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and have authority to cast out demons:
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Simon whom he surnamed Peter;
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James the son of Zeb'edee and John the brother of James, whom he surnamed Bo-aner'ges, that is, sons of thunder;
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Andrew, and Philip, and Bartholomew, and Matthew, and Thomas, and James the son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus, and Simon the Cananaean,
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and Judas Iscariot, who betrayed him. Then he went home;
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and the crowd came together again, so that they could not even eat.
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And when his family heard it, they went out to seize him, for people were saying, "He is beside himself."
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And the scribes who came down from Jerusalem said, "He is possessed by Be-el'zebul, and by the prince of demons he casts out the demons."
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And he called them to him, and said to them in parables, "How can Satan cast out Satan?
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If a kingdom is divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand.
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And if a house is divided against itself, that house will not be able to stand.