Matthew 12:27

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And if I drive out demons by Beelzebul, by whom do your sons drive them out? Therefore, they will be your judges.

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  • Mark 9:38-39 : 38 John said to him, 'Teacher, we saw someone driving out demons in your name, and we tried to stop him because he was not following us.' 39 'Do not stop him,' Jesus said. 'No one who does a miracle in my name can in the next moment say anything bad about me.'
  • Luke 9:49-50 : 49 John said, 'Master, we saw someone driving out demons in your name, and we tried to stop him, because he does not follow us.' 50 'Do not stop him,' Jesus said, 'for whoever is not against you is for you.'
  • Luke 11:19 : 19 Now if I drive out demons by Beelzebul, by whom do your sons drive them out? Therefore, they will be your judges.
  • Acts 19:13-16 : 13 Some itinerant Jewish exorcists tried to invoke the name of the Lord Jesus over those possessed by evil spirits, saying, "I adjure you by the Jesus whom Paul preaches." 14 There were seven sons of a Jewish high priest named Sceva doing this. 15 But the evil spirit answered them, "Jesus I know, and Paul I recognize, but who are you?" 16 Then the man in whom the evil spirit was leaped on them, overpowered them all, and prevailed against them, so that they fled out of the house naked and wounded.
  • Matt 12:41-42 : 41 The men of Nineveh will stand up at the judgment with this generation and condemn it, because they repented at Jonah's preaching, and look—something greater than Jonah is here. 42 The Queen of the South will rise at the judgment with this generation and condemn it, because she came from the ends of the earth to listen to the wisdom of Solomon, and look—something greater than Solomon is here.
  • Rom 3:19 : 19 Now we know that whatever the law says, it speaks to those who are under the law, so that every mouth may be silenced and the whole world held accountable to God.
  • Luke 19:22 : 22 He said to him, 'I will judge you by your own words, you wicked servant! You knew, did you, that I am a harsh man, taking what I did not deposit and reaping what I did not sow?'

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Luke 11:17-20
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    17But knowing their thoughts, He said to them, 'Every kingdom divided against itself is laid waste, and a house divided against itself falls.

    18If Satan is divided against himself, how will his kingdom stand? For you say I drive out demons by Beelzebul.

    19Now if I drive out demons by Beelzebul, by whom do your sons drive them out? Therefore, they will be your judges.

    20But if I drive out demons by the finger of God, then the kingdom of God has come upon you.

  • Matt 12:28-31
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    28But if I drive out demons by the Spirit of God, then the kingdom of God has come upon you.

    29Or how can anyone enter a strong man's house and carry off his possessions unless he first ties up the strong man? Then he can plunder his house.

    30Whoever is not with Me is against Me, and whoever does not gather with Me scatters.

    31Therefore, I tell you, every sin and blasphemy will be forgiven people, but blasphemy against the Spirit will not be forgiven.

  • Matt 12:24-26
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    24But when the Pharisees heard this, they said, 'This man drives out demons only by Beelzebul, the ruler of the demons.'

    25Knowing their thoughts, Jesus said to them, 'Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to ruin, and every city or house divided against itself will not stand.'

    26If Satan drives out Satan, he is divided against himself. How then can his kingdom stand?

  • Mark 3:22-23
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    22And the scribes who came down from Jerusalem said, "He is possessed by Beelzebul! By the prince of demons, He casts out demons."

    23So Jesus called them over to Him and began to speak to them in parables, "How can Satan cast out Satan?

  • Luke 11:13-15
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    13If you then, though you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give the Holy Spirit to those who ask Him!

    14Jesus was casting out a demon that was mute. When the demon had left, the man who had been mute spoke, and the crowds were amazed.

    15But some of them said, 'He drives out demons by Beelzebul, the ruler of demons.'

  • Matt 9:34
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    34But the Pharisees said, 'He drives out demons by the ruler of the demons.'

  • John 12:31
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    31Now is the judgment of this world; now the ruler of this world will be thrown out.

