John 10:20

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And a number of them said, He has an evil spirit and is out of his mind; why do you give ear to him?

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  • Mark 3:21 : 21 And when his friends had news of it, they went out to get him, saying, He is off his head.
  • John 7:20 : 20 The people said in answer, You have an evil spirit: who has any desire to put you to death?
  • John 7:46-52 : 46 The servants made answer, No man ever said things like this man. 47 Then the Pharisees said to them, Have you, like the others, been given false ideas? 48 Have any of the rulers belief in him, or any one of the Pharisees? 49 But these people who have no knowledge of the law are cursed. 50 Nicodemus--he who had come to Jesus before, being himself one of them--said to them, 51 Is a man judged by our law before it has given him a hearing and has knowledge of what he has done? 52 This was their answer: And do you come from Galilee? Make search and you will see that no prophet comes out of Galilee.
  • John 8:47-48 : 47 He who is a child of God gives ear to the words of God: your ears are not open to them because you are not from God. 48 The Jews said to him in answer, Are we not right in saying that you are of Samaria and have an evil spirit?
  • John 8:52 : 52 The Jews said to him, Now we are certain that you have an evil spirit. Abraham is dead, and the prophets are dead; and you say, If a man keeps my word he will never see death.
  • John 9:28-29 : 28 And they were angry with him and said, You are his disciple, but we are disciples of Moses. 29 We are certain that God gave his word to Moses: but as for this man, we have no knowledge where he comes from.
  • Acts 18:14-15 : 14 But when Paul was about to say something, Gallio said to the Jews, If this was anything to do with wrongdoing or crime, there would be a reason for me to give you a hearing: 15 But if it is a question of words or names or of your law, see to it yourselves; I will not be a judge of such things.
  • Acts 25:19-20 : 19 But had certain questions against him in connection with their religion, and about one Jesus, now dead, who, Paul said, was living. 20 And as I had not enough knowledge for the discussion of these things, I made the suggestion to him to go to Jerusalem and be judged there.
  • Acts 26:24 : 24 And when he made his answer in these words, Festus said in a loud voice, Paul, you are off your head; your great learning has made you unbalanced.
  • Acts 26:30-32 : 30 And the king and the ruler and Bernice and those who were seated with them got up; 31 And when they had gone away they said to one another, This man has done nothing which might give cause for death or prison. 32 And Agrippa said to Festus, This man might have been made free, if he had not put his cause before Caesar.
  • Isa 53:8 : 8 They took away from him help and right, and who gave a thought to his fate? for he was cut off from the land of the living: he came to his death for the sin of my people.
  • Matt 9:34 : 34 But the Pharisees said, By the ruler of evil spirits, he sends evil spirits out of men.
  • Matt 10:25 : 25 It is enough for the disciple that he may be as his master, and the servant as his lord. If they have given the name Beelzebub to the master of the house, how much more to those of his house!

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  • John 10:21
    84%

    21 Others said, These are not the words of one who has an evil spirit. Is it possible for an evil spirit to make blind people see?

  • John 7:20
    79%

    20 The people said in answer, You have an evil spirit: who has any desire to put you to death?

  • John 8:48-49
    2 verses
    77%

    48 The Jews said to him in answer, Are we not right in saying that you are of Samaria and have an evil spirit?

    49 And this was the answer of Jesus: I have not an evil spirit; but I give honour to my Father and you do not give honour to me.

  • Mark 3:20-22
    3 verses
    77%

    20 And he went into a house. And the people came together again, so that they were not even able to take bread.

    21 And when his friends had news of it, they went out to get him, saying, He is off his head.

    22 And the scribes who came down from Jerusalem, said, He has Beelzebub, and, By the ruler of evil spirits he sends evil spirits out of men.

  • Luke 6:11
    75%

    11 But they were full of wrath, and were talking together about what they might do to Jesus.

  • John 10:19
    75%

    19 There was a division again among the Jews because of these words.

  • Mark 3:30
    75%

    30 Because they said, He has an unclean spirit.

  • Luke 11:14-15
    2 verses
    74%

    14 And he was sending an evil spirit out of a man who was without the power of talking. And it came about that when the spirit had gone the man had the power of talking; and the people were full of wonder.

    15 But some of them said, He sends out evil spirits by Beelzebul, the ruler of evil spirits.

  • Mark 1:34
    73%

    34 And a number, who were ill with different diseases, he made well, and sent out evil spirits; but he did not let the evil spirits say anything, because they had knowledge of him.

  • Luke 4:33-35
    3 verses
    73%

    33 And there was a man in the Synagogue who had an unclean spirit; and he gave a loud cry and said,

    34 Let us be! what have we to do with you, Jesus of Nazareth? have you come to put an end to us? I have knowledge who you are, the Holy One of God.

    35 And Jesus said to him, Be quiet, and come out of him. And when the evil spirit had put him down on the earth in the middle of them, he came out of him, having done him no damage.

