A House Divided
20 Then Jesus went home, and once again a crowd gathered, so that He and His disciples could not even eat.
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When His family heard about this, they went out to take custody of Him, saying, “He is out of 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 prince of the demons He drives out demons.”
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So Jesus called them together and began to speak to them in parables: “How can Satan drive out Satan?
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If a kingdom is divided against itself, it cannot stand.
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If a house is divided against itself, it cannot stand.
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And if Satan is divided and rises against himself, he cannot stand; his end has come.
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Indeed, no one can enter a strong man’s house to steal his possessions unless he first ties up the strong man. Then he can plunder his house.
The Unpardonable Sin
28 Truly I tell you, the sons of men will be forgiven all sins and blasphemies, as many as they utter.
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But whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit will never be forgiven; he is guilty of eternal sin.”
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Jesus made this statement because they were saying, “He has an unclean spirit.”