An Accusation by Pharisees

63 – An Accusation by Pharisees; Matthew 12:22-37; Mark 3:20-30

Matthew 12:22 Then a demon-possessed man who was blind and mute was brought to [a]Jesus, and He healed him, so that the mute man spoke and saw. 23 All the crowds were amazed, and were saying, “This man cannot be the Son of David, can he?” 24 But when the Pharisees heard this, they said, “This man casts out demons only by [b]Beelzebul the ruler of the demons.”

25 And knowing their thoughts Jesus said to them, “[c]Any kingdom divided against itself is laid waste; and [d]any city or house divided against itself will not stand. 26 If Satan casts out Satan, he [e]is divided against himself; how then will his kingdom stand? 27 If I by [f]Beelzebul cast out demons, by whom do your sons cast them out? For this reason they will be your judges. 28 But if I cast out demons by the Spirit of God, then the kingdom of God has come upon you. 29 Or how can anyone enter the strong man’s house and carry off his property, unless he first binds the strong man? And then he will plunder his house.

30 He who is not with Me is against Me; and he who does not gather with Me scatters.

31 “Therefore I say to you, any sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven people, but blasphemy against the Spirit shall not be forgiven. 32 Whoever [g]speaks a word against the Son of Man, it shall be forgiven him; but whoever [h]speaks against the Holy Spirit, it shall not be forgiven him, either in this age or in the age to come.

33 “Either make the tree good and its fruit good, or make the tree bad and its fruit bad; for the tree is known by its fruit. 34 You brood of vipers, how can you, being evil, speak [i]what is good? For the mouth speaks out of that which fills the heart. 35 The good man brings out of his good treasure [j]what is good; and the evil man brings out of his evil treasure [k]what is evil. 36 But I tell you that every [l]careless word that people [m]speak, they shall give an accounting for it in the day of judgment. 37 For [n]by your words you will be justified, and [o]by your words you will be condemned.”

Mark 3:20 And He *came [a]home, and the crowd *gathered again, to such an extent that they could not even eat [b]a meal. 21 When His own [c]people heard of this, they went out to take custody of Him; for they were saying, “He has lost His senses.” 22 The scribes who came down from Jerusalem were saying, “He is possessed by [d]Beelzebul,” and “He casts out the demons by the ruler of the demons.” 23 And He called them to Himself and began speaking to them in parables, “How can Satan cast out Satan? 24 If a kingdom is divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand. 25 If a house is divided against itself, that house will not be able to stand. 26 If Satan has risen up against himself and is divided, he cannot stand, but [e]he is finished! 27 But no one can enter the strong man’s house and plunder his property unless he first binds the strong man, and then he will plunder his house.

28 “Truly I say to you, all sins shall be forgiven the sons of men, and whatever blasphemies they utter; 29 but whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit never has forgiveness, but is guilty of an eternal sin”— 30 because they were saying, “He has an unclean spirit.”

Footnotes (Matthew)Matthew 12:22 Lit Him

a. Matthew 12:24 Or Beezebul; i.e. ruler of demons

b. Matthew 12:25 Lit Every

c. Matthew 12:25 Lit Every

d. Matthew 12:26 Lit was

e. Matthew 12:27 V 24, note 1

f. Matthew 12:32 Lit will speak

g. Matthew 12:32 Lit will speak

h. Matthew 12:34 Lit good things

i. Matthew 12:35 Lit good things

j. Matthew 12:35 Lit evil things

k. Matthew 12:36 Or useless

l. Matthew 12:36 Lit will speak

m. Matthew 12:37 Or in accordance with

n. Matthew 12:37 Or in accordance with

Footnotes (Mark)Mark 3:20 Lit into a house

a. Mark 3:20 Lit bread

b. Mark 3:21 Or kinsmen

c. Mark 3:22 Or Beezebul; others read Beelzebub

d. Mark 3:26 Lit he has an end

Commentary

Early in the passage, we are presented with the pivotal question of the gospel; is Jesus the Messiah? “The question, “Is not this the son of David?” is definitely a messianic title (see 9:27)” (Nelson KJV Bible Commentary pg. 1197), referring to the prophecy that the Messiah would come from the line of David. It was a question posed by the general population, and the scribes began plotting their public response to it. “These scribes probably were more prominent than others, because of their location, from Jerusalem. They presented an official evaluation of this new prophet to the public” (Nelson KJV Bible Commentary pg. 1242). In a preemptive response, Jesus then flips the phrase used by the people and calls the Pharisees’ disciples “sons”. Jesus was very gifted at playing with language in a way that highlighted the flaws in other arguments.

