14. And He appointed twelve, so that they would be with Him and that He could send them out to preach,
15. and to have authority to cast out the demons.
16. And He appointed the twelve: Simon (to whom He gave the name Peter),
17. and James, the son of Zebedee, and John the brother of James (to them He gave the name Boanerges, which means, "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 betrayed Him.
20. And He came home, and the crowd gathered again, to such an extent that they could not even eat a meal.
21. When His own people heard of this, they went out to take custody of Him; for they were saying, "He has lost His senses."
22. The scribes who came down from Jerusalem were saying, "He is possessed by Beelzebul," and "He casts out the demons by the ruler of the demons."
23. And He called them to Himself and began speaking to them in parables, "How can Satan cast out Satan?
24. If a kingdom is divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand.
25. If a house is divided against itself, that house will not be able to stand.