Verse Comparison: Matthew 12:27
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.
Amplified® Bible
And if I drive out the demons by [help of] Beelzebub, by whose [help] do your sons drive them out? For this reason they shall be your judges.
Contemporary English Version
If I use the power of Beelzebul to force out demons, whose power do your own followers use to force them out? Your followers are the ones who will judge you.
Darby English Version
And if *I* cast out demons by Beelzebub, your sons, by whom do they cast [them] out? For this reason *they* shall be your judges.
Good News Bible
You say that I drive out demons because Beelzebul gives me the power to do so. Well, then, who gives your followers the power to drive them out? What your own followers do proves 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!
King James Version
And if I by Beelzebub cast out devils, by whom do your children cast them out? therefore they shall be your judges.
New American Standard Bible
"If I by Beelzebul cast out demons, by whom do your sons cast {them} out? For this reason they will be your judges.
New International Version
And if I drive out demons by Beelzebub, by whom do your people drive them out? So then, 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 shall be your judges.
N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
"If I by Beelzebul cast out demons, by whom do your sons cast them out? For this reason they will judge you.
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.
Young's Literal Translation
`And if I, by Beelzeboul, do cast out the demons, your sons -- by whom do they cast out? because of this they -- they shall be your judges.
