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Mark, Chapter 3, verses 13-35

¹³ And He went up on the mountain and summoned those whom He Himself wanted, and they came to Him. ¹⁴ And He appointed twelve, so that they would be with Him and that He could send them out to preach, ¹⁵ and to have authority to cast out the demons. ¹⁶ And He appointed the twelve: Simon (to whom He gave the name Peter), ¹⁷ and^d Or JacobJames, the son of Zebedee, and John the brother of^e Or JacobJames (to them He gave the name Boanerges, which means, “Sons of Thunder”); ¹⁸ and Andrew, and Philip, and Bartholomew, and Matthew, and Thomas, and^f Or JacobJames the son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus, and Simon the^g Or CananaeanZealot; ¹⁹ and Judas Iscariot, who betrayed Him.	13 Mat 5:1 Luk 6:12 Mat 10:1 Mar 6:7 Luk 9:1 16 Mar 3:16-19 Luk 6:14-16 Act 1:13
²⁰ And He came^h Lit into a househome, and the crowd gathered again, to such an extent that they could not even eatⁱ Lit breada meal. ²¹ When His own^j Or kinsmenpeople heard of this, they went out to take custody of Him; for they were saying, “He has lost His senses.” ²² The scribes who came down from Jerusalem were saying, “He is possessed by^k Or Beezebul; others read BeelzebubBeelzebul,” and “He casts out the demons by the ruler of the demons.” ²³ And He called them to Himself and began speaking to them in parables, “How can Satan 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 Satan has risen up against himself and is divided, he cannot stand, but^l Lit he has an endhe is finished! ²⁷ But no one can enter the strong man’s house and plunder his property unless he first binds the strong man, and then he will plunder his house.	20 Mar 2:1 Mar 7:17 Mar 9:28 Mar 1:45 Mar 3:7 Mar 6:31 21 Mar 3:31 Joh 10:20 Act 26:24 22 Mat 15:1 Mat 10:25 Mat 11:18 Mat 9:34 23 Mar 3:23-27 Luk 11:17-22 Mat 13:3 Mar 4:2 Mat 4:10 26 Mat 4:10 27 Isa 49:24 Isa 49:25
²⁸ “Truly I say to you, all sins shall be forgiven the sons of men, and whatever blasphemies they utter; ²⁹ but whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit never has forgiveness, but is guilty of an eternal sin”— ³⁰ because they were saying, “He has an unclean spirit.”	28 Mat 12:31 Mat 12:32 Mar 3:28-30 Luk 12:10 29 Luk 12:10
³¹ Then His mother and His brothers arrived, and standing outside they sent word to Him and called Him. ³² A crowd was sitting around Him, and they said to Him, “Behold, Your mother and Your brothers are outside looking for You.” ³³ Answering them, He said, “Who are My mother and My brothers?” ³⁴ Looking about at those who were sitting around Him, He said, “Behold My mother and My brothers! ³⁵ For whoever does the will of God, he is My brother and sister and mother.”	31 Mar 3:31-35 Luk 8:19-21 34 Mat 12:49 35 Eph 6:6 Heb 10:36 Pe1 4:2 Jo1 2:17


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