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Chinese NCV (Simplified)

我若靠別西卜趕鬼，你們的子孫趕鬼又靠誰呢？因此，他們必要作你們的審判官。

Parallel Translations

Chinese Union (Simplified)
我 若 靠 着 别 西 卜 赶 鬼 ， 你 们 的 子 弟 赶 鬼 又 靠 着 谁 呢 ？ 这 样 ， 他 们 就 要 断 定 你 们 的 是 非 。

Contextual Overview

¹⁴ One time Jesus was sending out a demon who could not talk. When the demon came out, the man who had been unable to speak, then spoke. The people were amazed. ¹⁵ But some of them said, "Jesus uses the power of Beelzebul, the ruler of demons, to force demons out of people." ¹⁶ Other people, wanting to test Jesus, asked him to give them a sign from heaven. ¹⁷ But knowing their thoughts, he said to them, "Every kingdom that is divided against itself will be destroyed. And a family that is divided against itself will not continue. ¹⁸ So if Satan is divided against himself, his kingdom will not continue. You say that I use the power of Beelzebul to force out demons. ¹⁹ But if I use the power of Beelzebul to force out demons, what power do your people use to force demons out? So they will be your judges. ²⁰ But if I use the power of God to force out demons, then the kingdom of God has come to you. ²¹ "When a strong person with many weapons guards his own house, his possessions are safe. ²² But when someone stronger comes and defeats him, the stronger one will take away the weapons the first man trusted and will give away the possessions. ²³ "Anyone who is not with me is against me, and anyone who does not work with me is working against me.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

by: Luke 9:49, Matthew 12:27, Matthew 12:28

shall: Luke 11:31, Luke 11:32, Luke 19:22, Job 15:6, Matthew 12:41, Matthew 12:42, Romans 3:19

Reciprocal: Mark 9:38 - Master Luke 11:15 - Beelzebub Acts 19:13 - exorcists

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And if I by Beelzebub cast out devils,.... Which is what the Pharisees charged him with; in the Greek copies, and so in the Arabic and Ethiopic versions it is read, "by Beelzebul", and so in the preceding verses; :-

By whom do your sons cast them out? by whose help? or in whose name? for the Jews pretended to cast out devils, and to heal those that were possessed with them; which they did sometimes, by making use of the names of the patriarchs, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and sometimes of the name of Solomon: Josephus q speaks of many in his time, who had this power of healing; and he himself saw one Eleazar, in the presence of Vespasian, his children, officers, and soldiers, cure many that were possessed of devils: and his method was, by putting a ring to the nose of the possessed, under the seal of which, was a root directed to by Solomon, and thereby brought out the unclean spirit; and as soon as the man was healed, he adjured the devil never to return more; at which time he made mention of the name of Solomon, and rehearsed the enchantments written by him: the said Eleazar, to give a specimen of the efficacy of his art, set a cup full of water upon the ground, and commanded the devil when he went out of the man, to turn it over, as a sign that he had left the man, and the devil immediately obeyed his order: now if these sons of theirs cast out devils, which they would not say were done by the help of the devil, or in his name, why should they ascribe the ejection of devils by Christ, to a diabolical assistance?

therefore shall they be your judges; or "judges against you", as the Arabic version; or "shall reprove you", as the Ethiopic; convict and condemn you; :-

q Antiqu. Jud. l. 8. c. 2.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

See this passage explained in the notes at Matthew 12:22-30.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Luke 11:19. Beelzebub — Matthew 10:25; Matthew 10:25.