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And to James, the son of Zebedee, and John, the brother of James, he gave the second name of Boanerges, which is, Sons of thunder:
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And Andrew, and Philip, and Bartholomew, and Matthew, and Thomas, and James, the son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus, and Simon the Zealot;
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And Judas Iscariot, who was false to him.
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And he went into a house. And the people came together again, so that they were not even able to take bread.
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And when his friends had news of it, they went out to get him, saying, He is off his head.
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And the scribes who came down from Jerusalem, said, He has Beelzebub, and, By the ruler of evil spirits he sends evil spirits out of men.
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And turning to them, he said to them in the form of a story, How is it possible for Satan to put out Satan?
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If there is division in a kingdom, that kingdom will come to destruction;
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And if there is division in a house, that house will come to destruction;
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And if Satan is at war with himself, and there is division in him, he will not keep his place but will come to an end.
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But no one is able to go into the house of the strong man and take his goods, without first putting cords round the strong man, and then he will take his goods.