Jesus Heals a Demon Possessed Man^(A)

³² When the two men were leaving, [^Llook; behold] some people brought to Jesus ·another man who could not talk because he had a demon in him [a mute, demon-possessed man]. ³³ After Jesus ·forced the demon to leave the man [drove/cast out the demon], he ·was able [began] to speak. The crowd was amazed and said, “·We have never seen anything like this [^LNothing like this has ever been seen/happened] in Israel.”

³⁴ But the Pharisees said, “He forces [drives; casts] demons out by the power of the ·prince [ruler] of demons.”

²² But the ·teachers of the law [scribes] from Jerusalem were saying, “·Beelzebul [^Canother name for Satan] is ·living inside [possessing] him! He uses power from the ·ruler [prince] of demons to ·force [drive; cast] demons out of people.”

Jesus’ Power Is from God^(A)

¹⁴ One time Jesus was ·sending [driving; casting] out a demon ·who could not talk [or who was making a man mute]. When the demon came out, the man who had been unable to speak, then spoke. The ·people were [crowd was] amazed. ¹⁵ But some of them said, “Jesus uses the power of Beelzebul [^Canother name for Satan], the ruler of demons, to ·force [drive; cast] demons out of people.”