^{7 Ref} And Jesus with his disciples withdrew to the sea: and a great multitude from Galilee followed; and from Judaea,

^{8 Ref} and from Jerusalem, and from Idumaea, and beyond the Jordan, and about Tyre and Sidon, a great multitude, hearing what great things he did, came unto him.

^{9 Ref} And he spake to his disciples, that a little boat should wait on him because of the crowd, lest they should throng him:

^{10 Ref} for he had healed many; insomuch that as many as had plagues pressed upon him that they might touch him.

^{11 Ref} And the unclean spirits, whensoever they beheld him, fell down before him, and cried, saying, Thou art the Son of God.

^{12 Ref} And he charged them much that they should not make him known.

^{13 Ref} And he goeth up into the mountain, and calleth unto him whom he himself would; and they went unto him.

^{14 Ref} And he appointed twelve, that they might be with him, and that he might send them forth to preach,

¹⁵ and to have authority to cast out demons:

^{16 Ref} and Simon he surnamed Peter;

^{17 Ref} and James the `son' of Zebedee, and John the brother of James; and them he surnamed Boanerges, which is, Sons of thunder:

^{18 Ref} and Andrew, and Philip, and Bartholomew, and Matthew, and Thomas, and James the `son' of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus, and Simon the Cananaean,

^{19 Ref} and Judas Iscariot, who also betrayed him. And he cometh into a house.

^{20 Ref} And the multitude cometh together again, so that they could not so much as eat bread.

^{21 Ref} And when his friends heard it, they went out to lay hold on him: for they said, He is beside himself.

^{22 Ref} And the scribes that came down from Jerusalem said, He hath Beelzebub, and, By the prince of the demons casteth he out the demons.

^{23 Ref} And he called them unto him, and said unto them in parables, How can Satan cast out Satan?

^{24 Ref} And if a kingdom be divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand.

^{25 Ref} And if a house be divided against itself, that house will not be able to stand.

²⁶ And if Satan hath rise up against himself, and is divided, he cannot stand, but hath an end.

^{27 Ref} But no one can enter into the house of the strong `man', and spoil his goods, except he first bind the strong `man'; and then he will spoil his house.

^{28 Ref} Verily I say unto you, All their sins shall be forgiven unto the sons of men, and their blasphemies wherewith soever they shall blaspheme:

^{29 Ref} but whosoever shall blaspheme against the Holy Spirit hath never forgiveness, but is guilty of an eternal sin:

^{30 Ref} because they said, He hath an unclean spirit.