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| | He then walked up a mountain, calling whomever He wanted to follow him, and they did. He appointed twelve men as Apostles, to be with him, so he could send them to preach to the world, and to have the authority to throw demons out of people. Jesus gave the surname of Peter to Simon. He also appointed James and his brother John, the sons of Zebedee, and called them "Boanerges," which means "The Sons of Thunder": His other appointees were Andrew, Philip, Bartholomew, Matthew, Thomas, James the son of Alphaeus, Thaddaeus, and Simon the Canaanite, and Judas Iscariot, who was to betray Jesus: and they all entered a house but the crowd pressed upon them so much that they could not even eat. | | He then walked up a mountain, calling whomever He wanted to follow him, and they did. He appointed twelve men as Apostles, to be with him, so he could send them to preach to the world, and to have the authority to throw demons out of people. Jesus gave the surname of Peter to Simon. He also appointed James and his brother John, the sons of Zebedee, and called them "Boanerges," which means "The Sons of Thunder": His other appointees were Andrew, Philip, Bartholomew, Matthew, Thomas, James the son of Alphaeus, Thaddaeus, and Simon the Canaanite, and Judas Iscariot, who was to betray Jesus: and they all entered a house but the crowd pressed upon them so much that they could not even eat. |
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| + | But Jesus called them together and taught in parables, and asked "How can Satan cast out Satan? "A kingdom divided against itself cannot stand. Nor can a house divided against itself stand. So if Satan were divided against himself, he could not stand, and would perish." |
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| − | |<span id="3:21"></span>And when his friends heard of it, they went out to lay hold on him: for they said, He is beside himself.
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| − | |When Jesus's own family heard of this, they went to rescue him, saying, "He is out of his mind."
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| − | |<span id="3:22"></span>And the scribes which came down from Jerusalem said, He hath Beelzebub, and by the prince of the devils casteth he out devils.
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| − | |Some scribes from Jerusalem came also, smearing Jesus by saying "He has [[Beelzebub]] and throws out demons by calling on the leader of demons!"
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| − | |This [[Beelzebub]] (literally, Lord of the Flies) is another name for [[Satan]], but was also a pagan Canaanite god during the time of [[Elijah]].
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| − | |<span id="3:23"></span>And he called them unto him, and said unto them in parables, How can Satan cast out Satan?
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| − | |<span id="3:24"></span>And if a kingdom be divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand.
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