14. He appointed twelve (whom He also named emissaries), so that they might be with Him and He might send them to proclaim the Good News,
15. and to have power to drive out demons.
16. And He appointed the Twelve: to Simon He gave the name Peter;
17. to Jacob and his brother John, the sons of Zebedee, He gave the name Boanerges, which is Sons of Thunder;
18. and Andrew, Philip, Bartholomew, Matthew, Thomas, Jacob the son of Alphaeus, Thaddaeus, Simon the Zealot;
19. and Judah from Kriot, who also betrayed Him.
20. Then He comes into a house, and again a crowd gathers so they couldn’t even eat.
21. When His family heard about this, they went out to take hold of Him; for they were saying, “He’s out of His mind!”
22. The Torah scholars who came down from Jerusalem said, “He’s possessed by beelzebul,” and, “By the ruler of demons He drives out demons.”
23. He called them and began speaking 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 but his end has come.
27. “But no one can enter a strong man’s house to ransack his property, unless he first ties up the strong man. Then he will thoroughly plunder his house.