"How can Satan cast out Satan? And if a kingdom be divided against
itself, that kingdom cannot stand. And if a house be divided against
itself, that house cannot stand. And if Satan rise up against himself,
and be divided, he cannot stand, but hath an end. No man can enter
into a strong man's house, and spoil his goods, except he will first
bind the strong man; and then he will spoil his house. Verily I say
unto you. All sins shall be forgiven unto the sons of men, and
blasphemies wherewith soever they shall blaspheme: but he that shall
blaspheme against the Holy Ghost hath never forgiveness, but is in
danger of eternal damnation."

Because they said, "He hath an unclean spirit."

There came then his brethren and his mother, and, standing without,
sent unto him, calling him. And the multitude sat about him, and they
said unto him:

"Behold, thy mother and thy brethren without seek for thee."

And he answered them, saying:

"Who is my mother, or my brethren?"

And he looked round about on them which sat about him, and said:

"Behold my mother and my brethren! For whosoever shall do the will of
God, the same is my brother, and my sister, and mother."

CHAPTER IV

THE WISDOM OF THE AGES

And he began again to teach by the sea side: and there was gathered
unto him a great multitude, so that he entered into a ship, and sat in
the sea; and the whole multitude was by the sea on the land. And he
taught them many things by parables, and said unto them in his doctrine:

"Hearken; Behold, there went out a sower to sow: and it came to pass,
as he sowed, some fell by the way side, and the fowls of the air came
and devoured it up. And some fell on stony ground, where it had not
much earth; and immediately it sprang up, because it had no depth of
earth: but when the sun was up, it was scorched; and because it had no
root, it withered away. And some fell among thorns, and the thorns
grew up, and choked it, and it yielded no fruit. And other fell on
good ground, and did yield fruit that sprang up and increased; and
brought forth, some thirty, and some sixty, and some an hundred."

And he said unto them:

"He that hath ears to hear, let him hear."

And when he was alone, they that were about him with the twelve asked
of him the parable. And he said unto them:

"Unto you it is given to know the mystery of the kingdom of God: but
unto them that are without, all these things are done in parables: that
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