A House Divided Cannot Stand
20 And he went home, and the crowd gathered again, so that they were not even able to eat a meal.
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And [when] {his family} heard [this], they went out to restrain him, for they were saying, "He has lost his mind!"
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And the scribes who had come down from Jerusalem were saying, "He is possessed by Beelzebul!" and "By the ruler of the demons he expels the demons!"
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And he called them to himself [and] was speaking to them in parables, "How can Satan expel Satan?
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And if a kingdom is divided against itself, that kingdom is not able to stand.
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And if a house is divided against itself, that house will not be able to stand.
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And if Satan has risen up against himself and is divided, he is not able to stand, but is at an end!
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But no one is able to enter into the house of a strong [man] [and] plunder his property unless he first ties up the strong [man], and then he can thoroughly plunder his house.
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"Truly I say to you that all the sins and the blasphemies will be forgiven the sons of men, however much they blaspheme.
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But whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit does not have forgiveness {forever}, but is guilty of [an] eternal sin"--
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because they were saying, "He has an unclean spirit."
Jesus’ Mother and Brothers
31 And his mother and his brothers arrived, and standing outside, they sent [word] to him to summon him.
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And a crowd was sitting around him, and they told him, "Behold, your mother and your brothers [are] outside looking for you."
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And he answered them [and] said, "Who is my mother or my brothers?"
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And looking around at those who were sitting around him in a circle, he said, "Behold, my mother and my brothers!
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For whoever does the will of God, this person is my brother and sister and mother."