Mark 3:22

20 Then Jesus went home, and once again a crowd gathered, so that He and His disciples could not even eat.

21 When His family heard about this, they went out to take custody of Him, saying, “He is out of His mind.”

And the scribes who had come down from Jerusalem were saying, “He is possessed by Beelzebul,” and, “By the prince of the demons He drives out demons.”

23 So Jesus called them together and began to speak to them in parables: “How can Satan drive out Satan?

24 If a kingdom is divided against itself, it cannot stand.

Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
And the scribes who had come down from Jerusalem were saying, “He is possessed by Beelzebul,” and, “By the prince of the demons He drives out demons.”
KJV
And the scribes which came down from Jerusalem said, He hath Beelzebub, and by the prince of the devils casteth he out devils.
WEB
The scribes who came down from Jerusalem said, “He has Beelzebul,” and, “By the prince of the demons he casts out the demons.”
ASV
And the scribes that came down from Jerusalem said, He hath Beelzebub, and, By the prince of the demons casteth he out the demons.
DARBY
And the scribes who had come down from Jerusalem said, He has Beelzebub, and, By the prince of the demons he casts out demons.
BLB
And the scribes, those from Jerusalem, having come down, were saying, “He has Beelzebul,” and, “By the ruler of the demons He casts out the demons.”
ÅB
Og de skriftlærde, som var kommet ned fra Jerusalem, sa: Han er besatt av Be'elsebul, og: Det er ved de onde ånders fyrste han driver de onde ånder ut.
OTB
Og de skriftlærde som kom ned fra Jerusalem sa: «Han er besatt av Beelzebul! Ved demonenes fyrste driver Han ut demoner.»
B1930
Og de skriftlærde, som var kommet ned fra Jerusalem, sa: Han er besatt av Be'elsebul, og: Det er ved de onde ånders fyrste han driver de onde ånder ut.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Matthew 10:25

    It is enough for a disciple to be like his teacher, and a servant like his master. If the head of the house has been called Beelzebul, how much more the members of his household!

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  • Matthew 15:1

    Then some Pharisees and scribes came to Jesus from Jerusalem and asked,

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  • Matthew 9:34

    But the Pharisees said, “It is by the prince of demons that He drives out demons.”

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  • Matthew 12:24

    But when the Pharisees heard this, they said, “Only by Beelzebul, the prince of demons, does this man drive out demons.”

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  • John 7:20

    “You have a demon,” the crowd replied. “Who is trying to kill You?”

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  • Mark 7:1

    Then the Pharisees and some of the scribes who had come from Jerusalem gathered around Jesus,

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  • Matthew 11:18

    For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, ‘He has a demon!’

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  • John 8:52

    “Now we know that You have a demon!” declared the Jews. “Abraham died, and so did the prophets, yet You say that anyone who keeps Your word will never taste death.

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