A Kingdom Divided

^14 (A)And He was casting out a demon, and it was mute. Now it happened that when the demon had gone out, the mute man spoke, and the crowds marveled. ¹⁵ But some of them said, “He casts out demons ^(B)by ^(C)Beelzebul, the ruler of the demons.”

A Kingdom Divided

^22 (A)Then a ^(B)demon-possessed man who was blind and mute was brought to ^[a]Jesus, and He healed him, so that the mute man spoke and saw.

²⁴ But when the Pharisees heard this, they said, “This man does not ^(A)cast out demons except by ^[a]Beelzebul the ruler of the demons.”

³² Now as they were going out, behold, ^(A)a mute, ^(B)demon-possessed man ^[a]was brought to Him. ³³ And after the demon was cast out, the mute man spoke; and the crowds marveled, saying, “^(C)Nothing like this has ^[b]ever been seen in Israel.” ³⁴ But the Pharisees were saying, “He ^(D)casts out the demons by the ruler of the demons.”