Luke 11:19
New International Version
Now if I drive out demons by Beelzebul, by whom do your followers drive them out? So then, they will be your judges.

New Living Translation
And if I am empowered by Satan, what about your own exorcists? They cast out demons, too, so they will condemn you for what you have said.

English Standard Version
And if I cast out demons by Beelzebul, by whom do your sons cast them out? Therefore they will be your judges.

Berean Standard Bible
And if I drive out demons by Beelzebul, by whom do your sons drive them out? So then, they will be your judges.

Berean Literal Bible
And if I cast out the demons by Beelzebul, by whom do your sons cast them out? On account of this, they will be your judges.

King James Bible
And if I by Beelzebub cast out devils, by whom do your sons cast them out? therefore shall they be your judges.

New King James Version
And if I cast out demons by Beelzebub, by whom do your sons cast them out? Therefore they will be your judges.

New American Standard Bible
Yet if by Beelzebul I cast out the demons, by whom do your sons cast them out? Therefore, they will be your judges.

NASB 1995
“And if I by Beelzebul cast out demons, by whom do your sons cast them out? So they will be your judges.

NASB 1977
“And if I by Beelzebul cast out demons, by whom do your sons cast them out? Consequently they shall be your judges.

Legacy Standard Bible
And if I by Beelzebul cast out demons, by whom do your sons cast them out? For this reason, they will be your judges.

Amplified Bible
Now if I drive out the demons by Beelzebul, by whom do your sons [the Jewish exorcists] drive them out? For this reason they will be your judges.

Christian Standard Bible
And if I drive out demons by Beelzebul, by whom do your sons drive them out? For this reason they will be your judges.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
And if I drive out demons by Beelzebul, who is it your sons drive them out by? For this reason they will be your judges.

American Standard Version
And if I by Beelzebub cast out demons, by whom do your sons cast them out? therefore shall they be your judges.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
“And if I am exorcising devils by Beelzebub, by whom are your children exorcising? Because of this they will be your judges.”

Contemporary English Version
If I use his power to force out demons, whose power do your own followers use to force them out? They are the ones who will judge you.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Now if I cast out devils by Beelzebub; by whom do your children cast them out? Therefore they shall be your judges.

English Revised Version
And if I by Beelzebub cast out devils, by whom do your sons cast them out? therefore shall they be your judges.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
If I force demons out with the help of Beelzebul, who helps your followers force them out? That's why they will be your judges.

Good News Translation
If this is how I drive them out, how do your followers drive them out? Your own followers prove that you are wrong!

International Standard Version
If I drive out demons by Beelzebul, by whom do your own followers drive them out? That is why they will be your judges!

Literal Standard Version
but if I, by Beelzebul, cast forth the demons—your sons, by whom do they cast forth? Because of this they will be your judges;

Majority Standard Bible
And if I drive out demons by Beelzebul, by whom do your sons drive them out? So then, they will be your judges.

New American Bible
If I, then, drive out demons by Beelzebul, by whom do your own people drive them out? Therefore they will be your judges.

NET Bible
Now if I cast out demons by Beelzebul, by whom do your sons cast them out? Therefore they will be your judges.

New Revised Standard Version
Now if I cast out the demons by Beelzebul, by whom do your exorcists cast them out? Therefore they will be your judges.

New Heart English Bible
But if I cast out demons by Beelzebul, by whom do your children cast them out? Therefore will they be your judges.

Webster's Bible Translation
And if I by Beelzebub cast out demons, by whom do your sons cast them out? therefore shall they be your judges.

Weymouth New Testament
And if it is by the power of Baal-zebul that I expel the demons, by whom do your disciples expel them? They therefore shall be your judges.

World English Bible
But if I cast out demons by Beelzebul, by whom do your children cast them out? Therefore they will be your judges.

Young's Literal Translation
'But if I by Beelzeboul cast forth the demons -- your sons, by whom do they cast forth? because of this your judges they shall be;

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Context
A House Divided
18If Satan is divided against himself, how can his kingdom stand? After all, you say that I drive out demons by Beelzebul. 19And if I drive out demons by Beelzebul, by whom do your sons drive them out? So then, they will be your judges. 20But if I drive out demons by the finger of God, then the kingdom of God has come upon you.…

Cross References
Matthew 4:24
News about Him spread all over Syria, and people brought to Him all who were ill with various diseases, those suffering acute pain, the demon-possessed, those having seizures, and the paralyzed--and He healed them.

Matthew 10:25
It is enough for a disciple to be like his teacher, and a servant like his master. If the head of the house has been called Beelzebul, how much more the members of his household!

Acts 19:13
Now there were some itinerant Jewish exorcists who tried to invoke the name of the Lord Jesus over those with evil spirits. They would say, "I bind you by Jesus, whom Paul proclaims."


Treasury of Scripture

And if I by Beelzebub cast out devils, by whom do your sons cast them out? therefore shall they be your judges.

by.

Luke 9:49
And John answered and said, Master, we saw one casting out devils in thy name; and we forbad him, because he followeth not with us.

Matthew 12:27,28
And if I by Beelzebub cast out devils, by whom do your children cast them out? therefore they shall be your judges…

shall.