Since the scribes could not deny that Jesus was performing miracles, but they did not want to ascribe the power to their God, they claimed Jesus was getting His power from Beelzebul. Beelzebul was “a heathen god considered by the Jews to be the supreme evil spirit” (The Word in Life Study Bible pg. 1717), and it is the name the Jews often used to refer to the prince of darkness. Jesus tells them this is not possible, offering the metaphor of a house divided. “It is worth noticing that, apart from all metaphor, the peasants’ houses in some districts of Palestine are built of such poor material as to easily give way and burst in half (cf. Thomson, ‘Land and the Book,’ p. 390, edit. 1887)” (https://biblehub.com/matthew/12-25.htm).

Jesus then says in Matt 12:27-28, If I by Beelzebul cast out demons, by whom do your sons cast them out? For this reason they will be your judges. 28 But if I cast out demons by the Spirit of God, then the kingdom of God has come upon you. This first line is a really good question the scribes, and it occurred to me that if Jesus was casting out demons by the power of the Holy Spirit, then the scribes had to be drawing from the same power, also. However, Jesus does not treat them as spirit-filled worshippers of God. Why not? In order for God to confer on them the power to do miracles, such as exorcism, they must have been serving Him in a way that made God see fit to give them credence as His messengers. I think the answer lies in the phrase, “the kingdom of God has come upon you.” Until that point, the Pharisees and scribes had been a dim light in a dark time, guiding the people with what little remained of their devotion to true worship. Jesus came to bring the kingdom of God, offering new and fresh teaching, which the leaders should have been wise enough to understand and adopt, but they denied Him at this pivotal point in history, simultaneously turning their backs on the Holy Spirit, the very being Who had carried them through their ministry to that point.

As they contrive lies about the Holy Spirit, on whom they had founded their own authority, they commit the worst kind of betrayal. Jesus’s warning of unpardonable sin in this passage has been much debated and commented upon. Even though Jesus died on the cross to cover all the sins of the world, He says in this passage here that all sins will be forgiven, except one: blaspheming the Holy Spirit. First, what does it mean to blaspheme the Holy Spirit? Blasphemy is lying, or testifying to something that is untrue with the objective to paint the subject in a negative light: for instance, saying that the Holy Spirit is actually the Devil, which is what the Pharisees do in this passage. Some scholars interpret this accusation by the Pharisees simply as evidence of their hard and permanent rejection of the salvation offered by Christ, and this is why it is unforgiveable: because their hearts will obviously never soften to the extent that they would repent for this egregious claim (The Word in Life Study Bible pg. 1653). “The reason for this is that it is the Holy Spirit who brings the offer of salvation to the heart of man. To reject Him is to” deny the very offer of God’s grace and salvation, therefore putting oneself out of reach of redemption (Nelson KJV Bible Commentary pg. 1197).

Jesus leaves the scribes without excuse for misinterpreting His ministry because He points out the evidence of His goodness with several illustrations. Knowing a tree by its fruit is an important example of Christ’s point. He is saying that if His power comes from Satan, He cannot simultaneously hurt Satan’s cause. Conversely, if He “bears good fruit”, He cannot be a bad tree. Fruit, in this case, is not only the gift and use of power, but also speech. “By thy words does not refer to justification or condemnation on the basis of what one says, but to the outward evidence of the inward attitude of the heart” (Nelson KJV Bible Commentary pg. 1197).

In the middle of Jesus’s series of arguments, we see an isolated statement about who is for and against Him, and it made me think of another passage that seemed to say the opposite. In Matthew 12:30, above, Jesus asserts that anyone who is not with Him is against Him, whereas in Mark 9:40, He makes the opposite statement: that anyone not against His cause is for His cause. In the latter statement, He seems to be referring to minor denominational differences among believers, whereas in the former warning, “those who fail to affirm Him as the divine Son of God are ultimately against Him, no matter what kind of “appreciation” they claim to have for Him” (Nelson KJV Bible Commentary pg. 1197).

