Luke 11:19 Made Simple

KJV ORIGINAL

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

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✦ MADE SIMPLE

And if I'm casting out demons through Beelzebub, then who's giving your own people the power to do the same thing? They're going to be the ones calling you out on this logic.

⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE

Jesus basically said 'your own people are about to expose how wrong you are.'

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The religious teachers who came down from Jerusalem were like, 'He's got Beelzebub in him — he's only casting out demons because he's working with the devil himself.'

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But when the religious leaders heard about this, they were like, 'This guy isn't casting out demons by God's power — he's using Satan, the head demon himself.'

Luke 11:15

But some people in the crowd were like, 'He's only casting out demons because he's working with Beelzebub — you know, the head demon himself.'

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