And if I by Beelzebub cast out devils, by whom do your children cast them out? therefore they shall be your judges. And if I by Beelzebub cast out devils, by whom do your children - `your sons' [ huioi (G5207)] meaning here, the 'disciples' or pupils of the Pharisees, who wore so termed after the familiar language of the Old Testament in speaking of the sons of the prophets. (1 Kings 20:35; 2 Kings 2:3, etc.) Our Lord here seems to admit that such works were performed by them; in which case the Pharisees stood self-condemned, as expressed in Luke (Luke 11:19), "Therefore shall they be your judges."

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