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.
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 cannot stand; that is the end of him.
27. But no one can enter a strong man’s house to plunder his property unless he first ties up the strong man. Then he can plunder his house.
28. Amen, I say to you, all sins and all blasphemies that people utter will be forgiven them.
29. But whoever blasphemes against the holy Spirit will never have forgiveness, but is guilty of an everlasting sin.”
30. For they had said, “He has an unclean spirit.”