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Jesus and Beelzebul Mk.3.20-30katapi HOME | RSV Books | notes
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and the crowd came together again, so that they could not even eat.Jesus and Beelzebul Mk.3.20-30 | Mt.12.22-32 | Lk.11.14-23 | Lk.12.10
And when his family heard it, they went out to seize him, for people were saying, "He is beside himself." 
And the scribes who came down from Jerusalem said, "He is possessed by Be-el'zebul, and by the prince of demons he casts out the demons." 
And he called them to him, and said to them in parables, "How can Satan cast out Satan? 
If a kingdom is divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand. 
And if a house is divided against itself, that house will not be able to stand. 
And if Satan has risen up against himself and is divided, he cannot stand, but is coming to an end. 
But no one can enter a strong man's house and plunder his goods, unless he first binds the strong man; then indeed he may plunder his house. 
"Truly, I say to you, all sins will be forgiven the sons of men, and whatever blasphemies they utter; 
but whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit never has forgiveness, but is guilty of an eternal sin" - 
for they had said, "He has an unclean spirit." 

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