Discovery BoxMatthew 9:33 
Context9:33 After the demon was cast out, the man who had been mute spoke. The crowds were amazed and said, “Never has anything like this been seen in Israel!”
Matthew 10:1
ContextSending Out the Twelve Apostles
10:1 Jesus 1 called his twelve disciples and gave them authority over unclean spirits 2 so they could cast them out and heal every kind of disease and sickness. 3
Matthew 12:24
Context12:24 But when the Pharisees 4 heard this they said, “He does not cast out demons except by the power of Beelzebul, 5 the ruler 6 of demons!”
Matthew 13:47
Context13:47 “Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a net that was cast into the sea that caught all kinds of fish.
1 tn Grk “And he.”
2 sn Unclean spirits refers to evil spirits.
3 tn Grk “and every [kind of] sickness.” Here “every” was not repeated in the translation for stylistic reasons.
4 sn See the note on Pharisees in 3:7.
5 tn Grk “except by Beelzebul.”
sn Beelzebul is another name for Satan. So some people recognized Jesus’ work as supernatural, but called it diabolical.
6 tn Or “prince.”
