Matthew 12:27
lf I through Beelzebul cast out demons, through whom do your sons cast them out? Therefore they shall be your judges.
1902 William Baxter Godbey NT
In The King James Version
In Context
26And if Satan casts out Satan, he is divided against himself; how then will his kingdom stand?
28But if I through the Spirit of God cast out demons, then the kingdom of God has come nigh unto you.
Cross References
Matthew 12:41The men of Nineveh will rise in judgment with this generation, and condemn it: because they repented at the preaching of Jonah; and behold, a greater than Jonah is here.
Luke 9:49And John responding said, Master, we saw one casting out the demons in thy name; and we forbade him, because he does not follow with us.
Luke 19:22And he says to him, Out of thine own mouth I will judge thee, thou wicked servant. Didst thou know that I am an austere man, taking up what I have not laid down, and reaping what I have not sown?
Romans 3:19But we know that so many things as the law speaks, it says to those under the law: that every mouth may be stopped, and the whole world may 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 →