14 And He appointed twelve, so that they would be with Him and that He [could] send them out to preach,
15 and to have authority to cast out the demons.
16 And He appointed the twelve: Simon (to whom He gave the name Peter),
17 and James, the [son] of Zebedee, and John the brother of James (to them He gave the name Boanerges, which means, |Sons of Thunder|);
18 and Andrew, and Philip, and Bartholomew, and Matthew, and Thomas, and James the son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus, and Simon the Zealot;
19 and Judas Iscariot, who betrayed Him.
20 And He came home, and the crowd gathered again, to such an extent that they could not even eat a meal.
21 When His own people heard [of] [this], they went out to take custody of Him; for they were saying, |He has lost His senses.|
22 The scribes who came down from Jerusalem were saying, |He is possessed by Beelzebul,| and |He casts out the demons by the ruler of the demons.|
23 And He called them to Himself and began speaking to them in parables, |How can Satan cast out Satan?
24 |If a kingdom is divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand.
25 |If a house is divided against itself, that house will not be able to stand.
26 |If Satan has risen up against himself and is divided, he cannot stand, but he is finished!
27 |But no one can enter the strong man's house and plunder his property unless he first binds the strong man, and then he will plunder his house.
28 |Truly I say to you, all sins shall be forgiven the sons of men, and whatever blasphemies they utter;
29 but whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit never has forgiveness, but is guilty of an eternal sin|--
30 because they were saying, |He has an unclean spirit.|
31 Then His mother and His brothers arrived, and standing outside they sent [word] to Him and called Him.
32 A crowd was sitting around Him, and they said to Him, |Behold, Your mother and Your brothers are outside looking for You.|
33 Answering them, He said, |Who are My mother and My brothers?|
34 Looking about at those who were sitting around Him, He said, |Behold My mother and My brothers!
35 |For whoever does the will of God, he is My brother and sister and mother.|
