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A House Divided

Luke 11:19

In 9 translations

BSB
And if I drive out demons by Beelzebul, by whom do your sons drive them out? So then, they will be your judges.
KJV
And if I by Beelzebub cast out devils, by whom do your sons cast them out? therefore shall they be your judges.
WEB
But if I cast out demons by Beelzebul, by whom do your children cast them out? Therefore they will be your judges.
ASV
And if I by Beelzebub cast out demons, by whom do your sons cast them out? therefore shall they be your judges.
LSV
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;
YLT
'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;
DBY
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.
DRC
Now if I cast out devils by Beelzebub; by whom do your children cast them out? Therefore they shall be your judges.
GNV
If I through Beelzebub cast out deuils, by whome doe your children cast them out? Therefore shall they be your iudges.

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Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (3)
  • Spelling of Βεελζεβοὺλ: Westcott–Hort: Βεεζεβοὺλ.
  • Word order: Textus Receptus, Byzantine text place αὐτοὶ elsewhere in this verse.
  • Word order: Tregelles, Textus Receptus, Byzantine text place ὑμῶν elsewhere in this verse.
SBLGNT apparatus (1)

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  • SBLGNT: αὐτοὶ ὑμῶν κριταὶ. Westcott and Hort (1881), Nestle–Aland 28th edition read αὐτοὶ ὑμῶν κριταὶ; Tregelles read αὐτοὶ κριταὶ ὑμῶν; Robinson–Pierpont read κριταὶ ὑμῶν αὐτοὶ.

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Original-language editions

SBLGNT
εἰ δὲ ἐγὼ ἐν Βεελζεβοὺλ ἐκβάλλω τὰ δαιμόνια, οἱ υἱοὶ ὑμῶν ἐν τίνι ἐκβάλλουσιν; διὰ τοῦτο αὐτοὶ ὑμῶν κριταὶ ἔσονται.
RP2018
Εἰ δὲ ἐγὼ ἐν Βεελζεβοὺλ ἐκβάλλω τὰ δαιμόνια, οἱ υἱοὶ ὑμῶν ἐν τίνι ἐκβάλλουσιν; Διὰ τοῦτο κριταὶ ὑμῶν αὐτοὶ ἔσονται.
TR-Boyd
Εἰ δὲ ἐγὼ ἐν Βεελζεβοὺλ ἐκβάλλω τὰ δαιμόνια, οἱ υἱοὶ ὑμῶν ἐν τίνι ἐκβάλλουσι; Διὰ τοῦτο κριταὶ ὑμῶν αὐτοὶ ἔσονται.
SCR1894
ει δε εγω εν βεελζεβουλ εκβαλλω τα δαιμονια οι υιοι υμων εν τινι εκβαλλουσιν δια τουτο κριται υμων αυτοι εσονται

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Luke 9:49“Master,” said John, “we saw someone driving out demons in Your name, and we tried to stop him, because he does not accompany us.”
  • Job 15:6Your own mouth, not mine, condemns you; your own lips testify against you.
  • Matthew 12:41–42The men of Nineveh will stand at the judgment with this generation and condemn it; for they repented at the preaching of Jonah, and now One greater than Jonah is here. The Queen of the South will rise at the judgment…
  • Luke 19:22His master replied, ‘You wicked servant, I will judge you by your own words. So you knew that I am a harsh man, withdrawing what I did not deposit and reaping what I did not sow?
  • Romans 3:19Now we know that whatever the law says, it says to those who are under the law, so that every mouth may be silenced and the whole world held accountable to God.
  • Matthew 12:27–28And if I drive out demons by Beelzebul, by whom do your sons drive them out? So then, they will be your judges. But if I drive out demons by the Spirit of God, then the kingdom of God has come upon you.
  • Luke 11:31–32The Queen of the South will rise at the judgment with the men of this generation and condemn them; for she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon, and now One greater than Solomon is here. The…

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