Mark 3:10 for He had healed many, with the result that all those who had afflictions pressed around Him in order to touch Him.
Mark 3:11 Whenever the unclean spirits saw Him, they would fall down before Him and shout, "You are the Son of God!"
Mark 3:12 And He earnestly warned them not to tell who He was.
Mark 3:13 ¶ And He *went up on the mountain and *summoned those whom He Himself wanted, and they came to Him.
Mark 3:14 And He appointed twelve, so that they would be with Him and that He could send them out to preach,
Mark 3:15 and to have authority to cast out the demons.
Mark 3:16 And He appointed the twelve: Simon (to whom He gave the name Peter),
Mark 3:17 and James, the son of Zebedee, and John the brother of James (to them He gave the name Boanerges, which means, "Sons of Thunder");
Mark 3:18 and Andrew, and Philip, and Bartholomew, and Matthew, and Thomas, and James the son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus, and Simon the Zealot;
Mark 3:19 and Judas Iscariot, who betrayed Him.
Mark 3:20 ¶ And He *came home, and the crowd *gathered again, to such an extent that they could not even eat a meal.
Mark 3:21 When His own people heard ofthis, they went out to take custody of Him; for they were saying, "He has lost His senses."
Mark 3:22 The scribes who came down from Jerusalem were saying, "He is possessed by Beelzebul," and "He casts out the demons by the ruler of the demons."
Mark 3:23 And He called them to Himself and began speaking to them in parables, "How can Satan cast out Satan?
Mark 3:24 "If a kingdom is divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand.
Mark 3:25 "If a house is divided against itself, that house will not be able to stand.
Mark 3:26 "If Satan has risen up against himself and is divided, he cannot stand, but he is finished!
Mark 3:27 "But no one can enter the strong man's house and plunder his property unless he first binds the strong man, and then he will plunder his house.
Mark 3:28 ¶ "Truly I say to you, all sins shall be forgiven the sons of men, and whatever blasphemies they utter;
Mark 3:29 but whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit never has forgiveness, but is guilty of an eternal sin"--