11. And the unclean spirits, whenever they saw him, were falling down before him and crying out, saying, “You are the Son of God!”
12. And he warned them strictly that they should not make him known.
13. And he went up on the mountain and summoned those whom he wanted, and they came to him.
14. And he appointed twelve, so that they would be with him and so that he could send them out to preach
15. and to have authority to expel demons.
16. And he appointed the twelve. And to Simon he gave the name Peter,
17. and James the son of Zebedee and John the brother of James (and he gave to them the name Boanerges, that is, “Sons of Thunder”),
18. and Andrew, and Philip, and Bartholomew, and Matthew, and Thomas, and James the son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus, and Simon the Zealot,
19. and Judas Iscariot, who also betrayed him.
20. And he went home, and the crowd gathered again, so that they were not even able to eat a meal.
21. And when his family heard this, they went out to restrain him, for they were saying, “He has lost his mind!”
22. And the scribes who had come down from Jerusalem were saying, “He is possessed by Beelzebul!” and “By the ruler of the demons he expels the demons!”
23. And he called them to himself and was speaking to them in parables, “How can Satan expel Satan?
24. And if a kingdom is divided against itself, that kingdom is not able to stand.