Matthew 12:27
And if I drive out demons by Beelzebul, by whom do your sons drive them out? For this reason they will be your judges.
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26If Satan drives out Satan, he is divided against himself. How then will his kingdom stand?
28But if I drive out demons by the Spirit of God, then the kingdom of God has come upon you.
Cross References
Matthew 12:41The men of Nineveh will stand up at the judgment with this generation of people and will condemn it. For they repented at the preaching of Jonah, and see, someone greater than Jonah is here.
Luke 9:49John answered, “Master, we saw someone forcing out demons in your name and we prevented him, because he does not follow along with us.”
Luke 19:22The nobleman said to him, 'By your own words I will judge you, you wicked servant. You knew that I am a demanding person, that I take up what I did not put in, and that I reaped what I did not sow.
Romans 3:19Now we know that whatever the law says, it speaks to the ones who are under the law. This is in order that every mouth may be shut, and the whole world held accountable to 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 →