15. and to have authority to drive out demons:
16. [he appointed the twelve:] Simon, whom he named Peter;
17. James, son of Zebedee, and John the brother of James, whom he named Boanerges, that is, sons of thunder;
18. Andrew, Philip, Bartholomew, Matthew, Thomas, James the son of Alphaeus; Thaddeus, Simon the Cananean,
19. and Judas Iscariot who betrayed him.
20. He came home. Again [the] crowd gathered, making it impossible for them even to eat.
21. When his relatives heard of this they set out to seize him, for they said, “He is out of his mind.”
22. The scribes who had come from Jerusalem said, “He is possessed by Beelzebul,” and “By the prince of demons he drives out demons.”
23. Summoning them, he 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.