Mar 3:20-30, Luk 11:14-23, 12:10 | ISV | STEP | Jesus Is Accused of Working with Beelzebul Then he went home. The crowd came together again, so that Jesus and his disciples couldn't even eat.

Mark 3:20-30

20 Jesus Is Accused of Working with Beelzebul Matthew 12:22-32; Luke 11:14-23; 12:10Then he went home. The crowd came together again, so that Jesus and his disciples ^{▼▼Lit. so that they} couldn't even eat.Mark 6:31 21 When his family heard about it, they went to restrain him. For they kept saying, “He's out of his mind!”John 7:5; 10:20

22 The scribes who had come down from Jerusalem kept repeating, “He has Beelzebul,” and “He drives out demons by the ruler of demons.”Matt 9:34; 10:25; Luke 11:15; John 7:20; 10:22

23 So Jesus ^{▼▼Lit. he} called them together and began to speak to them in parables. “How can Satan drive out Satan?Matt 12:25 24 If a kingdom is divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand. 25 And if a household is divided against itself, that household will not stand. 26 So if Satan rebels against himself and is divided, he cannot stand. Indeed, his end has come. 27 No one can go into a strong man's house and carry off his possessions without first tying up the strong man. Then he can ransack his house.Isa 49:24; Matt 12:29 28 Truly I tell you, people will be forgiven their sins and whatever blasphemies they utter. ^{▼▼Lit. they blaspheme}Matt 12:31; Luke 12:10; 1John 5:16 29 But whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit can never have forgiveness, but is guilty of eternal sin.”

30 For they had been saying, “He has an unclean spirit.”

Luke 11:14-23

14 Jesus Is Accused of Working with Beelzebul Matthew 12:22-30; Mark 3:20-27Jesus ^{▼▼Lit. He} was driving a demon out of a man who was ^{▼▼Lit. driving out a demon that was} unable to talk. When the demon had gone out, the man ^{▼▼Lit. the man who was unable to talk} began to speak, and the crowds were amazed.Matt 9:32; 12:22 15 But some of them said, “He drives out demons by Beelzebul, the ruler of the demons.”Matt 9:34; 12:24 16 Others, wanting to test Jesus, ^{▼▼Lit. him} kept asking him for a sign from heaven.Matt 12:38; 16:1

17 Since he knew what they were thinking, he said to them, “Every kingdom divided against itself is devastated, and a divided household collapses. ^{▼▼Lit. and house falls on house}Matt 12:25; Mark 3:24; John 2:25 18 Now if Satan is divided against himself, how can his kingdom last? For you say that I drive out demons by Beelzebul. 19 And if I drive out demons by Beelzebul, by whom do your own followers ^{▼▼Lit. sons} drive them out? That is why they will be your judges! 20 But if I drive out demons by the finger ^{▼▼I.e. power} of God, then the kingdom of God has come to you.Exod 8:19

21 “When a strong man, fully armed, guards his own mansion, his property is safe.Matt 12:29; Mark 3:27 22 But when a stronger man than he attacks him and defeats him, he'll take away his armor in which he trusted and divide his plunder.Isa 53:12; Col 2:15 23 The person who isn't with me is against me, and the person who doesn't gather with me scatters.”Matt 12:30

The Return of the Unclean Spirit Matthew 12:43-45

Luke 12:10

10 Everyone who speaks a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven, but the person who blasphemes against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven.Matt 12:31-32; Mark 3:28; 1John 5:16