11. And the unclean spirits, when they saw him, fell prostrate before him. And they cried out, saying,
12. "You are the Son of God." And he strongly admonished them, lest they make him known.
13. And ascending onto a mountain, he called to himself those whom he willed, and they came to him.
14. And he acted so that the twelve would be with him, and so that he might send them out to preach.
15. And he gave them authority to cure infirmities, and to cast out demons:
16. and he imposed on Simon the name Peter;
17. and also he imposed on James of Zebedee, and John the brother of James, the name 'Boanerges,' that is, 'Sons of Thunder;'
18. and Andrew, and Philip, and Bartholomew, and Matthew, and Thomas, and James of Alphaeus, and Thaddeus, and Simon the Canaanite,
19. and Judas Iscariot, who also betrayed him.
20. And they went to a house, and the crowd gathered together again, so much so that they were not even able to eat bread.
21. And when his own had heard of it, they went out to take hold of him. For they said: "Because he has gone mad."
22. And the scribes who had descended from Jerusalem said, "Because he has Beelzebub, and because by the prince of demons does he cast out demons."
23. And having called them together, he spoke to them in parables: "How can Satan cast out Satan?
24. For if a kingdom is divided against itself, that kingdom is not able to stand.
25. And if a house is divided against itself, that house is not able to stand.
26. And if Satan has risen up against himself, he would be divided, and he would not be able to stand; instead he reaches the end.
27. No one is able to plunder the goods of a strong man, having entered into the house, unless he first binds the strong man, and then he shall plunder his house.
28. Amen I say to you, that all sins will be forgiven the sons of men, and the blasphemies by which they will have blasphemed.