Mark 3:22

Some Jewish law teachers came from Jerusalem. They were watching Jesus too. They said, “We think that Jesus has the Cheeky One, called the Devil, living inside him, and Jesus is using the Devil's power to send bad spirits out of people.”

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In The King James Version

And the scribes which came down from Jerusalem said, He hath Beelzebub, and by the prince of the devils casteth he out devils.

In Context

21Someone went and told his family what Jesus was doing. Jesus' family listened to that news and they thought that Jesus had gone mad, so they went to take him home to look after him.

23Jesus knew what they were saying, so he called them to come and listen to some stories. He wanted them to understand what he was saying. He said, “Do you think that the Devil would fight against his own mob of spirits?

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Matthew Henry on Mark 3:14-22

The Calling of the Apostles. 13 And he goeth up into a mountain, and calleth unto him whom he would: and they came unto him. 14 And he ordained twelve, that they should be with him, and that he might send them forth to preach, 15 And to have power to heal sicknesses, and to cast out devils: 16 And Simon he surnamed Peter; 17 And James the son of Zebedee, and John the brother of James; and he surnamed them Boanerges, which is, The sons of thunder: 18 And Andrew, and Philip, and Bartholomew, and Matthew, and Thomas,… Read the whole commentary →

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