Matthew 12:27
And if I cast out demons by Beelzebul, by whom do your sons cast them out? For this reason, they shall be your judges.
Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament
In The King James Version
In Context
26And if Satan cast out Satan, he is divided against himself; how then shall his kingdom stand?
28But if I cast out demons by the Spirit of God, then the kingdom of God has already come upon you.
Cross References
Matthew 12:41Tho men of Nineveh shall rise in the judgment with this generation, and condemn it; for they repented in accordance with the preaching of Jonah; and behold, something greater than Jonah is here.
Luke 9:49And John answered and said: Master, we saw a certain one casting out demons in thy name; and we forbade him, because he does not follow with us.
Luke 19:22Then he said to him: Out of your own mouth will I judge you, you wicked servant. You knew that I was a hard man, taking up what I did not lay down, and reaping what I did not sow.
Romans 3:19Now we know that what the law says, it speaks to those who are under the law, that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world become guilty before God.
Matthew Henry on Matthew 12:23-38
The Sin against the Holy Ghost. 22 Then was brought unto him one possessed with a devil, blind, and dumb: and he healed him, insomuch that the blind and dumb both spake and saw. 23 And all the people were amazed, and said, Is not this the son of David? 24 But when the Pharisees heard it, they said, This fellow doth not cast out devils, but by Beelzebub the prince of the devils. 25 And Jesus knew their thoughts, and said unto them, Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation; and every city or… Read the whole commentary →