16. He appointed twelve: To Simon he gave the name Peter;
17. to James and his brother John, the sons of Zebedee, he gave the name Boanerges (that is, “sons of thunder”);
18. and Andrew, Philip, Bartholomew, Matthew, Thomas, James the son of Alphaeus, Thaddaeus, Simon the Zealot,
19. and Judas Iscariot, who betrayed him.
20. Now Jesus went home, and a crowd gathered so that they were not able to eat.
21. When his family heard this they went out to restrain him, for they said, “He is out of his mind.”
22. The experts in the law who came down from Jerusalem said, “He is possessed by Beelzebul,” and, “By the ruler of demons he casts out demons.”
23. So he called them and spoke to them in parables: “How can Satan cast out Satan?
24. If a kingdom is divided against itself, that kingdom will not be able to stand.
25. If a house is divided against itself, that house will not be able to stand.