22 But the teachers of religious law who had arrived from Jerusalem said, “He’s possessed by Satan,[a] the prince of demons. That’s where he gets the power to cast out demons.”

23 Jesus called them over and responded with an illustration. “How can Satan cast out Satan?” he asked. 24 “A kingdom divided by civil war will collapse.

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Footnotes

  1. 3:22 Greek Beelzeboul; other manuscripts read Beezeboul; Latin version reads Beelzebub.

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