Mark 3:20-30 — Legacy Standard Bible

²⁰And He *came ¹^,^ahome, and the ^bcrowd *gathered again, ^cso that they could not even eat ²a meal. ²¹And when ^aHis own ¹people heard this, they went out to take custody of Him; for they were saying, “^bHe has lost His senses.” ²²And the scribes who came down ^afrom Jerusalem were saying, “He is possessed by ¹^,^bBeelzebul,” and “^cHe casts out the demons by the ruler of the demons.” ²³^aAnd He called them to Himself and began speaking to them in ^bparables, “How can ^cSatan cast out Satan? ²⁴“And 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 ^aSatan has risen up against himself and is divided, he cannot stand, but ¹he is finished! ²⁷“^aBut no one can enter the strong man’s house and plunder his property unless he first binds the strong man, and then he will plunder his house.

²⁸“^aTruly I say to you, all sins shall be forgiven the sons of men, and whatever blasphemies they utter; ²⁹but ^awhoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit never has forgiveness, but is guilty of an eternal sin”— ³⁰because they were saying, “He has an unclean spirit.”