Mark 3:16-26

16 And He appointed the twelve: ¹Simon (to whom He gave the name Peter ),

17 and James, the son of Zebedee, and John the brother of James (to them He gave the name Boanerges, which means, "Sons of Thunder ");

18 and Andrew, and Philip, and Bartholomew, and Matthew, and Thomas, and James the son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus, and Simon the Zealot;

19 and Judas Iscariot, who betrayed Him.

20 And He came ²home, and the ³crowd gathered again, ⁴to such an extent that they could not even eat a meal.

21 When ⁵His own people heard of this, they went out to take custody of Him; for they were saying, "⁶He has lost His senses."

22 The scribes who came down ⁷from Jerusalem were saying, "He is possessed by ⁸Beelzebul," and "⁹He casts out the demons by the ruler of the demons."

23 ¹⁰And He called them to Himself and began speaking to them in ¹¹parables, "How can ¹²Satan cast out Satan?

24 "If a kingdom is divided against itself, that kingdom cannot * stand.

25 "If a house is divided against itself, that house will not be able to stand.

26 "If ¹³Satan has risen up against himself and is divided, he cannot * stand, but he is finished!

Cross References

• 1. Mark 3:16-19: {Matthew 10:2-4; Luke 6:14-16;} Acts 1:13
• 2. Mark 2:1; Mark 7:17; Mark 9:28
• 3. Mark 1:45; Mark 3:7
• 4. Mark 6:31
• 5. Mark 3:31
• 6. John 10:20; Acts 26:24
• 7. Matthew 15:1
• 8. Matthew 10:25; Matthew 11:18
• 9. Matthew 9:34
• 10. Mark 3:23-27: {Matthew 12:25-29; Luke 11:17-22}
• 11. Matthew 13:3f; Mark 4:2f
• 12. Matthew 4:10
• 13. Matthew 4:10

Footnotes

• [a] Or "Jacob"
• [b] Or "Jacob"
• [c] Or "Jacob"
• [d] Or "Cananaean"
• [e] Lit "into a house"
• [f] Lit "bread"
• [g] Or "kinsmen"
• [h] Or "Beezebul;" others read "Beelzebub"
• [i] Lit "he has an end"