Charles Spurgeon Commentary Luke 11:14-15

"And he was casting out a demon [that was] dumb. And it came to pass, when the demon was gone out, the dumb man spake; and the multitudes marvelled. But some of them said, By Beelzebub the prince of the demons casteth he out demons." — Luke 11:14-15 (ASV)

And he was casting out a devil, and it was dumb. And it came to pass, when the devil was gone out, the dumb spoke and the people wondered. But some of them said, He casts out devils through Beelzebub the chief of the devils.

One would hardly have thought that they could have gone to such a length; but when people hate Christ, there is nothing they will not say against him. It is no surprise when great heresies arise, for they are the natural outcome of human enmity against Christ and his truth. People in such a state of heart will say anything; they will express thoughts that you could not have imagined would have entered any human brain. It is the enmity of the heart to Christ that produces this blasphemy of the tongue.