Meanwhile, the scribes are not the only group who oppose Jesus in this passage. The phrase “His own people” in Mark 3:21 refers to Jesus’s family, who had not yet come to believe He was the Messiah and who tried to remove Him back to His home where he would not cause them (or Himself) any further harm or embarrassment. We can see in the footnotes that the literal translation of “His own people” is “kinsmen.” This group may have included siblings, cousins, aunts or uncles (not Mary, of course, because the angel had told her who Jesus was before He was born, and not Joseph because, by this time, he had passed away). These relations had known Jesus from a baby, and it was very difficult for them to acknowledge His position of authority over them. They instead thought He had lost His mind and, because they loved Him, they wanted to prevent Him from further injuring His reputation and theirs by continuing to preach what they thought was irrational nonsense (Nelson KJV Bible Commentary pg. 1242). Although the accounts in Matthew and Mark do not show Jesus specifically addressing this group of people, this surely was an example of those not for Him being against Him. Imagine how it must have damaged Jesus’s credibility that His own family thought He was certifiably insane. Even though we know that at least His brother James (author of the book of James) later came to believe in Him, there may have been many lost opportunities in the meantime when others were allowed to observe Jesus’s family trying to hush Him.

This idea challenges me, personally. I have often disagreed with certain aspects of various ministries, and I have shared those misgivings with unbelievers in the context of conversations about my faith, thinking that they will be more inclined to consider their own faith if some of their objections are shared. However, it more likely discredits the entire Christian faith when we demonstrate division or imply that other believers are emotionally or intellectually impaired. It’s the same principle that applies in customer service when a front line employee, not wanting to take personal blame for a failure, shifts responsibility to the back of the house by way of excuse to the customer. This does not restore the customer’s faith in the organization or make them any more likely to do repeat business. It instead indicates poor communication and disorganization, and it further solidifies the customer’s impression that the failure they experienced is systemic and repeatable. “A house divided cannot stand.”

See the next post here https://onthepath.online/2020/11/13/request-for-a-sign-refused/

Scripture References

Matthew 12:22

Matthew 4:24 News about Him spread all over Syria, and people brought to Him all who were ill with various diseases, those suffering acute pain, the demon-possessed, those having seizures, and the paralyzed–and He healed them.

Matthew 9:32 As they were leaving, a demon-possessed man who was mute was brought to Jesus.

Matthew 9:34 But the Pharisees said, “It is by the prince of demons that He drives out demons.”

Luke 11:14 One day Jesus was driving out a demon that was mute. And when the demon was gone, the man who had been mute spoke. The crowds were amazed,

Luke 11:15 but some of them said, “It is by Beelzebul, the prince of the demons, that He drives out demons.”

2 Thessalonians 2:9 The coming of the lawless one will be accompanied by the working of Satan, with every kind of power, sign, and false wonder,

Matthew 12:23

Matthew 7:28 When Jesus had finished saying these things, the crowds were astonished at His teaching,

Matthew 9:27 As Jesus went on from there, two blind men followed Him, crying out, “Have mercy on us, Son of David!”

John 4:29 “Come, see a man who told me everything I ever did. Could this be the Christ?”

Matthew 12:24

Matthew 9:32 As they were leaving, a demon-possessed man who was mute was brought to Jesus.

Matthew 9:34 But the Pharisees said, “It is by the prince of demons that He drives out demons.”

Matthew 10:25 It is enough for a disciple to be like his teacher, and a servant like his master. If the head of the house has been called Beelzebul, how much more the members of his household!

Luke 11:14 One day Jesus was driving out a demon that was mute. And when the demon was gone, the man who had been mute spoke. The crowds were amazed,

Matthew 12:25

Matthew 9:4 But Jesus knew what they were thinking and said, “Why do you harbor evil in your hearts?

Luke 11:17 Knowing their thoughts, Jesus said to them, “Every kingdom divided against itself will be laid waste, and a house divided against a house will fall.

Matthew 12:26

Matthew 4:10 “Away from me, Satan!” Jesus declared. “For it is written: ‘Worship the Lord your God and serve Him only.'”

Matthew 9:34 But the Pharisees said, “It is by the prince of demons that He drives out demons.”

Matthew 13:19 When anyone hears the message of the kingdom but does not understand it, the evil one comes and snatches away what was sown in his heart. This is the seed sown along the path.

Matthew 12:27

Matthew 4:24 News about Him spread all over Syria, and people brought to Him all who were ill with various diseases, those suffering acute pain, the demon-possessed, those having seizures, and the paralyzed–and He healed them.

Matthew 9:34 But the Pharisees said, “It is by the prince of demons that He drives out demons.”

