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Jesus and Beelzebul

22 Then they brought to him a demon-possessed man who was blind and mute. Jesus[a] healed him so that he could speak and see.[b] 23 All the crowds were amazed and said, “Could this one be the Son of David?” 24 But when the Pharisees[c] heard this they said, “He does not cast out demons except by the power of Beelzebul,[d] the ruler[e] of demons!”

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 12:22 tn Grk “And he”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
  2. Matthew 12:22 tn Grk “so that the mute man spoke and saw.”
  3. Matthew 12:24 sn See the note on Pharisees in 3:7.
  4. Matthew 12:24 tn Grk “except by Beelzebul.”sn Beelzebul is another name for Satan. So some people recognized Jesus’ work as supernatural, but called it diabolical.
  5. Matthew 12:24 tn Or “prince.”