John 10:20

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

Many of them were saying,“He is possessed by a demon and has lost his mind! Why do you listen to him?”

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  • Mark 3:21 : 21 When his family heard this they went out to restrain him, for they said,“He is out of his mind.”
  • John 7:20 : 20 The crowd answered,“You’re possessed by a demon! Who is trying to kill you?”
  • John 7:46-52 : 46 The officers replied,“No one ever spoke like this man!” 47 Then the Pharisees answered,“You haven’t been deceived too, have you? 48 None of the members of the ruling council or the Pharisees have believed in him, have they? 49 But this rabble who do not know the law are accursed!” 50 Nicodemus, who had gone to Jesus before and who was one of the rulers, said, 51 “Our law doesn’t condemn a man unless it first hears from him and learns what he is doing, does it?” 52 They replied,“You aren’t from Galilee too, are you? Investigate carefully and you will see that no prophet comes from Galilee!”
  • John 8:47-48 : 47 The one who belongs to God listens and responds to God’s words. You don’t listen and respond, because you don’t belong to God.” 48 The Judeans replied,“Aren’t we correct in saying that you are a Samaritan and are possessed by a demon?”
  • John 8:52 : 52 Then the Judeans responded,“Now we know you’re possessed by a demon! Both Abraham and the prophets died, and yet you say,‘If anyone obeys my teaching, he will never experience death.’
  • John 9:28-29 : 28 They heaped insults on him, saying,“You are his disciple! We are disciples of Moses! 29 We know that God has spoken to Moses! We do not know where this man comes from!”
  • Acts 18:14-15 : 14 But just as Paul was about to speak, Gallio said to the Jews,“If it were a matter of some crime or serious piece of villainy, I would have been justified in accepting the complaint of you Jews, 15 but since it concerns points of disagreement about words and names and your own law, settle it yourselves. I will not be a judge of these things!”
  • Acts 25:19-20 : 19 Rather they had several points of disagreement with him about their own religion and about a man named Jesus who was dead, whom Paul claimed to be alive. 20 Because I was at a loss how I could investigate these matters, I asked if he were willing to go to Jerusalem and be tried there on these charges.
  • Acts 26:24 : 24 As Paul was saying these things in his defense, Festus exclaimed loudly,“You have lost your mind, Paul! Your great learning is driving you insane!”
  • Acts 26:30-32 : 30 So the king got up, and with him the governor and Bernice and those sitting with them, 31 and as they were leaving they said to one another,“This man is not doing anything deserving death or imprisonment.” 32 Agrippa said to Festus,“This man could have been released if he had not appealed to Caesar.”
  • Isa 53:8 : 8 He was led away after an unjust trial– but who even cared? Indeed, he was cut off from the land of the living; because of the rebellion of his own people he was wounded.
  • Matt 9:34 : 34 But the Pharisees said,“By the ruler of demons he casts out demons!”
  • Matt 10:25 : 25 It is enough for the disciple to become like his teacher, and the slave like his master. If they have called the head of the house‘Beelzebul,’ how much worse will they call the members of his household!

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • John 10:21
    84%

    21Others said,“These are not the words of someone possessed by a demon. A demon cannot cause the blind to see, can it?”

  • John 7:20
    79%

    20The crowd answered,“You’re possessed by a demon! Who is trying to kill you?”

  • John 8:48-49
    2 verses
    77%

    48The Judeans replied,“Aren’t we correct in saying that you are a Samaritan and are possessed by a demon?”

    49Jesus answered,“I am not possessed by a demon, but I honor my Father– and yet you dishonor me.

  • Mark 3:20-22
    3 verses
    77%

    20Jesus and Beelzebul Now Jesus went home, and a crowd gathered so that they were not able to eat.

    21When his family heard this they went out to restrain him, for they said,“He is out of his mind.”

    22The experts in the law who came down from Jerusalem said,“He is possessed by Beelzebul,” and,“By the ruler of demons he casts out demons!”

  • Luke 6:11
    75%

    11But they were filled with mindless rage and began debating with one another what they would do to Jesus.

  • John 10:19
    75%

    19Another sharp division took place among the Jewish people because of these words.

  • Mark 3:30
    75%

    30(because they said,“He has an unclean spirit”).

  • Luke 11:14-15
    2 verses
    74%

    14Jesus and Beelzebul Now he was casting out a demon that was mute. When the demon had gone out, the man who had been mute began to speak, and the crowds were amazed.

    15But some of them said,“By the power of Beelzebul, the ruler of demons, he casts out demons!”

  • Mark 1:34
    73%

    34So he healed many who were sick with various diseases and drove out many demons. But he would not permit the demons to speak, because they knew him.

  • Luke 4:33-35
    3 verses
    73%

    33Now in the synagogue there was a man who had the spirit of an unclean demon, and he cried out with a loud voice,

    34“Ha! Leave us alone, Jesus the Nazarene! Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are– the Holy One of God.”

