Mark 3:15-29

English Standard Version

^15 (A)and have authority to cast out demons. ¹⁶ He appointed the twelve: ^(B)Simon (to whom ^(C)he gave the name Peter); ^17 (D)James the son of Zebedee and John the brother of James (to whom he gave the name Boanerges, that is, Sons of Thunder); ¹⁸ Andrew, and Philip, and Bartholomew, and ^(E)Matthew, and Thomas, and James the son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus, and Simon the Zealot,^{[a] 19} and Judas Iscariot, who betrayed him.

²⁰ Then he went ^(F)home, and the crowd gathered again, ^(G)so that they could not even eat. ^21 (H)And when ^(I)his family heard it, they went out to seize him, for they were saying, “He ^(J)is out of his mind.”

Blasphemy Against the Holy Spirit

²² And ^(K)the scribes who came down from Jerusalem were saying, ^(L)“He is possessed by Beelzebul,” and “by the prince of demons he casts out the demons.” ^23 (M)And he called them to him and said to them in parables, “How can Satan cast out Satan? ²⁴ If a kingdom is divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand. ²⁵ And if a house is divided against itself, that house will not be able to stand. ²⁶ And if Satan has risen up against himself and is divided, he cannot stand, but is coming to an end. ²⁷ But ^(N)no one can enter a strong man's house and plunder his goods, unless he first binds the strong man. ^(O)Then indeed he may plunder his house.

^28 (P)“Truly, I say to you, all sins will be forgiven the children of man, and whatever blasphemies they utter, ²⁹ but whoever ^(Q)blasphemes against the Holy Spirit never has forgiveness, but is guilty of an eternal sin”—