By whom do your children, etc. Christ was not satisfied with showing them the intrinsic absurdity of their argument. He showed them that i…

By whom do your children cast them out? The “children” of the Pharisees are their disciples—in this case, specifically th…

Our Lord here used an argument suited to the men He dealt with. It was not as compelling in itself as the former one, but as an argument to them, i…

St. John Chrysostom: After the first answer, He gives a second that is plainer than the first, saying, And if I by Beelzeb…

By whom do your children cast them out? He charges them with making an unjust and malicious decision, because in the same situation they d…

And if I by Beelzebub cast out devils
As the Pharisees asserted, and would have the people believe; for this is not …

A soul under Satan's power, and led captive by him, is blind in the things of God and dumb at the throne of grace; it sees nothing and says nothing…

Above, the Lord refuted those who were slandering both His doctrine and His life; here, however, He refutes those who disparage His miracles. And f…