said, “It is only by Beelzebul, the ruler of the demons, that this fellow casts out the demons.”

Contemporary English Version
When the Pharisees heard this, they said, "He forces out demons by the power of Beelzebul, the ruler of the demons!"

New American Bible
But when the Pharisees heard this, they said, “This man drives out demons only by the power of Beelzebul, the prince of demons.”

Douay-Rheims Bible
But the Pharisees hearing it, said: This man casteth not out devils but by Beelzebub the prince of the devils.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

But the Pharisees hearing it, said: This man casteth not out devils but by Beelzebub the prince of the devils.

when.

Matthew 9:34 But the Pharisees said, By the prince of devils he casteth out devils.

Mark 3:22 And the scribes who were come down from Jerusalem, said: He hath Beelzebub, and by the prince of devils he casteth out devils.

Luke 11:15 But some of them said: He casteth out devils by Beelzebub, the prince of devils.

Beelzebub.

Matthew 12:27 And if I by Beelzebub cast out devils, by whom do your children cast them out? Therefore they shall be your judges.

Context
A House Divided
23And all the multitudes were amazed, and said: Is not this the son of David? 24But the Pharisees hearing it, said: This man casteth not out devils but by Beelzebub the prince of the devils. 25And Jesus knowing their thoughts, said to them: Every kingdom divided against itself shall be made desolate: and every city or house divided against itself shall not stand.…
Cross References
Matthew 9:32
And when they were gone out, behold they brought him a dumb man, possessed with a devil.

Matthew 9:34
But the Pharisees said, By the prince of devils he casteth out devils.

Matthew 10:25
It is enough for the disciple that he be as his master, and the servant as his lord. If they have called the good man of the house Beelzebub, how much more them of his household?

Luke 11:14
And he was casting out a devil: and the same was dumb. And when he had cast out the devil, the dumb spoke: and the multitudes, were in admiration at it.

Matthew 12:23
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