Read Mark 3:20-35
20 Then Jesus went home. Again such
a large crowd gathered that Jesus and his disciples had no time to eat. 21When
his family heard about it, they set out to take charge of him, because people
were saying, “He’s gone mad!”
22 Some teachers of the Law who had
come from Jerusalem were saying, “He has Beelzebul in him! It is the chief of
the demons who gives him the power to drive them out.”
23 So Jesus called them to him and
spoke to them in parables: “How can Satan drive out Satan? 24If a
country divides itself into groups which fight each other, that country will
fall apart. 25If a family divides itself into groups which fight
each other, that family will fall apart. 26So if Satan’s kingdom
divides into groups, it cannot last, but will fall apart and come to an end.
27 “No one can break into a strong
man’s house and take away his belongings unless he first ties up the strong
man; then he can plunder his house.
28 “I assure you that people can be
forgiven all their sins and all the evil things they may say.f 29But
whoever says evil things against the Holy Spirit will never be forgiven,
because he has committed an eternal sin.” 30(Jesus said this because
some people were saying, “He has an evil spirit in him.”)
31 Then Jesus’ mother and brothers
arrived. They stood outside the house and sent in a message, asking for him. 32A
crowd was sitting round Jesus, and they said to him, “Look, your mother and
your brothers and sisters are outside, and they want you.”
33 Jesus answered, “Who is my
mother? Who are my brothers?” 34He looked at the people sitting
round him and said, “Look! Here are my mother and my brothers! 35Whoever
does what God wants him to do is my brother, my sister, my mother.”
Think
Early on in Jesus ministry Jesus family set out to 'take charge of him'
because people were saying that he was mad.
Sometimes faith, hope and love, in Christian portions make us look
mad. Don't stop having faith in Jesus
power to bring his Kingdom.
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