²⁰ The people answered and said, ^(A)“You have a demon. Who is seeking to kill You?”

²⁰ And many of them said, ^(A)“He has a demon and is ^[a]mad. Why do you listen to Him?”

Before Abraham Was, I AM

⁴⁸ Then the Jews answered and said to Him, “Do we not say rightly that You are a Samaritan and ^(A)have a demon?”

⁵² Then the Jews said to Him, “Now we know that You ^(A)have a demon! ^(B)Abraham is dead, and the prophets; and You say, ‘If anyone keeps My word he shall never taste death.’

²¹ But when His ^(A)own people heard about this, they went out to lay hold of Him, ^(B)for they said, “He is out of His mind.”

²² And the scribes who came down from Jerusalem said, ^(C)“He has Beelzebub,” and, “By the ^(D)ruler of the demons He casts out demons.”

³⁰ because they ^(A)said, “He has an unclean spirit.”

Agrippa Parries Paul’s Challenge

²⁴ Now as he thus made his defense, Festus said with a loud voice, “Paul, ^(A)you are beside yourself! Much learning is driving you mad!”

^24 (A)Now when the Pharisees heard it they said, “This fellow does not cast out demons except by ^[a]Beelzebub, the ruler of the demons.”

¹⁸ For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, ‘He has a demon.’ ¹⁹ The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, ‘Look, a glutton and a ^[a]winebibber, ^(A)a friend of tax collectors and sinners!’ ^(B)But wisdom is justified by her ^[b]children.”

²⁵ It is enough for a disciple that he be like his teacher, and a servant like his master. If ^(A)they have called the master of the house ^[a]Beelzebub, how much more will they call those of his household!