so that there was no opportunity for them even to snatch a meal.
003:021 Hearing of this, His relatives came to seize Him by force,
for they said, "He is out of his mind."
003:022 The Scribes, too, who had come down from Jerusalem said,
"He has Baal-zebul in him; and it is by the power of the Prince
of the demons that he expels the demons."
003:023 So He called them to Him, and using figurative language He
appealed to them, saying, "How is it possible for Satan
to expel Satan?
003:024 For if civil war breaks out in a kingdom, nothing can make
that kingdom last;
003:025 and if a family splits into parties, that family cannot continue.
003:026 So if Satan has risen in arms and has made war upon himself,
stand he cannot, but meets his end.
003:027 Nay, no one can go into a strong man's house and carry off
his property, unless he first binds the strong man, and then
he will plunder his house.
003:028 In solemn truth I tell you that all their sins may be pardoned
to the sons of men, and all their blasphemies, however they
may have blasphemed;
003:029 but whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit, he remains
for ever unabsolved: he is guilty of a sin of the Ages."
003:030 This was because they said, "He is possessed by a foul spirit."
003:031 By this time His mother and His brothers arrive, and standing
outside they send a message to Him to call Him.
003:032 Now a crowd was sitting round Him; so they tell Him, "Your mother
and your brothers and sisters are outside, inquiring for you."
003:033 "Who are my mother and my brothers?" He replied.
003:034 And, fixing His eyes on the people who were sitting round Him
in a circle, He said,