8 But Jesus knew their thoughts; he said to them, You men are masters, and you know the law; whatever is arrayed against itself must fall; a house divided cannot stand;
9 A kingdom warring with itself is brought to naught.
10 If Satan casts the devil out, how can his kingdom stand?
11 If I, by Beelzebul, cast devils out, by whom do you cast devils out?
12 But if I, in the holy name of God, cast devils out, and make the lame to walk, the deaf to hear, the blind to see, the dumb to speak, has not God’s kingdom come to you?
13 The Pharisees were dumb; they answered not.
14 As Jesus spoke a messenger approached and said to him, Your mother and your brothers wish to speak with you.
15 And Jesus said, Who is my mother? and my brothers, who are they?
16 And then he spoke a word aside unto the foreign masters and the twelve; he said,
17 Behold, men recognize their mothers, fathers, sisters, brothers here in flesh; but when the veil is rent and men walk in the realms of soul,