  • Matt 9:32-34
    3 verses
    72%

    32 And while they were going away, there came to him a man without the power of talking, and with an evil spirit.

    33 And when the evil spirit had been sent out, the man had the power of talking: and they were all surprised, saying, Such a thing has never been seen in Israel.

    34 But the Pharisees said, By the ruler of evil spirits, he sends evil spirits out of men.

  • Luke 8:36
    72%

    36 And those who had seen it gave them an account of how the man who had the evil spirits was made well.

  • Luke 8:28-30
    3 verses
    72%

    28 And when he saw Jesus, he gave a loud cry and went down on the earth before him and in a loud voice said, What have I to do with you, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? Do not be cruel to me.

    29 For he gave an order to the evil spirit to come out of the man. For frequently it would take a grip of him: and he was kept under control, and prisoned with chains; but parting the chains in two, he would be sent by the driving of the evil spirit into waste places.

    30 And Jesus said to him, What is your name? And he said, Legion; for a number of spirits had gone into him.

  • Matt 11:18
    72%

    18 For John came, taking no food or drink, and they say, He has an evil spirit.

  • John 7:12
    72%

    12 And there was much discussion about him among the mass of the people. Some said, He is a good man; but others said, No, he is giving people false ideas.

  • Luke 4:41
    72%

    41 And evil spirits came out of a number of them, crying out and saying, You are the Son of God. But he gave them sharp orders not to say a word, because they had knowledge that he was the Christ.

  • Mark 1:23-24
    2 verses
    72%

    23 And there was in their Synagogue a man with an unclean spirit; and he gave a cry,

    24 Saying, What have we to do with you, Jesus of Nazareth? have you come to put an end to us? I see well who you are, the Holy One of God.

  • Matt 12:22
    71%

    22 Then they took to him one with an evil spirit, who was blind and had no power of talking: and he made him well so that he had the power of talking and seeing.

  • Mark 5:15-16
    2 verses
    71%

    15 And they came to Jesus, and saw the man in whom had been the evil spirits seated, clothed and with full use of his senses, and they were full of fear.

    16 And those who had seen it gave them an account of what had been done to him who had the evil spirits, and of the fate of the pigs.

  • John 9:16
    71%

    16 Then some of the Pharisees said, That man has not come from God, for he does not keep the Sabbath. Others said, How is it possible for a sinner to do such signs? So there was a division among them.

  • Mark 3:11
    71%

    11 And the unclean spirits, whenever they saw him, went down before him, crying out, and saying, You are the Son of God.

  • Mark 9:20
    70%

    20 And they took him to him: and when he saw him, the spirit in him straight away became violent; and he went down on the earth, rolling about and streaming at the lips.

  • Matt 12:24
    70%

    24 But the Pharisees, hearing of it, said, This man only sends evil spirits out of men by Beelzebub, the ruler of evil spirits.

  • John 8:52
    70%

    52 The Jews said to him, Now we are certain that you have an evil spirit. Abraham is dead, and the prophets are dead; and you say, If a man keeps my word he will never see death.

  • Mark 9:16-17
    2 verses
    70%

    16 And he said, What are you questioning them about?

    17 And one of the number said to him in answer, Master, I came to you with my son, who has in him a spirit which takes away his power of talking;

  • Mark 9:25-26
    2 verses
    70%

    25 And when Jesus saw that the people came running together, he gave orders to the unclean spirit, saying to him, You, spirit, who are the cause of his loss of voice and hearing, I say to you, come out of him, and never again go into him.

    26 And after crying out and shaking him violently, it came out: and the child became like one dead; so that most of them said, He is dead.

  • Mark 5:9
    70%

    9 And Jesus said, What is your name? And he made answer, My name is Legion, because there are a great number of us.

  • Mark 5:7
    70%

    7 And crying out with a loud voice he said, What have I to do with you, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? In God's name, do not be cruel to me.

  • Mark 1:26-27
    2 verses
    70%

    26 And the unclean spirit, shaking him violently, and crying with a loud voice, came out of him.

    27 And they were all greatly surprised, so that they put questions to one another, saying, What is this? a new teaching! with authority he gives orders even to the unclean spirits, and they do what he says.

  • Mark 10:48
    70%

    48 And some of them, turning in protest, gave him an order to be quiet: but he went on crying out all the more, Son of David, have mercy on me.

  • Matt 15:10
    70%

    10 And he got the people together and said to them, Give ear, and let my words be clear to you:

  • Luke 7:21
    70%

    21 At that time, he made a number of people free from their diseases and their pains, and from evil spirits; and to others who were blind he gave back the use of their eyes.

  • Mark 5:4
    69%

    4 Because he had frequently been prisoned in chains and iron bands, and the chains had been parted and the bands broken by him: and no man was strong enough to make him quiet.

  • Matt 15:30
    69%

    30 And there came to him great numbers of people having with them those who were broken in body, or blind, or without voice, or wounded, or ill in any way, and a number of others; they put them down at his feet and he made them well:

  • Matt 9:3
    69%

    3 And some of the scribes said among themselves, This man has no respect for God.