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21 People told his family what was happening. So they went to take him away with them. They thought that Jesus was crazy.[a]

22 Some teachers of God's Law came from Jerusalem. They said, ‘Jesus has a bad spirit called Beelzebul in him. That is Satan, the one who rules all the bad spirits. This man can send bad spirits out of people because Satan gives him authority.’[b]

23 So Jesus spoke to the teachers of God's Law. He said, ‘Come here and listen to me.’ He used stories to explain to them, ‘Satan would not fight against himself!

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Footnotes

  1. 3:21 Jesus' family lived in Nazareth, which was 40 kilometres away from Capernaum.
  2. 3:22 Beelzebul is another name for Satan. They are both names for God's greatest enemy.