# Luke 11.15

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**Book:** [Luke](/codex/luke-the-evangelist/) · NASB95

## Immediate context (±2 verses)

**ASV** ([ASV](/codex/asv/))
> 13. <span class="rl-speech">If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them that ask him?</span> 14. 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.
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> **15. But some of them said, By Beelzebub the prince of the demons casteth he out demons.**
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> 16. And others, trying him, sought of him a sign from heaven. 17. But he, knowing their thoughts, said unto them, Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation; and a house divided against a house falleth. (Luke 11:13-17, ASV)

**WEB** ([WEB](/codex/web/))
> 13. <span class="rl-speech">If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him?”</span> 14. He was casting out a demon, and it was mute. When the demon had gone out, the mute man spoke; and the multitudes marveled.
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> **15. But some of them said, “He casts out demons by Beelzebul, the prince of the demons.”**
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> 16. Others, testing him, sought from him a sign from heaven. 17. But he, knowing their thoughts, said to them, “Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation. A house divided against itself falls. (Luke 11:13-17, WEB)

**KJV** ([KJV](/codex/kjv/))
> 13. <span class="rl-speech">If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children: how much more shall your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them that ask him?</span> 14. And he was casting out a devil, and it was dumb. And it came to pass, when the devil was gone out, the dumb spake; and the people wondered.
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> **15. But some of them said, He casteth out devils through Beelzebub the chief of the devils. <sup>Beelzebub: Gr. Beelzebul</sup>**
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> 16. And others, tempting him, sought of him a sign from heaven. 17. But he, knowing their thoughts, said unto them, Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation; and a house divided against a house falleth. (Luke 11:13-17, KJV)

**YLT** ([YLT](/codex/ylt/))
> 13. <span class="rl-speech">If, then, ye, being evil, have known good gifts to be giving to your children, how much more shall the Father who is from heaven give the Holy Spirit to those asking Him!'</span> 14. And he was casting forth a demon, and it was dumb, and it came to pass, the demon having gone forth, the dumb man spake, and the multitudes wondered,
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> **15. and certain of them said, 'By Beelzeboul, ruler of the demons, he doth cast forth the demons;'**
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> 16. and others, tempting, a sign out of heaven from him were asking. 17. And he, knowing their thoughts, said to them, 'Every kingdom having been divided against itself is desolated; and house against house doth fall; (Luke 11:13-17, YLT)

## Setting

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- **Audience:** _TBD_
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## Theological reading

_Patristic / early-church-father exegesis, to be added._

## Key words

_Theologically-loaded Greek or Hebrew words in this verse may have entries in the lexicon. Curated to roughly 100 contested terms across the corpus, not every word; see Lexicon Roadmap._

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## Quoted in

**Arguments and defeaters:**

- [Satanic Fabrication Objection Defeater](/codex/satanic-fabrication-objection-defeater/), via [Luke 11.15-22](/codex/luke-11-15-22/)

**Concepts:**

- [The Devil](/codex/the-devil/)

**Lexicon:**

- [G1140 - daimonion](/codex/g1140-daimonion/), via [Luke 11.14-23](/codex/luke-11-14-23/)

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## Why these four translations

ris3n chose ASV, WEB, KJV, and YLT for two reasons together. They are the **most literal English translations available** (formal-equivalence: word-for-word renderings that preserve the Hebrew and Greek grammar rather than smoothing it into modern dynamic-equivalence idiom). And they are in the **public domain in the United States**, which means fair-use quotation at any length requires no publisher license. Modern licensed translations (NASB95, ESV, NIV) restrict volume of quotation under their copyright terms, so they are not used at stub-level coverage here. NASB95 appears only on hand-curated rich passage hubs under Lockman Foundation's fair-use allowance.

The four:

- **[ASV](/codex/asv/)** (American Standard Version, 1901). The basis of the modern critical-text English tradition.
- **[WEB](/codex/web/)** (World English Bible, contemporary). Public-domain revision in the ASV line, in current English.
- **[KJV](/codex/kjv/)** (King James Version, 1611). Reformation-era, Textus Receptus base.
- **[YLT](/codex/ylt/)** (Young's Literal Translation, Robert Young, 1862). Hyper-literal preservation of Hebrew and Greek grammar; useful for word-study work even where English reads stiff.

See [Bibles](/codex/bibles/) for the full per-translation history, translators, textual basis, strengths, and weaknesses.