Matthew 10:25 It is enough for a disciple to be like his teacher, and a servant like his master. If the head of the house has been called Beelzebul, how much more the members of his household!

Acts 19:13 Now there were some itinerant Jewish exorcists who tried to invoke the name of the Lord Jesus over those with evil spirits. They would say, “I bind you by Jesus, whom Paul proclaims.”

Matthew 12:28

Matthew 4:24 News about Him spread all over Syria, and people brought to Him all who were ill with various diseases, those suffering acute pain, the demon-possessed, those having seizures, and the paralyzed–and He healed them.

1 John 3:8 The one who practices sin is of the devil, because the devil has been sinning from the very start. This is why the Son of God was revealed, to destroy the works of the devil.

Matthew 12:29

Isaiah 49:24 Can the plunder be snatched from the mighty, or the captives of a tyrant be delivered?

Matthew 12:30

Proverbs 11:24 One gives freely, yet gains even more; another withholds what is right, only to become poor.

Mark 9:40 For whoever is not against us is for us.

Luke 9:50 “Do not stop him,” Jesus replied, “for whoever is not against you is for you.”

Luke 11:23 He who is not with Me is against Me, and he who does not gather with Me scatters.

Matthew 12:31

Leviticus 24:16 Whoever blasphemes the name of the LORD must to be put to death; the whole assembly surely must stone him, whether he is a foreign resident or native; if he blasphemes the Name, he must be put to death.

Luke 12:10 And everyone who speaks a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven, but whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven.

Matthew 12:32

Matthew 8:20 Jesus replied, “Foxes have dens, and birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has no place to lay His head.”

Matthew 12:8 For the Son of Man is Lord of the Sabbath.”

Matthew 13:22 The seed sown among the thorns is the one who hears the word, but the worries of this life and the deceitfulness of wealth choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful.

Matthew 13:39 and the enemy who sows them is the devil. The harvest is the end of the age, and the harvesters are angels.

Matthew 13:40 As the weeds are collected and burned in the fire, so will it be at the end of the age.

Mark 10:30 will fail to receive a hundredfold in the present age–houses and brothers and sisters and mothers and children and fields, along with persecutions–and in the age to come, eternal life.

Luke 12:10 And everyone who speaks a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven, but whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven.

Luke 16:8 The master commended the dishonest manager because he had acted shrewdly. For the sons of this age are more shrewd in dealing with their own kind than are the sons of light.

Luke 18:30 will fail to receive many times more in this age–and in the age to come, eternal life.”

Luke 20:34 Jesus answered, “The sons of this age marry and are given in marriage.

Luke 20:35 But those who are considered worthy to share in the age to come and in the resurrection from the dead will neither marry nor be given in marriage.

Ephesians 1:21 far above all rule and authority, power and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this age, but also in the one to come.

1 Timothy 4:8 For physical exercise is of limited value, but godliness is valuable in every way, holding promise for the present life and for the one to come.

1 Timothy 6:17 Instruct those who are rich in the present age not to be conceited and not to put their hope in the uncertainty of wealth, but in God, who richly provides all things for us to enjoy.

2 Timothy 4:10 because Demas, in his love of this world, has deserted me and gone to Thessalonica. Crescens has gone to Galatia, and Titus to Dalmatia.

Titus 2:12 It instructs us to renounce ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live sensible, upright, and godly lives in the present age,

Hebrews 6:5 who have tasted the goodness of the word of God and the powers of the coming age–

James 1:27 Pure and undefiled religion before our God and Father is this: to care for orphans and widows in their distress, and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world.

Matthew 12:33

Matthew 7:16 By their fruit you will recognize them. Are grapes gathered from thornbushes, or figs from thistles?

Matthew 7:17 Likewise, every good tree bears good fruit, but a bad tree bears bad fruit.

Matthew 7:20 So then, by their fruit you will recognize them.

Luke 6:43 No good tree bears bad fruit, nor does a bad tree bear good fruit.

Luke 6:44 For each tree is known by its own fruit. Indeed, people do not gather figs from thornbushes, or grapes from brambles.

John 15:4 Remain in Me, and I will remain in you. Just as no branch can bear fruit by itself unless it remains in the vine, neither can you bear fruit unless you remain in Me.

Matthew 12:34

1 Samuel 24:13 As the old proverb says, ‘Wickedness proceeds from the wicked.’ But my hand will never be against you.

Proverbs 4:23 Guard your heart with all diligence, for from it flow springs of life.

