8. and from Jerusalem, and from Idumea, and beyond the Jordan, and around Tyre and Sidon, a great number, hearing all He was doing, came to Him.
9. He told His disciples to have a small boat ready for Him because of the crowd, so that they wouldn’t mob Him.
10. For He had healed many, so that all those afflicted fell down before Him in order to touch Him.
11. And the unclean spirits, whenever they saw Him, would fall down before Him and cry out, “You are Ben-Elohim!”
12. But Yeshua strictly ordered them not to make Him known.
13. Now He climbs up on the mountain and calls those He Himself wanted, and they came to Him.
14. He appointed twelve (whom He also named emissaries), so that they might be with Him and He might send them to proclaim the Good News,
15. and to have power to drive out demons.
16. And He appointed the Twelve: to Simon He gave the name Peter;
17. to Jacob and his brother John, the sons of Zebedee, He gave the name Boanerges, which is Sons of Thunder;
18. and Andrew, Philip, Bartholomew, Matthew, Thomas, Jacob the son of Alphaeus, Thaddaeus, Simon the Zealot;
19. and Judah from Kriot, who also betrayed Him.
20. Then He comes into a house, and again a crowd gathers so they couldn’t even eat.
21. When His family heard about this, they went out to take hold of Him; for they were saying, “He’s out of His mind!”
22. The Torah scholars who came down from Jerusalem said, “He’s possessed by beelzebul,” and, “By the ruler of demons He drives out demons.”
23. He called them and began speaking to them in parables: “How can satan drive out satan?
24. If a kingdom is divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand.
25. And if a house is divided against itself, that house will not be able to stand.
26. And if satan has risen up against himself and is divided, he cannot stand but his end has come.