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Text -- Mark 3:20-30 (NET)
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Jesus and Beelzebul
3:20 Now Jesus went home, and a crowd gathered so that they were not able to eat .
3:21 When his family heard this they went out to restrain him , for they said , “He is out of his mind .”
3:22 The experts in the law who came down from Jerusalem said , “He is possessed by Beelzebul ,” and , “By the ruler of demons he casts out demons .”
3:23 So he called them and spoke to them in parables : “How can Satan cast out Satan ?
3:24 If a kingdom is divided against itself , that kingdom will not be able to stand .
3:25 If a house is divided against itself , that house will not be able to stand .
3:26 And if Satan rises against himself and is divided , he is not able to stand and his end has come .
3:27 But no one is able to enter a strong man’s house and steal his property unless he first ties up the strong man . Then he can thoroughly plunder his house .
3:28 I tell you the truth , people will be forgiven for all sins , even all the blasphemies they utter .
3:29 But whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit will never be forgiven , but is guilty of an eternal sin ”
3:30 (because they said , “He has an unclean spirit ”).
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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics
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Names, People and Places:
Dictionary Themes and Topics:
Simon |
JESUS CHRIST, 4C1 |
Jesus, The Christ |
Demons |
FORGIVENESS |
Blasphemy |
Satan |
PARABLE |
Beelzebub |
Persecution |
Strife |
HOLY SPIRIT, 2 |
Sin |
Holy Spirit |
Infidelity |
Punishment |
Scoffing |
Reprobacy |
Accusation, False |
Insanity |
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NET Notes: Mar 3:20 Grk “he”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
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NET Notes: Mar 3:21 The incident involving the religious leaders accusing Jesus of being in league with the devil (3:22-30) is sandwiched between Mark’s mention of ...
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NET Notes: Mar 3:23 Jesus spoke two parables to demonstrate the absurdity of the thinking of the religious leaders who maintained that he was in league with Satan and tha...
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NET Notes: Mar 3:24 The three conditional statements in vv. 24-26 express the logical result of the assumption that Jesus heals by Satan’s power, expressed by the r...
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NET Notes: Mar 3:27 Some see the imagery here as similar to Eph 4:7-10, although no opponents are explicitly named in that passage. Jesus has the victory over Satan. Jesu...
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NET Notes: Mar 3:28 Grk “all the sins and blasphemies they may speak will be forgiven the sons of men.”
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NET Notes: Mar 3:29 Is guilty of an eternal sin. This passage has troubled many people, who have wondered whether or not they have committed this eternal sin. Three thing...
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