Mat 12:22-30, Mar 3:20-27 | ISV | STEP | Jesus Is Accused of Working with Beelzebul Then a demon-possessed man who was blind and unable to talk was brought to him. Jesus healed him so that the man could speak and see.

Matthew 12:22-30

22 Jesus Is Accused of Working with Beelzebul Mark 3:20-30; Luke 11:14-23; 12:10Then a demon-possessed man who was blind and unable to talk was brought to him. Jesus ^{▼▼Lit. He} healed him so that the man ^{▼▼Lit. the man who was unable to talk} could speak and see.Matt 9:32; Mark 3:11; Luke 11:14 23 All the crowds were amazed and kept saying, “This man isn't the Son of David, is he?”

24 But when the Pharisees heard this, they said, “This man drives out demons only by Beelzebul, the ruler of the demons.”Matt 9:34; Mark 3:22; Luke 11:15

25 He knew what they were thinking and said to them, “Every kingdom divided against itself is destroyed, and every city or household divided against itself will not stand.Matt 9:4; John 2:25; Rev 2:23 26 So if Satan drives out Satan, he is divided against himself. How, then, can his kingdom stand? 27 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! 28 But if I drive out demons by the Spirit of God, then the kingdom of God has come to you.Dan 2:44; 7:14; Luke 1:33; 11:20; 17:20-21 29 How can someone 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; Luke 11:21-23

30 “The person who isn't with me is against me, and the person who doesn't gather with me scatters.

Mark 3:20-27

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