And come together again doth a multitude, so that they are not able even to eat bread;

and his friends having heard, went forth to lay hold on him, for they said that he was beside himself,

and the scribes who [are] from Jerusalem having come down, said – 'He hath Beelzeboul,' and – 'By the ruler of the demons he doth cast out the demons.'

And, having called them near, in similes he said to them, `How is the Adversary able to cast out the Adversary?

and if a kingdom against itself be divided, that kingdom cannot be made to stand;

and if a house against itself be divided, that house cannot be made to stand;

and if the Adversary did rise against himself, and hath been divided, he cannot be made to stand, but hath an end.

`No one is able the vessels of the strong man – having entered into his house – to spoil, if first he may not bind the strong man, and then his house he will spoil.

`Verily I say to you, that all the sins shall be forgiven to the sons of men, and evil speakings with which they might speak evil,

but whoever may speak evil in regard to the Holy Spirit hath not forgiveness – to the age, but is in danger of age-during judgment;'

because they said, `He hath an unclean spirit.'

Then come do his brethren and mother, and standing without, they sent unto him, calling him,

and a multitude was sitting about him, and they said to him, `Lo, thy mother and thy brethren without do seek thee.'

And he answered them, saying, `Who is my mother, or my brethren?'

And having looked round in a circle to those sitting about him, he saith, `Lo, my mother and my brethren.

for whoever may do the will of God, he is my brother, and my sister, and mother.'