Jesus came home with his disciples. Again the crowd
gathered, making it impossible for them even to eat.
When his relatives heard of this they set out to seize him,
for they said, “He is out of his mind.” The scribes who had
come from Jerusalem said, “He is possessed by Beelzebul,”
and “By the prince of demons he drives out demons.”
Summoning them, he began to speak to them in parables,
“How can Satan drive out Satan? If a kingdom is
divided
against itself, that kingdom cannot stand. And if a
house is divided against itself, that house will not be able
to stand. And if Satan has risen up against himself and is
divided, he cannot stand; that is the end of him. But no one
can enter a strong man’s house to plunder his property
unless
he first ties up the strong man. Then he can plunder
the house. Amen, I say to you, all sins and all blasphemies
that people utter will be forgiven them. But whoever blasphemes
against the Holy Spirit will never have forgiveness,
but is guilty of an everlasting sin.” For they had said, “He
has an unclean spirit.”
His mother and his brothers arrived. Standing outside
they sent word to him and called him. A crowd seated
around him told him, “Your mother and your brothers and
your sisters are outside asking for you.” But he said to them
in reply, “Who are my mother and my brothers?” And looking
around at those seated in the circle he said, “Here are
my mother and my brothers. For whoever does the will of
God is my brother and sister and mother.”

The Gospel of the Lord.