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14 He appointed the Twelve, whom he called apostles, to accompany him, to be sent out to preach, 15 and to have the authority to drive out demons. 16 He appointed the Twelve: Simon (whom he named Peter), 17 Zebedee's sons James and his brother John (whom he named Boanerges, that is, Sons of Thunder), 18 Andrew, Philip, Bartholomew, Matthew, Thomas, James son of Alphaeus, Thaddeus, Simon the Cananaean, 19 and Judas Iscariot, who also betrayed him. 20 Then he went home. Such a large crowd gathered again that Jesus and his disciples couldn't even eat. 21 When his family heard about it, they went to restrain him, because they kept saying, |He's out of his mind!| 22 The scribes who had come down from Jerusalem kept repeating, |He has Beelzebul,| and, |He drives out demons by the ruler of demons.| 23 So Jesus called them together and began to speak to them in parables. |How can Satan drive out Satan? 24 If a kingdom is divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand. 25 And if a household is divided against itself, that household won't stand. 26 So if Satan rebels against himself and is divided, he cannot stand. Indeed, his end has come. 27 No one can go into a strong man's house and carry off his possessions without first tying up the strong man. Then he can ransack his house. 28 I tell all of you with certainty, people will be forgiven their sins and whatever blasphemies they utter. 29 But whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit can never be forgiven, but is guilty of eternal sin.| 30 ...because they had been saying, |He has an unclean spirit.| 31 Then his mother and his brothers arrived. Milling around outside, they sent for him, continuously summoning him. 32 A crowd was sitting around him. They told him, |Look! Your mother and your brothers are outside asking for you.| 33 He answered them, |Who are my mother and my brothers?| 34 Then looking at the people sitting around him, he said, |Here are my mother and my brothers! 35 Whoever does the will of God is my brother and sister and mother.| Mark 3:14-35, Intl. Standard Version. Copyright © 1995-2014 by ISV Foundation.
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