Mark 3:17-27

17 ¹James the son of Zebedee and John the brother of James (to whom he gave the name Boanerges, that is, Sons of Thunder);

18 Andrew, and Philip, and Bartholomew, and ²Matthew, and Thomas, and James the son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus, and Simon the Cananaean,

19 and Judas Iscariot, who betrayed him.

20 Then he went ³home, and the crowd gathered again, ⁴so that they could not even eat.

21 ⁵And when ⁶his family heard it, they went out to seize him, for they were saying, "He ⁷is out of his mind."

Blasphemy Against the Holy Spirit

22 And ⁸the scribes who came down from Jerusalem were saying, ⁹"He is possessed by Beelzebul," and "by the prince of demons he casts out the demons."

23 ¹⁰And he called them to him and said to them in parables, "How can Satan cast 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 is coming to an end.

27 But ¹¹no one can enter a strong man's house and plunder his goods, unless he first binds the strong man. ¹²Then indeed he may plunder his house.