Mark 3:17–22

17 and to Jamesca the son of Zebedee,cb and to his brother John,cc he gave the name “Boanerges” (that is, “Sons of Thunder”cd); 18 Andrew;ce Philipcf and Bartholomew; Matthewcg and Thomas;ch James the son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus; Simon the Zealot, 19 and Judas Iscariot,ci who also betrayed him.

A HOUSE DIVIDED

20 Jesus entered a house, and the crowd gathered again so that they were not even able to eat.A 21 When his familya heard this, they set out to restrain him, because they said, “He’s out of his mind.”b

22 The scribesc who had come down from Jerusalem said, “He is possessed by Beelzebul,”d and, “He drives oute demonsf by the rulerg of the demons.”h

ca	Ac 12:2
cb	Jn 21:2
cc	Jn 21:7
cd	Re 6:1
ce	Jn 6:8
cf	Jn 1:43–48 Jn 6:5 Jn 6:7 Jn 12:21–22 Jn 14:8–9
cg	Ac 1:13
ch	Jn 11:16 Jn 14:5 Jn 20:24 Jn 20:26–28 Jn 21:2
ci	Mk 14:10 Mk 14:43 Ac 1:16 Ac 1:25
A	Or eat a meal; lit eat bread
a	Jn 7:3
b	Lk 2:48 Jn 2:3–4 Jn 7:3–5
c	Mt 2:4
d	Mt 10:25 Mt 12:24 Mt 12:27 Lk 11:15–19
e	3 Jn 10
f	Re 9:20 Re 18:2
g	Lk 12:58
h	Mt 9:34 Mt 12:24 Lk 11:15