14. And he appointed twelve, so that they would be with him and so that he could send them out to preach
15. and to have authority to expel demons.
16. And he appointed the twelve. And to Simon he gave the name Peter,
17. and James the son of Zebedee and John the brother of James (and he gave to them the name Boanerges, that is, “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 also betrayed him.
20. And he went home, and the crowd gathered again, so that they were not even able to eat a meal.
21. And when his family heard this, they went out to restrain him, for they were saying, “He has lost his mind!”
22. And the scribes who had come down from Jerusalem were saying, “He is possessed by Beelzebul!” and “By the ruler of the demons he expels the demons!”
23. And he called them to himself and was speaking to them in parables, “How can Satan expel Satan?
24. And 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 will not be able to stand.
26. And if Satan has risen up against himself and is divided, he is not able to stand, but is at an end!
27. But no one is able to enter into the house of a strong man and plunder his property unless he first ties up the strong man, and then he can thoroughly plunder his house.
28. “Truly I say to you that all the sins and the blasphemies will be forgiven the sons of men, however much they blaspheme.
29. But whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit does not have forgiveness forever, but is guilty of an eternal sin”—
30. because they were saying, “He has an unclean spirit.”
31. And his mother and his brothers arrived, and standing outside, they sent word to him to summon him.