Verses 22-30. And the Scribes, etc. See Barnes |Mt 12:24-32|.
The occasion of their saying this was, that he had healed a man possessed with a devil. the scribes, who came from Jerusalem to watch his conduct, charged it on a compact or agreement between him and the prince of the devils.
{q} |He hath Beelzebub| Mt 9:34; 10:25; 12:24; Lu 11:15; Joh 7:20
Joh 8:48,52.