Discovery BoxMatthew 12:27 
Context12:27 And if I cast out demons by Beelzebul, by whom do your sons 1 cast them 2 out? For this reason they will be your judges.
Matthew 12:31
Context12:31 For this reason I tell you, people will be forgiven for every sin and blasphemy, 3 but the blasphemy against the Spirit will not be forgiven.
Matthew 13:13
Context13:13 For this reason I speak to them in parables: Although they see they do not see, and although they hear they do not hear nor do they understand.
Matthew 19:5
Context19:5 and said, ‘For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and will be united with his wife, and the two will become one flesh’? 4
Matthew 21:43
Context21:43 For this reason I tell you that the kingdom of God will be taken from you and given to a people 5 who will produce its fruit.
1 sn Most read your sons as a reference to Jewish exorcists (cf. “your followers,” L&N 9.4), but more likely this is a reference to the disciples of Jesus themselves, who are also Jewish and have been healing as well (R. J. Shirock, “Whose Exorcists are they? The Referents of οἱ υἱοὶ ὑμῶν at Matthew 12:27/Luke 11:19,” JSNT 46 [1992]: 41-51). If this is a reference to the disciples, then Jesus’ point is that it is not only him, but those associated with him whose power the hearers must assess. The following reference to judging also favors this reading.
2 tn The pronoun “them” is not in the Greek text, but is implied. Direct objects were frequently omitted in Greek when clear from the context.
3 tn Grk “every sin and blasphemy will be forgiven men.”
4 sn A quotation from Gen 2:24.
5 tn Or “to a nation” (so KJV, NASB, NLT).
