The experts in the law ¹  who came down from Jerusalem ²  said, “He is possessed by Beelzebul,” ³  and, “By the ruler ⁴  of demons he casts out demons.”

They brought to him a deaf man who had difficulty speaking, and they asked him to place his hands on him.

A member of the crowd said to him, “Teacher, I brought you my son, who is possessed by a spirit that makes him mute.

But Jesus said, “Do not stop him, because no one who does a miracle in my name will be able soon afterward to say anything bad about me.

Jesus called them and said to them, “You know that those who are recognized as rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and those in high positions use their authority over them.