Luke 11:19

Revised Standard Version

And if I cast out demons by Be-el'zebul, by whom do your sons cast them out? Therefore they shall be your judges.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
And if I drive out demons by Beelzebul, by whom do your sons

King James Version (1611)
And if I by Beelzebub cast out deuils, by whom doe your sonnes cast them out? therefore shall they be your iudges.

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

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.

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.

New Century Version
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.

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.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
"And if I by Beelzebul cast out demons, by whom do your sons cast them out? So they will 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.

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.

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.

Complete Jewish Bible
If I drive out demons by Ba‘al-Zibbul, by whom do your people drive them out? So, they will be your judges!

Darby Translation
But if *I* by Beelzebub cast out demons, your sons—by whom do they cast [them] out? For this reason *they* shall be your judges.

Easy-to-Read Version
But if I use Satan's power to force out demons, then what power do your people use when they force out demons? So your own people will prove that you are wrong.

Geneva Bible (1587)
If I through Beelzebub cast out deuils, by whome doe your children cast them out? Therefore shall they be your iudges.

George Lamsa Translation
If I cast out devils through Beelzebub, by what do your sons cast them out? Therefore 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!

Lexham English Bible
But if I expel demons by Beelzebul, by whom do your sons expel them? For this reason they will be your judges!

Literal Translation
And if I cast out the demons by Beelzebub, by whom do your sons cast them out? Because of this they shall 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.

Bible in Basic English
And if I, by Beelzebul, send out evil spirits, by whose help do your sons send them out? so let them be your judges.

Hebrew Names Version
But if I cast out demons by Ba`al-Zibbul, by whom do your sons cast them out? Therefore will they be your judges.

International Standard Version
And if I drive out demons by Beelzebul, by whom do your own followerssons">[fn] drive them out? That is why they will be your judges!

Etheridge Translation
But if I by Beelzebub cast out devils, your sons, by what do they cast (them) out ? On account of this they shall be your judges.

Murdock Translation
And if I, by Beelzebub, cast out demons, by whom do your sons cast [fn] out? Therefore will they be to you judges.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
If I by the helpe of Beelzebub cast out deuils, by whose helpe do your chyldren cast them out? Therfore shall they be your iudges.

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.

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

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
Because ye say, that I cast out devils by Beelzebub. And if I cast out devils by Beelzebub, by whom do your sons cast them out?

Weymouth's 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.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And if Y in Belsabub caste out fendis, in whom casten out youre sones? Therfor thei schulen be youre domesmen.

Update Bible Version
And if I by Beelzebul cast out demons, by whom do your sons cast them out? therefore they shall 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.

New English Translation
Now if I cast out demons by Beelzebul, by whom do your sons cast them out? Therefore they will 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 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.

New Life Bible
If I put out demons through Satan, by whose help do your sons put them out? Your own sons will say if you are guilty or not.

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

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
But, if, I, in Beelzebul, am casting out the demons, In whom are, your sons, casting them out? Wherefore, they, shall be, your judges.

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.

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
Yf I by the power of Belzebub caste oute devyls: by whome do youre chyldren cast them out? Therfore shall they be youre iudges.

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;

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And yf I dryue out deuels thorow Beelzebul, by whom the do youre children dryue them out? Therfore shall they be youre iudges.

Mace New Testament (1729)
for you assert, that I cast out demons by Beelzebub. but if I cast out demons by Beelzebub, by whom do your sons cast them out? wherefore they shall be your judges.

Simplified Cowboy Version
And if I'm ridin' for Satan, then what about your people who cast out demons too? Are they ridin' for the devil also? If they hear what you're saying they ain't gonna like it much,

Contextual Overview

¹⁴ Now he was casting out a demon that was dumb; when the demon had gone out, the dumb man spoke, and the people marveled. ¹⁵ But some of them said, "He casts out demons by Be-el'zebul, the prince of demons"; ¹⁶ while others, to test him, sought from him a sign from heaven. ¹⁷ But he, knowing their thoughts, said to them, "Every kingdom divided against itself is laid waste, and a divided household falls. ¹⁸ And if Satan also is divided against himself, how will his kingdom stand? For you say that I cast out demons by Be-el'zebul. ¹⁹ And if I cast out demons by Be-el'zebul, by whom do your sons cast them out? Therefore they shall be your judges. ²⁰ But if it is by the finger of God that I cast out demons, then the kingdom of God has come upon you. ²¹ When a strong man, fully armed, guards his own palace, his goods are in peace; ²² but when one stronger than he assails him and overcomes him, he takes away his armor in which he trusted, and divides his spoil. ²³ He who is not with me is against me, and he who does not gather with me scatters.

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.