Dec. 19, 2023

The Twelve Apostles

Mar 3:13  And He went up on the mountain and called to Him those He Himself wanted. And they came to Him. 

Mar 3:14  Then He appointed twelve, that they might be with Him and that He might send them out to preach, 

Mar 3:15  and to have power to heal sicknesses and to cast out demons: 

Mar 3:16  Simon, to whom He gave the name Peter; 

Mar 3:17  James the son of Zebedee and John the brother of James, to whom He gave the name Boanerges, that is, "Sons of Thunder"; 

Mar 3:18  Andrew, Philip, Bartholomew, Matthew, Thomas, James the son of Alphaeus, Thaddaeus, Simon the Cananite; 

Mar 3:19  and Judas Iscariot, who also betrayed Him. And they went into a house. 

Mar 3:20  Then the multitude came together again, so that they could not so much as eat bread. 

Mar 3:21  But when His own people heard about this, they went out to lay hold of Him, for they said, "He is out of His mind." 

Blasphemy Against the Holy Spirit

Mar 3:22  And the scribes who came down from Jerusalem said, "He has Beelzebub," and, "By the ruler of the demons He casts out demons." 

Mar 3:23  So He called them to Himself and said to them in parables: "How can Satan cast out Satan? 

Mar 3:24  If a kingdom is divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand. 

Mar 3:25  And if a house is divided against itself, that house cannot stand. 

Mar 3:26  And if Satan has risen up against himself, and is divided, he cannot stand, but has an end. 

Mar 3:27  No one can enter a strong man's house and plunder his goods, unless he first binds the strong man. And then he will plunder his house. 

Mar 3:28  "Assuredly, I say to you, all sins will be forgiven the sons of men, and whatever blasphemies they may utter; 

Mar 3:29  but he who blasphemes against the Holy Spirit never has forgiveness, but is subject to eternal condemnation"— 

Mar 3:30  because they said, "He has an unclean spirit."