    35But Jesus rebuked him:“Silence! Come out of him!” Then, after the demon threw the man down in their midst, he came out of him without hurting him.

  • Matt 9:32-34
    3 verses
    72%

    32As they were going away, a man who was demon-possessed and unable to speak was brought to him.

    33After the demon was cast out, the man who had been mute began to speak. The crowds were amazed and said,“Never has anything like this been seen in Israel!”

    34But the Pharisees said,“By the ruler of demons he casts out demons!”

  • Luke 8:36
    72%

    36Those who had seen it told them how the man who had been demon-possessed had been healed.

  • Luke 8:28-30
    3 verses
    72%

    28When he saw Jesus, he cried out, fell down before him, and shouted with a loud voice,“Leave me alone, Jesus, Son of the Most High God! I beg you, do not torment me!”

    29For Jesus had started commanding the evil spirit to come out of the man.(For it had seized him many times, so he would be bound with chains and shackles and kept under guard. But he would break the restraints and be driven by the demon into deserted places.)

    30Jesus then asked him,“What is your name?” He said,“Legion,” because many demons had entered him.

  • Matt 11:18
    72%

    18For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say,‘He has a demon!’

  • John 7:12
    72%

    12There was a lot of grumbling about him among the crowds. Some were saying,“He is a good man,” but others,“He deceives the common people.”

  • Luke 4:41
    72%

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

  • Mark 1:23-24
    2 verses
    72%

    23Just then there was a man in their synagogue with an unclean spirit, and he cried out,

    24“Leave us alone, Jesus the Nazarene! Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are– the Holy One of God!”

  • Matt 12:22
    71%

    22Jesus and Beelzebul Then they brought to him a demon-possessed man who was blind and mute. Jesus healed him so that he could speak and see.

  • Mark 5:15-16
    2 verses
    71%

    15They came to Jesus and saw the demon-possessed man sitting there, clothed and in his right mind– the one who had the“Legion”– and they were afraid.

    16Those who had seen what had happened to the demon-possessed man reported it, and they also told about the pigs.

  • John 9:16
    71%

    16Then some of the Pharisees began to say,“This man is not from God, because he does not observe the Sabbath.” But others said,“How can a man who is a sinner perform such miraculous signs?” Thus there was a division among them.

  • Mark 3:11
    71%

    11And whenever the unclean spirits saw him, they fell down before him and cried out,“You are the Son of God.”

  • Mark 9:20
    70%

    20So they brought the boy to him. When the spirit saw him, it immediately threw the boy into a convulsion. He fell on the ground and rolled around, foaming at the mouth.

  • Matt 12:24
    70%

    24But when the Pharisees heard this they said,“He does not cast out demons except by the power of Beelzebul, the ruler of demons!”

  • John 8:52
    70%

    52Then the Judeans responded,“Now we know you’re possessed by a demon! Both Abraham and the prophets died, and yet you say,‘If anyone obeys my teaching, he will never experience death.’

  • Mark 9:16-17
    2 verses
    70%

    16He asked them,“What are you arguing about with them?”

    17A member of the crowd said to him,“Teacher, I brought you my son, who is possessed by a spirit that makes him mute.

  • Mark 9:25-26
    2 verses
    70%

    25Now when Jesus saw that a crowd was quickly gathering, he rebuked the unclean spirit, saying to it,“Mute and deaf spirit, I command you, come out of him and never enter him again.”

    26It shrieked, threw him into terrible convulsions, and came out. The boy looked so much like a corpse that many said,“He is dead!”

  • Mark 5:9
    70%

    9Jesus asked him,“What is your name?” And he said,“My name is Legion, for we are many.”

  • Mark 5:7
    70%

    7Then he cried out with a loud voice,“Leave me alone, Jesus, Son of the Most High God! I implore you by God– do not torment me!”

  • Mark 1:26-27
    2 verses
    70%

    26After throwing him into convulsions, the unclean spirit cried out with a loud voice and came out of him.

    27They were all amazed so that they asked each other,“What is this? A new teaching with authority! He even commands the unclean spirits and they obey him.”

  • Mark 10:48
    70%

    48Many scolded him to get him to be quiet, but he shouted all the more,“Son of David, have mercy on me!”

  • Matt 15:10
    70%

    10True Defilement Then he called the crowd to him and said,“Listen and understand.

  • Luke 7:21
    70%

    21At that very time Jesus cured many people of diseases, sicknesses, and evil spirits, and granted sight to many who were blind.

  • Mark 5:4
    69%

    4For his hands and feet had often been bound with chains and shackles, but he had torn the chains apart and broken the shackles in pieces. No one was strong enough to subdue him.

  • Matt 15:30
    69%

    30Then large crowds came to him bringing with them the lame, blind, crippled, mute, and many others. They laid them at his feet, and he healed them.

  • Matt 9:3
    69%

    3Then some of the experts in the law said to themselves,“This man is blaspheming!”