# General Information:

This is the next part of the story. Jesus is questioned after he drives a demon out of a mute man.

# Jesus was driving out a demon

It may be helpful to add extra information. AT: "Jesus was driving a demon out of a person" or "Jesus was making a demon leave a person" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-ellipsis]])

# demon that was mute

The demon has power to prevent people from speaking. AT: "the demon caused the man to be unable to speak" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]])

# Now

This word is used here to mark where the action starts. If your language has a way for doing this, you could consider using it here. When the demon comes out of the man, some of the people criticize Jesus, and that leads to Jesus teaching about evil spirits.

# When the demon had gone out

It may be helpful to add extra information. AT: "when the demon had gone out of the man" or "when the demon left the man" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-ellipsis]])

# the man who had been mute spoke

"the man who had been unable to speak now spoke"

# By Beelzebul, the ruler of demons, he is driving out demons

"He is driving out demons by the power of Beelzebul, the ruler of demons"

# translationWords

* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/castout]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/demon]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/amazed]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/beelzebul]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/ruler]]