Mark 3:23-35 ▼

23 So He called them to Him, and said unto them in parables, How can Satan cast out Satan?

24 If a kingdom be divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand:

25 and if a family be divided against itself, that family cannot stand: and if Satan oppose himself and be divided,

26 he cannot stand, but his kingdom is at an end.

27 No one can enter into the house of a strong man, and plunder his goods; unless he first bind the strong man, and then he may pillage his house.

28 Verily I tell you, that all sins shall be forgiven to the sons of men, and blasphemies wherewith they may blaspheme:

29 but whosoever blasphemeth against the holy Ghost never hath forgiveness, but is liable to eternal damnation:

30 for they said, He hath an impure spirit.

31 So his brethren and his mother came, and standing without sent to Him to call Him to them:

32 and there was a multitude sitting about Him, and they said to Him, Behold, thy mother and thy brethren are without inquiring for thee.

33 And He answered them, and said, Who is my mother, or my brethren?

34 And looking round on those that sat about Him, He said, Behold my mother, and my brethren:

35 for whosoever doth the will of God, he is to me as my brother, my sister, and mother.