¹⁰ For he had healed many,^(A) so that those with diseases were pushing forward to touch him.^{(B) 11} Whenever the impure spirits saw him, they fell down before him and cried out, “You are the Son of God.”^{(C) 12} But he gave them strict orders not to tell others about him.^(D)

Jesus Appoints the Twelve^(E)

¹³ Jesus went up on a mountainside and called to him those he wanted, and they came to him.^{(F) 14} He appointed twelve^[a](G) that they might be with him and that he might send them out to preach ¹⁵ and to have authority to drive out demons.^{(H) 16} These are the twelve he appointed: Simon (to whom he gave the name Peter),^{(I) 17} James son of Zebedee and his brother John (to them he gave the name Boanerges, which means “sons of thunder”), ¹⁸ Andrew, Philip, Bartholomew, Matthew, Thomas, James son of Alphaeus, Thaddaeus, Simon the Zealot ¹⁹ and Judas Iscariot, who betrayed him.

Jesus Accused by His Family and by Teachers of the Law^(J)(K)

²⁰ Then Jesus entered a house, and again a crowd gathered,^(L) so that he and his disciples were not even able to eat.^{(M) 21} When his family^[b] heard about this, they went to take charge of him, for they said, “He is out of his mind.”^(N)

³¹ Then Jesus’ mother and brothers arrived.^(A) Standing outside, they sent someone in to call him. ³² A crowd was sitting around him, and they told him, “Your mother and brothers are outside looking for you.”

³³ “Who are my mother and my brothers?” he asked.

³⁴ Then he looked at those seated in a circle around him and said, “Here are my mother and my brothers! ³⁵ Whoever does God’s will is my brother and sister and mother.”