15 Bible Verses about Accused Of Being Demonised

For, when John came, neither eating nor drinking, men said 'He has a demon in him';

For now that John the Baptist has come, not eating bread or drinking wine, you are saying 'He has a demon in him';

This was said in reply to the charge that he had a foul spirit in him.

And the Teachers of the Law, who had come down from Jerusalem, said: "He has Baal-zebub in him, and he drives the demons out by the help of Baal-zebub, their chief."

But the Pharisees said: "He drives out the demons by the help of the chief of the demons."

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

And, if it is by Baal-zebub's help that I drive out demons, by whose help is it that your own sons drive them out? Therefore they shall themselves be your judges.

But some of them said: "He drives out demons by the help of Baal-zebub, the chief of the demons";

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!

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

"Are not we right, after all," replied the Jews, "in saying that you are a Samaritan, and are possessed by a demon?"

"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.'

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

"I am not possessed by a demon," Jesus answered, "but I am showing reverence for my Father; and yet you have no reverence for me.

Others said: "This is not the teaching of one who is possessed by a demon. Can a demon give sight to the blind?"