²⁰And He *came home, and the crowd *gathered again, to such an extent that they could not even eat a meal.²¹When His own people heard ofthis, they went out to take custody of Him; for they were saying, “He has lost His senses.”²²The scribes who came down from Jerusalem were saying, “He is possessed by Beelzebul,” and “He casts out the demons by the ruler of the demons.”²³And He called them to Himself and began speaking to them in parables, “How can Satan cast out Satan?²⁴“If a kingdom is divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand.²⁵“If a house is divided against itself, that house will not be able to stand.²⁶“If Satan has risen up against himself and is divided, he cannot stand, but he is finished!²⁷“But no one can enter the strong man’s house and plunder his property unless he first binds the strong man, and then he will plunder his house.