44. So the spirit says, ‘I will go back to the home I left.’ When the spirit comes back to the man, the spirit finds the home still empty. The home is swept clean and made neat.
45. Then the evil spirit goes out and brings seven other spirits even more evil than it is. Then all the spirits go into the man and live there. And that man has even more trouble than he had before. It is the same way with the evil people who live today.”
46. While Jesus was talking to the people, his mother and brothers stood outside. They wanted to talk to him.
47. Someone told Jesus, “Your mother and brothers are waiting for you outside. They want to talk to you.”
48. He answered, “Who is my mother? Who are my brothers?”
49. Then he pointed to his followers and said, “See! These people are my mother and my brothers.
50. My true brothers and sisters and mother are those who do the things that my Father in heaven wants.”