Luke 11:15

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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

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  • 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!
  • Matt 12:24-30 : 24 But the Pharisees, hearing of it, said, This man only sends evil spirits out of men by Beelzebub, the ruler of evil spirits. 25 And having knowledge of their thoughts he said to them, Every kingdom having division in itself is made waste, and every town or house having division in itself will come to destruction. 26 And if Satan sends out Satan, he makes war against himself; how then will he keep his kingdom? 27 And if I by Beelzebub send evil spirits out of men, by whom do your sons send them out? So let them be your judges. 28 But if I by the Spirit of God send out evil spirits, then is the kingdom of God come on you. 29 Or how may one go into a strong man's house and take his goods, if he does not first put cords round the strong man? and then he may take his goods. 30 Whoever is not with me is against me; and he who does not take part with me in getting people together, is driving them away.
  • Mark 3:22-30 : 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. 23 And turning to them, he said to them in the form of a story, How is it possible for Satan to put out Satan? 24 If there is division in a kingdom, that kingdom will come to destruction; 25 And if there is division in a house, that house will come to destruction; 26 And if Satan is at war with himself, and there is division in him, he will not keep his place but will come to an end. 27 But no one is able to go into the house of the strong man and take his goods, without first putting cords round the strong man, and then he will take his goods. 28 Truly, I say to you, The sons of men will have forgiveness for all their sins and for all the evil words they say: 29 But whoever says evil things against the Holy Spirit will never have forgiveness, but the evil he has done will be with him for ever: 30 Because they said, He has an unclean spirit.
  • Luke 11:18-19 : 18 If, then, Satan is at war with himself, how will he keep his kingdom? because you say that I send evil spirits out of men by the help of Beelzebul. 19 And if I, by Beelzebul, send out evil spirits, by whose help do your sons send them out? so let them be your judges.
  • John 7:20 : 20 The people said in answer, You have an evil spirit: who has any desire to put you to death?
  • John 8:48 : 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 10:20 : 20 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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    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.

    23 And turning to them, he said to them in the form of a story, How is it possible for Satan to put out Satan?

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

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    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 11:16-20
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    16 And others, testing him, were looking for a sign from heaven from him.

    17 But he, having knowledge of their thoughts, said to them, Every kingdom in which there is division is made waste; and a house in which there is division comes to destruction.

    18 If, then, Satan is at war with himself, how will he keep his kingdom? because you say that I send evil spirits out of men by the help of Beelzebul.

    19 And if I, by Beelzebul, send out evil spirits, by whose help do your sons send them out? so let them be your judges.

    20 But if I, by the finger of God, send out evil spirits, then the kingdom of God has overtaken you.

  • Matt 12:26-29
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    26 And if Satan sends out Satan, he makes war against himself; how then will he keep his kingdom?

    27 And if I by Beelzebub send evil spirits out of men, by whom do your sons send them out? So let them be your judges.

    28 But if I by the Spirit of God send out evil spirits, then is the kingdom of God come on you.

    29 Or how may one go into a strong man's house and take his goods, if he does not first put cords round the strong man? and then he may take his goods.

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    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.

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

    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?

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    30 Because they said, He has an unclean spirit.

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    31 And the evil spirits made strong prayers to him, saying, If you send us out, let us go into the herd of pigs.

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    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.

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    15 And give them the power of driving out evil spirits:

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    17 And the seventy came back with joy, saying, Lord, even the evil spirits are under our power in your name.

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    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.

    36 And wonder came on them all and they said to one another, What are these words? for with authority and power he gives orders to the evil spirits and they come out.

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    12 And they said to him, Send us into the pigs, so that we may go into them.

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

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

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

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    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.

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

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    1 And getting the twelve together, he gave them power and authority over all evil spirits and over diseases, to make them well.

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    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.

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    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.

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    25 And Jesus said to him sharply, Be quiet, and come out of him.

    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.

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

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    8 For Jesus had said to him, Come out of the man, you unclean spirit.

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    14 For they are evil spirits, working signs; who go out even to the kings of all the earth, to get them together to the war of the great day of God, the Ruler of all.

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    42 And while he was coming, he was pushed violently down and twisted by the evil spirit. But Jesus gave sharp orders to the unclean spirit, and made the boy well, and gave him back to his father.

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

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    3 He was living in the place of the dead: and no man was able to keep him down, no, not with a chain;

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    40 And I made a request to your disciples to send it out of him, but they were not able to do it.

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    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.