Before Abraham Was, I Am

⁴⁸ The Jews answered him, “Are we not right in saying that you are a Samaritan and ^(A)have a demon?”

⁵² The Jews said to him, “Now we know that you have a demon! ^(A)Abraham died, as did the prophets, yet ^(B)you say, ‘If anyone keeps my word, he will never ^(C)taste death.’

²⁰ Many of them said, ^(A)“He has a demon, and ^(B)is insane; why listen to him?”

¹⁸ For John came ^(A)neither eating ^(B)nor drinking, and they say, ‘He has a demon.’

Blasphemy Against the Holy Spirit

²² And ^(A)the scribes who came down from Jerusalem were saying, ^(B)“He is possessed by Beelzebul,” and “by the prince of demons he casts out the demons.”