Mark 3:20–30 · BSB
3:20
Then Jesus went home, and once again a crowd gathered, so that He and His disciples could not even eat.
3:21
When His family heard about this, they went out to take custody of Him, saying, “He is out of His mind.”
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3:22
And the scribes who had come down from Jerusalem were saying, “He is possessed by Beelzebul,” and, “By the prince of the demons He drives out demons.”
3:23
So Jesus called them together and began to speak to them in parables: “How can Satan drive out Satan?
3:24
If a kingdom is divided against itself, it cannot stand.
3:25
If a house is divided against itself, it cannot stand.
3:26
And if Satan is divided and rises against himself, he cannot stand; his end has come.
3:27
Indeed, no one can enter a strong man’s house to steal his possessions unless he first ties up the strong man. Then he can plunder his house.
3:28
Truly I tell you, the sons of men will be forgiven all sins and blasphemies, as many as they utter.
3:29
But whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit will never be forgiven; he is guilty of eternal sin.”
3:30
Jesus made this statement because they were saying, “He has an unclean spirit.”
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