{"id":9939,"date":"2024-08-29T07:51:14","date_gmt":"2024-08-29T11:51:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jesusdidsay.com\/?page_id=9939"},"modified":"2026-10-07T11:27:16","modified_gmt":"2026-10-07T11:27:16","slug":"mark-chapter-3-jesus-accused-by-his-family-and-by-teachers-of-the-law","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/jesusdidsay.com\/?page_id=9939","title":{"rendered":"Mark Chapter 3 Jesus Accused by His Family and by Teachers of the Law"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><sup>20\u00a0<\/sup>Then Jesus entered a house, and again a crowd gathered,\u00a0so that he and his disciples were not even able to eat.\u00a0<sup>21\u00a0<\/sup>When his family\u00a0heard about this, they went to take charge of him, for they said, \u201cHe is out of his mind.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><sup>22&nbsp;<\/sup>And the teachers of the law who came down from Jerusalem&nbsp;said, \u201cHe is possessed by Beelzebul!&nbsp;By the prince of demons he is driving out demons.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><sup>23\u00a0<\/sup>So Jesus called them over to him and began to speak to them in parables:\u00a0<mark style=\\\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#ff0000\\\" class=\\\"has-inline-color\\\">\u201cHow can Satan\u00a0drive out Satan?\u00a0<sup>24\u00a0<\/sup>If a kingdom is divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand.\u00a0<sup>25\u00a0<\/sup>If a house is divided against itself, that house cannot stand.\u00a0<sup>26\u00a0<\/sup>And if Satan opposes himself and is divided, he cannot stand; his end has come.\u00a0<sup>27\u00a0<\/sup>In fact, no one can enter a strong man\u2019s house without first tying him up. Then he can plunder the strong man\u2019s house.\u00a0<sup>28\u00a0<\/sup>Truly I tell you, people can be forgiven all their sins and every slander they utter,\u00a0<sup>29\u00a0<\/sup>but whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit will never be forgiven; they are guilty of an eternal sin.\u201d<\/mark><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><sup>30&nbsp;<\/sup>He said this because they were saying, \u201cHe has an impure spirit.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><sup>31&nbsp;<\/sup>Then Jesus\u2019 mother and brothers arrived.&nbsp;Standing outside, they sent someone in to call him.&nbsp;<sup>32&nbsp;<\/sup>A crowd was sitting around him, and they told him, \u201cYour mother and brothers are outside looking for you.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><sup>33\u00a0<\/sup><mark style=\\\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#ff0000\\\" class=\\\"has-inline-color\\\">\u201cWho are my mother and my brothers?\u201d\u00a0<\/mark>he asked.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><sup>34\u00a0<\/sup>Then he looked at those seated in a circle around him and said,\u00a0<mark style=\\\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#ff0000\\\" class=\\\"has-inline-color\\\">\u201cHere are my mother and my brothers!\u00a0<sup>35\u00a0<\/sup>Whoever does God\u2019s will is my brother and sister and mother.\u201d<\/mark><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>20\u00a0Then Jesus entered a house, and again a crowd gathered,\u00a0so that he and his disciples were not even able to eat.\u00a021\u00a0When his family\u00a0heard about this, they went to take charge of him, for they said, \u201cHe is out of his mind.\u201d 22&nbsp;And the teachers of the law who came down from Jerusalem&nbsp;said, \u201cHe is possessed [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-9939","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Mark Chapter 3 Jesus Accused by His Family and by Teachers of the Law &#8212; 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