27. Let me illustrate this further. Who is powerful enough to enter the house of a strong man like Satan and plunder his goods? Only someone even stronger—someone who could tie him up and then plunder his house.
28. “I tell you the truth, all sin and blasphemy can be forgiven,
29. but anyone who blasphemes the Holy Spirit will never be forgiven. This is a sin with eternal consequences.”
30. He told them this because they were saying, “He’s possessed by an evil spirit.”
31. Then Jesus’ mother and brothers came to see him. They stood outside and sent word for him to come out and talk with them.
32. There was a crowd sitting around Jesus, and someone said, “Your mother and your brothers are outside asking for you.”