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

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22 Some teachers of God's Law came from Jerusalem. They said, ‘Jesus has a bad spirit called Beelzebul in him. That is Satan, the one who rules all the bad spirits. This man can send bad spirits out of people because Satan gives him authority.’[a]

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Footnotes

  1. 3:22 Beelzebul is another name for Satan. They are both names for God's greatest enemy.