Luke 11:31,32
The queen of the south shall rise up in the judgment with the men of this generation, and condemn them: for she came from the utmost parts of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and, behold, a greater than Solomon is here…

Luke 19:22
And he saith unto him, Out of thine own mouth will I judge thee, thou wicked servant. Thou knewest that I was an austere man, taking up that I laid not down, and reaping that I did not sow:

Job 15:6
Thine own mouth condemneth thee, and not I: yea, thine own lips testify against thee.

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Luke 11
1. Jesus teaches us to pray, and that instantly;
11. assuring us that God will give all good things to those who ask him.
14. He, casting out a demon, rebukes the blasphemous Pharisees;
27. and shows who are blessed;
29. preaches to the people;
37. and reprimands the outward show of holiness.














Verse 19. - By whom do your sons cast them out? therefore shall they be your judges. But he goes further in his skillful line of argument. "I am not the only one," said Jesus, "who claims to cast out devils. There are those in the midst of you, your sons, who make a similar assertion. Have they too entered into a league with this evil angel?" A question has been raised respecting these professed exorcists of evil spirits whom Jesus here styles "your sons." Who were they? Some, notably the older patristic expositors, have supposed that our Lord here alluded to his own apostles, to whom a measure of this power over unclean spirits was certainly given. Others, that they are identical with the "pupils of the wise," disciples of the great rabbinical schools, such as were presided over by the famous doctors of the Talmud. This is quite possible; but we have no proof that professional exorcists were pupils in any of the known rabbinical schools. It is more likely that by this general term Jesus alluded to the exorcists. These were, at this period of Jewish history, numerous. They are alluded to in Acts 19:13; by Josephus ('Ant.,' 8:02, 5); mention of them is also specially made in the Talmud, which even describes something of their mode of procedure. Our Lord seems to affirm in some cases, to a certain extent, the efficacy of the power of these exorcists. "These, Jews like yourselves," argued Jesus, "some of them, you know, belonging to your own Pharisee sect, - these have in certain cases apparently driven out the evil spirit of insanity: you do not accuse them, do you, of working with an evil angel?" Godet, in the next seven verses, has suggested a new line of interpretation, which, while generally preserving the traditional exposition of the various details, supplies the connecting thought between ver. 23 ("He that is not with me is against me," etc.) and the verses which precede and follow. This, apparently, has never been done satisfactorily by any commentator. Indeed, some, e.g. De Wette and Bleek, are frank enough to confess that they abandon the attempt. In these seven verses Jesus draws two pictures, in which he contrasts one of those expulsions of evil spirits which he works with that of a cure worked by an exorcist.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Greek
And
δὲ (de)
Conjunction
Strong's 1161: A primary particle; but, and, etc.

if
εἰ (ei)
Conjunction
Strong's 1487: If. A primary particle of conditionality; if, whether, that, etc.

I
ἐγὼ (egō)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Nominative 1st Person Singular
Strong's 1473: I, the first-person pronoun. A primary pronoun of the first person I.

drive out
ἐκβάλλω (ekballō)
Verb - Present Indicative Active - 1st Person Singular
Strong's 1544: To throw (cast, put) out; I banish; I bring forth, produce. From ek and ballo; to eject.

demons
δαιμόνια (daimonia)
Noun - Accusative Neuter Plural
Strong's 1140: An evil-spirit, demon; a heathen deity. Neuter of a derivative of daimon; a d?Monic being; by extension a deity.

by
ἐν (en)
Preposition
Strong's 1722: In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; 'in, ' at, on, by, etc.

Beelzebul,
Βεελζεβοὺλ (Beelzeboul)
Noun - Dative Masculine Singular
Strong's 954: Beelzebul, a name of Satan, the chief of evil spirits. Of Chaldee origin; dung-god; Beelzebul, a name of Satan.

by
ἐν (en)
Preposition
Strong's 1722: In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; 'in, ' at, on, by, etc.

whom
τίνι (tini)
Interrogative / Indefinite Pronoun - Dative Masculine Singular
Strong's 5101: Who, which, what, why. Probably emphatic of tis; an interrogative pronoun, who, which or what.

{do} your
ὑμῶν (hymōn)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 2nd Person Plural
Strong's 4771: You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou.

sons
υἱοὶ (huioi)
Noun - Nominative Masculine Plural
Strong's 5207: A son, descendent. Apparently a primary word; a 'son', used very widely of immediate, remote or figuratively, kinship.

drive [them] out?
ἐκβάλλουσιν (ekballousin)
Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural
Strong's 1544: To throw (cast, put) out; I banish; I bring forth, produce. From ek and ballo; to eject.

So then,
διὰ (dia)
Preposition
Strong's 1223: A primary preposition denoting the channel of an act; through.

they
αὐτοὶ (autoi)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Nominative Masculine 3rd Person Plural
Strong's 846: He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.

will be
ἔσονται (esontai)
Verb - Future Indicative Middle - 3rd Person Plural
Strong's 1510: I am, exist. The first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist.

your
ὑμῶν (hymōn)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 2nd Person Plural
Strong's 4771: You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou.

judges.
κριταὶ (kritai)
Noun - Nominative Masculine Plural
Strong's 2923: A judge, magistrate, ruler. From krino; a judge.


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