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Luke 11:19

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

KJV

εἰ δὲ ἐγὼ ἐν Βεελζεβοὺλ ἐκβάλλω τὰ δαιμόνια, οἱ υἱοὶ ὑμῶν ἐν τίνι ἐκβάλλουσιν; διὰ τοῦτο αὐτοὶ κριταὶ ἔσονται ὑμῶν.

Greek NT

Si autem ego in Beelzebub ejicio dæmonia : filii vestri in quo ejiciunt ? ideo ipsi judices vestri erunt.

Vulgate

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

ASV

Now if I cast out devils by Beelzebub, by whom do your children cast them out? Therefore, they shall be your judges.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

16 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

Βεελζεβούλ
beelzeboul
noun · 7×
αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
δέ
de
conjunction · 2781×
δαιμόνιον
daimonion
noun · 63×
διά
dia
preposition · 633×
εἰ
ei
conditional · 491×
εἰμί
eimi
verb · 2461×
κριτής
krites
noun · 19×
οὗτος
outos
demonstrative · 1380×
τίς
tis
interrogative_pronoun · 533×
υἱός
uios
noun · 375×
ἐγώ
ego
pronoun · 1720×
ἐκβάλλω
ekballo
verb · 80×
ἐν
en
preposition · 2743×
o
article · 19778×
ὑμεῖς
umeis
pronoun · 1828×

Textual variants

1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

notable
SBLGNT: αὐτοὶ ὑμῶν κριταὶ | WH/NIV: αὐτοὶ ὑμῶν κριταὶ | Treg: αὐτοὶ κριταὶ ὑμῶν | RP: κριταὶ ὑμῶν αὐτοὶ
  • αὐτοὶ ὑμῶν κριταὶSBLGNT
  • αὐτοὶ ὑμῶν κριταὶWestcott-Hort, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • αὐτοὶ κριταὶ ὑμῶνTregelles
  • κριταὶ ὑμῶν αὐτοὶRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Source. Translated by J. Walker, J. Sheppard and H. Browne, and revised by George B. Stevens. From Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, First Series, Vol. 11. Edited by Philip Schaff. (Buffalo, NY: Christian Literature Publishing Co., 1889.) Revised and edited for New Advent by Kevin Knight. <https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/210219.htm>. Contact information. The editor of New Adven…

Cross-references

  • Acts 19:13 — Then certain of the vagabond Jews, exorcists, took upon them to call over them which had evil spirits the name of the LORD Jesus, saying, We adjure you by Jesus whom Paul preacheth.
  • Job 15:6 — Thine own mouth condemneth thee, and not I: yea, thine own lips testify against thee.
  • Luke 9:49 — And John answered and said, Master, we saw one casting out devils in thy name; and we forbad him, because he followeth not with us.
  • Mark 9:38 — And John answered him, saying, Master, we saw one casting out devils in thy name, and he followeth not us: and we forbad him, because he followeth not us.
  • Matt 12:27 — And if I by Beelzebub cast out devils, by whom do your children cast them out? therefore they shall be your judges.