And the scribes who came down from Jerusalem were saying, “He is possessed by Beelzebul,” and “by the prince of demons he casts out the demons.”
Then Pharisees and scribes came to Jesus from Jerusalem and said,
It is enough for the disciple to be like his teacher, and the servant like his master. If they have called the master of the house Beelzebul, how much more will they malign those of his household.
But when the Pharisees heard it, they said, “It is only by Beelzebul, the prince of demons, that this man casts out demons.”
But the Pharisees said, “He casts out demons by the prince of demons.”
The crowd answered, “You have a demon! Who is seeking to kill you?”
The Jews said to him, “Now we know that you have a demon! Abraham died, as did the prophets, yet you say, ‘If anyone keeps my word, he will never taste death.’
The Jews answered him, “Are we not right in saying that you are a Samaritan and have a demon?”
But some of them said, “He casts out demons by Beelzebul, the prince of demons,”
Now when the Pharisees gathered to him, with some of the scribes who had come from Jerusalem,
For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, ‘He has a demon.’
At that time the Feast of Dedication took place at Jerusalem. It was winter,
On one of those days, as he was teaching, Pharisees and teachers of the law were sitting there, who had come from every village of Galilee and Judea and from Jerusalem. And the power of the Lord was with him to heal.
But I am a worm and not a man, scorned by mankind and despised by the people.
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