²⁰ The people said in answer, You have an evil spirit: who has any desire to put you to death?

²⁰ And a number of them said, He has an evil spirit and is out of his mind; why do you give ear to him?

⁴⁸ The Jews said to him in answer, Are we not right in saying that you are of Samaria and have an evil spirit?

⁵² The Jews said to him, Now we are certain that you have an evil spirit. Abraham is dead, and the prophets are dead; and you say, If a man keeps my word he will never see death.

²¹ And when his friends had news of it, they went out to get him, saying, He is off his head.

²² And the scribes who came down from Jerusalem, said, He has Beelzebub, and, By the ruler of evil spirits he sends evil spirits out of men.

²⁵ It is enough for the disciple that he may be as his master, and the servant as his lord. If they have given the name Beelzebub to the master of the house, how much more to those of his house!

¹⁸ For John came, taking no food or drink, and they say, He has an evil spirit.

¹⁹ The Son of man has come feasting, and they say, See, a lover of food and wine, a friend of tax-farmers and sinners! And wisdom is judged to be right by her works.

²⁴ But the Pharisees, hearing of it, said, This man only sends evil spirits out of men by Beelzebub, the ruler of evil spirits.

³⁰ Because they said, He has an unclean spirit.

²⁴ And when he made his answer in these words, Festus said in a loud voice, Paul, you are off your head; your great learning has made you unbalanced.