But when the Pharisees heard it, they said, This fellow does not cast out demons, but by Beelzebub the prince of the demons.
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Theophylact of Ochrid
AD 1107
Although the Lord had departed for their sake, nevertheless they heard of it even from afar and slandered Him as He was doing good to men, and thus they were enemies of nature, as is the devil.