Matthew 12:27
And if I by Beelzebub cast out devils, by whom do your sons cast them out? therefore shall they be your judges.
Thomas Haweis 1795 New Testament
In The King James Version
In Context
26so if Satan cast out Satan; he is divided against himself; how then can his kingdom subsist?
28But if I by the Spirit of God cast out the devils, then truly the kingdom of God is come unto you.
Cross References
Matthew 12:41The men of Nineveh shall rise up in judgment against this generation, and condemn it: for they repented on the preaching of Jonah; and behold, a greater than Jonah is here.
Luke 9:49Then John addressing him said, Master, we saw one casting out devils in thy name, and we forbad him, because he followed not with us.
Luke 19:22And he said to him, Out of thine own mouth will I judge thee, thou wicked servant. Thou knewest that I am an austere man, taking up what I laid not down, and reaping what I did not sow;
Romans 3:19Now we know that whatsoever things the law saith, it speaks to those who are under the law: that every mouth might be sealed up, and all the world become criminal 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 →