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Mark 3:16-23 Lexham English Bible (LEB)

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?

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