Marcos 3

22 The scribes  * 3:22 Mt 2:4 who had come down from Jerusalem said, "He is possessed by Beelzebul,"  * 3:22 Mt 10:25; 12:24,27; Lk 11:15–19 and, "He drives out  * 3:22 3Jn 10 demons  * 3:22 Rv 9:20; 18:2 by the ruler  * 3:22 Lk 12:58 of the demons."  * 3:22 Mt 9:34; 12:24; Lk 11:15

23 So he summoned  * 3:23 Lk 18:16 them and spoke to them in parables:  * 3:23 Mk 12:1"How can Satan* 3:23 Mk 1:13; 4:15; 8:33drive out Satan?* 3:23–27 Mt 12:25–29; Lk 11:17–2224 If a kingdom* 3:24 Lk 4:5is divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand.25 If a house is divided against itself, that house cannot stand.26 And if Satan opposes himself and is divided, he cannot stand but is finished.27 But no one can enter a strong man’s house and plunder his possessions unless he first ties up* 3:27 Mk 15:1the strong man. Then he can plunder his house.

28 "Truly I tell you, people will be forgiven for all sins and whatever blasphemies* 3:28–30 Mt 12:31–32; Lk 12:10they utter.29 But whoever blasphemes* 3:29 Ac 7:51against the Holy Spirit never has forgiveness,* 3:29 Heb 6:4–6; 10:26–29; 1Jn 5:16but is guilty* 3:29 Mk 14:64of an eternal sin"* 3:29 Other mss read is subject to eternal judgment,* 3:29 1Jn 5:16  —  30 because they were saying, "He has an unclean spirit."  * 3:30 Lk 11:24