Mark 3:27-35

"In fact, no one can enter a strong man's house without first tying him up. Then he can plunder the strong man's house. Truly I tell you, people can be forgiven all their sins and every slander they utter, but whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit will never be forgiven; they are guilty of an eternal sin." 

    He said this because they were saying, "He has an impure spirit." 

    Then Jesus' mother and brothers arrived. Standing outside they sent someone in to call him. A crowd was sitting around him, and they told him, "Your mother and brothers are outside looking for you."

    "Who are my mother and brothers?" he asked.

    Then he looked at those seated in a circle around him and said, "Here are my mother and my brothers! Whoever does God's will is my brother and sister and mother."  

 

"In fact, no one can enter a strong man's house without first tying him up. Then he can plunder the strong man's house."

Isaiah 49:24-25 

Can plunder be taken from warriors,

    or captives be rescued from the fierce?

    But this is what the LORD says:

    "Yes, captives will be taken from warriors,

    and plunder retrieved from the fierce;

I will contend with those who contend with you,

    and your children I will save."  (see Isaiah 49:8-26) 

 

Truly I tell you, people can be forgiven all their sins and every slander they utter, but whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit will never be forgiven; they are guilty of an eternal sin." He said this because they were saying, "He has an impure spirit." 

Matthew 12:31-32  "And so I tell you, every kind of sin and slander can be forgiven, but blasphemy against the Spirit will not be forgiven. Anyone who speaks a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven, but anyone who speaks against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven, either in this age of in the age to come." (see Matthew 12:22-37, also Luke 12:8-12)

 

Then Jesus' mother and brothers arrived. Standing outside they sent someone in to call him. A crowd was sitting around him, and they told him, "Your mother and brothers are outside looking for you." "Who are my mother and brothers?" he asked. Then he looked at those seated in a circle around him and said, "Here are my mother and my brothers! Whoever does God's will is my brother and sister and mother." 

Mark 3:21  When his family heard about this, they went to take charge of him, for they said, "He is out of his mind." 

 

(parentheses are mine)

 

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