Other translations
American Standard Version
because they said, He hath an unclean spirit.
Aramaic Bible in Plain English
Because they were saying, “He has a foul spirit.”
Darby Bible Translation
because they said, he has an unclean spirit.
Holy Bible: Douay-Rheims Version (Genuine Leather Black)
Because they said: He hath an unclean spirit.
ERV 1885 English Revised Version with Strong's Concordance
because they said, He hath an unclean spirit.
English Standard Version Journaling Bible
for they were saying, “He has an unclean spirit.”
God's Word
Jesus said this because the scribes had said that he had an evil spirit.
Holman Christian Standard Bible
because they were saying, "He has an unclean spirit."
International Standard Version
.because they had been saying, "He has an unclean spirit."
NET Bible
(because they said, "He has an unclean spirit").
New American Standard Bible
because they were saying, "He has an unclean spirit."
New International Version
He said this because they were saying, "He has an impure spirit."
New Living Translation
He told them this because they were saying, "He's possessed by an evil spirit."
Webster's Bible Translation
Because they said, He hath an unclean spirit.
Weymouth New Testament
This was because they said, "He is possessed by a foul spirit."
The World English Bible
--because they said, "He has an unclean spirit."
EasyEnglish Bible
Jesus said that to the teachers of God's Law, because they had said, ‘Jesus has a bad spirit in him.’
Young‘s Literal Translation
because they said, `He hath an unclean spirit.'
New Life Version
Jesus told them this because they said, “He has a demon.”
Revised Geneva Translation
He said this because they said, ‘He has an unclean spirit.’
The Voice Bible
He said this because the scribes were telling people that Jesus got His power from dark forces instead of from God.
Living Bible
He told them this because they were saying he did his miracles by Satan’s power instead of acknowledging it was by the Holy Spirit’s power.
New Catholic Bible
He said this because they had claimed he was possessed by an unclean spirit.
Legacy Standard Bible
because they were saying, “He has an unclean spirit.”
Jubilee Bible 2000
because they said, He has an unclean spirit.
Christian Standard Bible
because they were saying, “He has an unclean spirit.”
Amplified Bible © 1954
For they persisted in saying, He has an unclean spirit.
New Century Version
Jesus said this because the teachers of the law said that he had an evil spirit inside him.
The Message
“Listen to this carefully. I’m warning you. There’s nothing done or said that can’t be forgiven. But if you persist in your slanders against God’s Holy Spirit, you are repudiating the very One who forgives, sawing off the branch on which you’re sitting, severing by your own perversity all connection with the One who forgives.” He gave this warning because they were accusing him of being in league with Evil.
Evangelical Heritage Version ™
Jesus said this because they were saying, “He has an unclean spirit.”
Mounce Reverse Interlinear New Testament
because he said, “He has an unclean spirit.”
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
for they had said, “He has an unclean spirit.”
New Matthew Bible
(For they said he had an unclean spirit.)
Good News Translation®
( Jesus said this because some people were saying, “He has an evil spirit in him.”)
Wycliffe Bible
For they said, He hath an unclean spirit.
New Testament for Everyone
That was his response to their claim that he had an unclean spirit.
Contemporary English Version
Jesus said this because the people were saying that he had an evil spirit in him.
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
for they had said, “He has an unclean spirit.”
J.B. Phillips New Testament
He said this because they were saying, “He is in the power of an evil spirit.”
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
for they had said, “He has an unclean spirit.”
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition
for they had said, ‘He has an unclean spirit.’
Common English Bible © 2011
He said this because the legal experts were saying, “He’s possessed by an evil spirit.”
Amplified Bible © 2015
[Jesus said this] because the scribes and Pharisees were [attributing His miracles to Satan by] saying, “He has an unclean spirit.”
English Standard Version Anglicised
for they were saying, “He has an unclean spirit.”
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
For they had said, “He has an unclean spirit.”
New American Standard Bible
because they were saying, “He has an unclean spirit.”
The Expanded Bible
Jesus said this because the teachers of the law said that he had an ·evil [defiling; L unclean] spirit inside him.
Tree of Life Version
For they were saying, “He has an unclean spirit.”
Revised Standard Version
for they had said, “He has an unclean spirit.”
New International Reader's Version
Jesus said this because the teachers of the law were saying, “He has an evil spirit.”
BRG Bible
Because they said, He hath an unclean spirit.
Complete Jewish Bible
For they had been saying, “He has an unclean spirit in him.”
Worldwide English (New Testament)
Jesus said all this because the scribes said, `A bad spirit is in him.'
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised
for they had said, ‘He has an unclean spirit.’
Orthodox Jewish Bible
For they were saying, He has a ruach hatumah (an unclean spirit).
Names of God Bible
Yeshua said this because the experts in Moses’ Teachings had said that he had an evil spirit.
Modern English Version
For they said, “He has an unclean spirit.”
Easy-to-Read Version
Jesus said this because the teachers of the law had accused him of having an evil spirit inside him.
International Children’s Bible
Jesus said this because the teachers of the law said that Jesus had an evil spirit inside him.
Lexham English Bible
because they were saying, “He has an unclean spirit.”
New International Version - UK
He said this because they were saying, ‘He has an impure spirit.’
Disciples Literal New Testament
because they were saying “He has an unclean spirit”.