But he replied to them, “My mother and my brothers are those who hear the word of God and do it.”

While he was still speaking, someone from the synagogue ruler’s house came and said, “Your daughter is dead; do not trouble the teacher any longer.”

Now they were all wailing and mourning for her, but he said, “Stop your weeping; she is not dead but asleep.”

He said to them, “Take nothing for your journey – no staff, no bag, no bread, no money, and do not take an extra tunic.

Wherever they do not receive you, as you leave that town, shake the dust off your feet as a testimony against them.”

Herod said, “I had John beheaded, but who is this about whom I hear such things?” So Herod wanted to learn about Jesus.

Then he said to them, “But who do you say that I am?” Peter answered, “The Christ of God.”

Then he said to them all, “If anyone wants to become my follower, he must deny himself, take up his cross daily, and follow me.

Then a voice came from the cloud, saying, “This is my Son, my Chosen One. Listen to him!”

After the voice had spoken, Jesus was found alone. So they kept silent and told no one at that time anything of what they had seen.

Then they were all astonished at the mighty power of God.But while the entire crowd was amazed at everything Jesus was doing, he said to his disciples,

John answered, “Master, we saw someone casting out demons in your name, and we tried to stop him because he is not a disciple along with us.”

Now when his disciples James and John saw this, they said, “Lord, do you want us to call fire to come down from heaven and consume them?”

But Jesus said to him, “Let the dead bury their own dead, but as for you, go and proclaim the kingdom of God.”

And if a peace-loving person is there, your peace will remain on him, but if not, it will return to you.

Now an expert in religious law stood up to test Jesus, saying, “Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?”

She had a sister named Mary, who sat at the Lord’s feet and listened to what he said.

So he said to them, “When you pray, say: Father, may your name be honored; may your kingdom come.

and forgive us our sins, for we also forgive everyone who sins against us. And do not lead us into temptation.”

So if Satan too is divided against himself, how will his kingdom stand? I ask you this because you claim that I cast out demons by Beelzebul.