²⁰ And again a crowd comes together, so that they cannot even eat bread.

²¹ And his relatives having heard [of it] went out to lay hold on him, for they said, He is out of his mind.

²² And the scribes who had come down from Jerusalem said, He has Beelzebub, and, By the prince of the demons he casts out 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 has become divided against itself, that kingdom cannot subsist.

²⁵ And if a house has become divided against itself, that house cannot subsist.

²⁶ And if Satan rise up against himself, and is divided, he cannot subsist, but has an end.

²⁷ But no one can, having entered into his house, plunder the goods of the strong [man] unless he first bind the strong [man], and then he will plunder his house.

²⁸ Verily I say unto you, that all sins shall be forgiven to the sons of men, and all the injurious speeches [with] which they may speak injuriously;

²⁹ but whosoever shall speak injuriously against the Holy Spirit, to eternity has no forgiveness; but lies under the guilt of an everlasting sin;

³⁰ —because they said, He has an unclean spirit.

³¹ And his brethren and his mother come, and standing without sent to him calling him.

³² And a crowd sat around him. And they said to him, Behold, thy mother and thy brethren seek thee without.

³³ And he answered them, saying, Who is my mother or my brethren?

³⁴ And looking around in a circuit at those that were sitting around him, he says, Behold my mother and my brethren:

³⁵ for whosoever shall do the will of God, *he* is my brother, and sister, and mother.