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"When an evil spirit comes out of a person, it travels through dry places, looking for a place to rest, but it doesn't find it.
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So the spirit says, 'I will go back to the house I left.' When the spirit comes back, it finds the house still empty, swept clean, and made neat.
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Then the evil spirit goes out and brings seven other spirits even more evil than it is, and they go in and live there. So the person has even more trouble than before. It is the same way with the evil people who live today."
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While Jesus was talking to the people, his mother and brothers stood outside, trying to find a way to talk to him.
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Someone told Jesus, "Your mother and brothers are standing outside, and they want to talk to you."
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He answered, "Who is my mother? Who are my brothers?"
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Then he pointed to his followers and said, "Here are my mother and my brothers.
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My true brother and sister and mother are those who do what my Father in heaven wants."