13. He went up into the mountain and called to Him those whom He desired, and they came to Him.
14. He ordained twelve to be with Him, and to be sent out to preach,
15. and to have authority to heal sicknesses and to cast out demons:
16. Simon, whom He named Peter;
17. James, the son of Zebedee, and John, the brother of James, whom he surnamed Boanerges (meaning Sons of Thunder);
18. Andrew,and Philip, and Bartholomew, and Matthew, and Thomas; and James the son of Alphaeus; andThaddaeus, and Simon the Zealot;
19. and Judas Iscariot, who betrayed Him.
20. Then they entered a house, and the crowd came together again, so that they could not even eat bread.
21. When His family heard of it, they went out to seize Him, for they said, “He is beside Himself.”
22. And the scribes who came down from Jerusalem said, “He is possessed by Beelzebub, and by the ruler of the demons He casts out demons.”
23. So He called them to Him and said to them in parables, “How can Satan cast out Satan?