17. and Ya‛aqoḇ the son of Zaḇdai, and Yoḥanan the brother of Ya‛aqoḇ, to whom He added the name Beni-Reg̅es, that is, “Sons of Thunder,”
18. and Andri, and Philip, and Bartholomi, and Mattithyahu, and T’oma, and Ya‛aqoḇ son of Alphai, and Taddai, and Shim‛on the Kena‛anite;
19. and Yehuḏah from Qerioth, who did also deliver Him up. And they went into a house,
20. and again the crowd came together, so that they were unable even to eat bread.
21. And when His relatives heard about this, they went out to seize Him, for they said, “He is out of His mind.”
22. And the scribes who came down from Yerushalayim said, “He has Be‛elzebul,” and, “He casts out demons by the ruler of the demons.”
23. And calling them near He said to them in parables, “How is Satan able to cast out Satan?
24. “And if a reign is divided against itself, that reign is unable to stand.
25. “And if a house is divided against itself, that house is unable to stand.
26. “And if Satan has risen up against himself, and is divided, he is unable to stand, but has an end.
27. “No one is able to enter a strong man’s house and plunder his goods, unless he first binds the strong man, and then he shall plunder his house.
28. “Truly, I say to you, all the sins shall be forgiven the sons of men, and whatever blasphemies they speak,
29. but he who blasphemes against the Set-apart Spirit has no forgiveness forever, but is subject to everlasting judgment,”