  • Mark 3:26-27
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    26And if Satan rises up against himself and is divided, he cannot stand but has come to an end.

    27No one can enter a strong man's house to plunder his goods unless he first binds the strong man. Then he can plunder his house.

  • Luke 10:17
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    17The seventy returned with joy and said, 'Lord, even the demons submit to us in Your name!'

  • Matt 17:18-19
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    18And Jesus rebuked the demon, and it came out of him, and the boy was healed from that moment.

    19Then the disciples came to Jesus privately and asked, 'Why couldn’t we drive it out?'

  • Luke 9:40
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    40I begged your disciples to drive it out, but they could not.

  • Luke 9:1
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    1Then Jesus called together the twelve disciples and gave them power and authority over all demons and to heal diseases.

  • Luke 9:42
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    42Even as the boy was approaching, the demon threw him to the ground and shook him violently. But Jesus rebuked the unclean spirit, healed the boy, and gave him back to his father.

  • Matt 8:12
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    12But the sons of the kingdom will be cast out into the outer darkness; there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

  • Matt 12:37
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    37For by your words you will be justified, and by your words you will be condemned.

  • Mark 3:30
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    30He said this because they were saying, "He has an impure spirit."

  • Matt 8:31
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    31The demons begged Him, 'If You drive us out, send us into the herd of pigs.'

  • Luke 11:23
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    23Whoever is not with Me is against Me, and whoever does not gather with Me scatters.

  • Matt 10:25
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    25It is enough for a disciple to become like his teacher, and a servant like his master. If they called the master of the house Beelzebul, how much more will they call the members of his household!

  • Mark 3:15
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    15And to give them authority to heal diseases and to cast out demons.

  • Matt 12:33
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    33Either make the tree good and its fruit good, or make the tree bad and its fruit bad, for a tree is known by its fruit.

  • Luke 4:36
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    36Everyone was amazed, and they said to one another, 'What is this message? With authority and power He commands unclean spirits, and they come out!'

  • Matt 7:11
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    11If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give good things to those who ask Him?

  • Matt 7:20
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    20So then, you will recognize them by their fruits.

  • Luke 4:41
    68%

    41Demons also came out of many people, crying out, 'You are the Son of God!' But He rebuked them and would not allow them to speak, because they knew He was the Christ.

  • Matt 7:22
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    22Many will say to me on that day, 'Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in Your name, and cast out demons in Your name, and perform many miracles in Your name?'

  • Rev 16:14
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    14They are demonic spirits performing miraculous signs, and they go out to the kings of the whole world to gather them for battle on the great day of God Almighty.

  • Mark 1:39
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    39So he went throughout Galilee, preaching in their synagogues and driving out demons.

  • Matt 10:1
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    1And summoning his twelve disciples, he gave them authority over unclean spirits so they could drive them out and heal every disease and every sickness.

  • Mark 9:28
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    28After Jesus had gone indoors, his disciples asked him privately, 'Why couldn’t we drive it out?'

  • Mark 1:23
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    23Just then, in their synagogue, there was a man possessed by an unclean spirit, and he cried out,

  • John 6:70
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    70Jesus answered them, 'Did I not choose you, the Twelve? Yet one of you is a devil.'

  • Mark 1:27
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    27The people were all amazed, so they began to question each other: 'What is this? A new teaching—and with authority! He commands even the unclean spirits, and they obey him.'

  • Matt 12:45
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    45Then it goes and brings with it seven other spirits more evil than itself, and they go in and live there. And the final condition of that person is worse than the first. That is how it will be with this wicked generation.

  • Mark 13:12
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    12Brother will betray brother to death, and a father his child. Children will rise up against their parents and have them put to death.

  • Mark 3:11
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    11When the impure spirits saw Him, they fell down before Him and cried out, "You are the Son of God!"

  • Luke 8:30
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    30Jesus asked him, "What is your name?" "Legion," he replied, because many demons had entered him.