Mark 3:16-35 ▼

16 And to Simon He added the name Peter;

17 and James the son of Zebedee, and John the brother of James, (and He added to these the name "Boanerges," that is, "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 Cananaean,

19 and Judas Iscariot, who also betrayed Him. And He cometh into a house.

20 And the multitude comes together again, so that they could not even eat bread.

21 And, hearing of it, His kinsmen went out to lay hold on Him; for they said, "He became insane!"

22 And the scribes who came down from Jerusalem said, "He hath Beelzebub, and by the ruler of the demons casteth out the demons."

23 And, having called them to Him , He said to them in parables, "How can Satan cast out Satan?

24 And if a kingdom be divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand.

25 And if a house be divided against itself, that house will not be able to stand.

26 And, if Satan did arise against himself, and was divided, he cannot stand, but has an end.

27 But no one is able, after having entered into the house of the strong man, to plunder his goods, except he first bind the strong man; and then will he plunder his house.

28 Verily I say to you, all the sins will be forgiven the sons of men, and the blasphemies whatsoever they blaspheme;

29 but whosoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit has no forgiveness forever, but is guilty of an eternal sin;

30 because they said, 'He hath an unclean spirit.'"

31 And His mother and His brothers come; and, standing without, they sent to Him, calling Him.

32 And a multitude was sitting about Him; and they say to Him, "Behold, Thy mother and Thy brothers without are seeking for Thee."

33 And, answering them, He saith, "Who is My mother, and My brothers?"

34 And looking around on those who sat about Him, He saith, "Behold, My mother, and My brothers!

35 For whosoever does the will of God, the same is My brother, and sister, and mother."