The crowds were all amazed at what Jesus had done. "Could he be the Son of David?" they asked.

When the Pharisees heard this, they replied, "He drives out demons only because their ruler Beelzebul gives him power to do so."

Some teachers of the Law who had come from Jerusalem were saying, "He has Beelzebul in him! It is the chief of the demons who gives him the power to drive them out."

but some of the people said, "It is Beelzebul, the chief of the demons, who gives him the power to drive them out."

Those who do evil things hate the light and will not come to the light, because they do not want their evil deeds to be shown up.