John 8:48

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John 8:48

Then answered the Jews, and said unto him, Say we not well that thou art a Samaritan, and hast a devil?

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Hebrews 13:13

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"Now we are sure that you are possessed by a demon," the Jews replied. "Abraham died, and so did the Prophets; and yet you say 'If any one lays my Message to heart, he will never know death.'

"You yourselves call me 'the Teacher' and 'the Master', and you are right, for I am both.

Hypocrites! It was well said by Isaiah when he prophesied about you--

It is a part of your Faith, is it not, that there is one God? Good; yet even the demons have that faith, and tremble at the thought.

Thou

"How is it," replied the Samaritan woman, "that you who are a Jew ask for water from a Samaritan woman like me?" (For Jews do not associate with Samaritans).

"You must be possessed by a demon!" the people exclaimed. "Who is seeking to put you to death?"

Many of them said: "He is possessed by a demon and is mad; why do you listen to him?"

It is enough for a scholar to be treated like his teacher, and a servant like his master. If the head of the house has been called Baal-zebub, how much more the members of his household!

But the Pharisees heard of it and said: "He drives out demons only by the help of Baal-zebub the chief of the demons."

Even the Christ did not please himself! On the contrary, as Scripture says of him--'The reproaches of those who were reproaching thee fell upon me.'

Therefore let us go out to him 'outside the camp,' bearing the same reproaches as he;