Proverbs 16:23 The heart of the wise man instructs his mouth and adds persuasiveness to his lips.

Isaiah 9:17 Therefore the Lord takes no pleasure in their young men; He has no compassion on their fatherless and widows. For every one of them is godless and wicked, and every mouth speaks folly. Despite all this, His anger is not turned away; His hand is still upraised.

Isaiah 32:6 For a fool speaks foolishness; his mind plots iniquity. He practices ungodliness and speaks falsely about the LORD; He leaves the hungry empty and deprives the thirsty of drink.

Matthew 3:7 But when John saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to his place of baptism, he said to them, “You brood of vipers, who warned you to flee from the coming wrath?

Matthew 15:18 But the things that come out of the mouth come from the heart, and these things defile a man.

Matthew 23:33 You snakes! You brood of vipers! How will you escape the sentence of hell?

Luke 3:7 Then John said to the crowds coming out to be baptized by him, “You brood of vipers, who warned you to flee from the coming wrath?

Luke 6:45 The good man brings good things out of the good treasure of his heart, and the evil man brings evil things out of the evil treasure of his heart. For out of the overflow of the heart, the mouth speaks.

John 8:44 You belong to your father, the devil, and you want to carry out his desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, refusing to uphold the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks his native language, because he is a liar and the father of lies.

Ephesians 4:29 Let no unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building up the one in need and bringing grace to those who listen.

Ephesians 5:4 Nor should there be obscenity, foolish talk, or crude joking, which are out of character, but rather thanksgiving.

James 3:2 We all stumble in many ways. If anyone is never at fault in what he says, he is a perfect man, able to control his whole body.

Matthew 12:35

Proverbs 10:20 The tongue of the righteous is choice silver, but the heart of the wicked has little worth.

Proverbs 10:21 The lips of the righteous feed many, but fools die for lack of judgment.

Proverbs 25:11 A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in settings of silver.

Proverbs 25:12 Like an earring of gold or an ornament of fine gold is a wise man’s rebuke to a listening ear.

Matthew 7:17 Likewise, every good tree bears good fruit, but a bad tree bears bad fruit.

Matthew 13:52 Then He told them, “For this reason, every scribe who has been discipled in the kingdom of heaven is like a homeowner who brings out of his storeroom new treasures as well as old.”

Luke 6:45 The good man brings good things out of the good treasure of his heart, and the evil man brings evil things out of the evil treasure of his heart. For out of the overflow of the heart, the mouth speaks.

Colossians 4:6 Let your speech always be gracious, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how to answer everyone.

Matthew 12:36

Matthew 10:15 Truly I tell you, it will be more bearable for Sodom and Gomorrah on the day of judgment than for that town.

Matthew 11:22 But I tell you, it will be more bearable for Tyre and Sidon on the day of judgment than for you.

Romans 14:12 So then, each of us will give an account of himself to God.

James 3:6 The tongue also is a fire, a world of wickedness among the parts of the body. It pollutes the whole person, sets the course of his life on fire, and is itself set on fire by hell.

Matthew 12:37

Proverbs 18:21 Life and death are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruit.

Mark 3:20

Mark 1:45 But the man went out and openly began to proclaim and spread the news. Consequently, Jesus could no longer enter a town in plain view, but He stayed out in solitary places. Yet people came to Him from every quarter.

Mark 2:1 A few days later, Jesus went back to Capernaum. And when the people heard He was home,

Mark 3:7 So Jesus withdrew with His disciples to the sea, accompanied by a large crowd from Galilee, Judea,

Mark 3:19 and Judas Iscariot, who later betrayed Jesus.

Mark 6:31 And He said to them, “Come with Me privately to a solitary place, and let us rest for a while.” For many people were coming and going, and they did not even have time to eat.

Mark 7:17 After Jesus had left the crowd and gone into the house, His disciples inquired about the parable.

Mark 9:28 After Jesus had gone into the house, His disciples asked Him privately, “Why couldn’t we drive it out?”

Mark 3:21

Mark 1:45 But the man went out and openly began to proclaim and spread the news. Consequently, Jesus could no longer enter a town in plain view, but He stayed out in solitary places. Yet people came to Him from every quarter.

Mark 2:1 A few days later, Jesus went back to Capernaum. And when the people heard He was home,

Mark 3:7 So Jesus withdrew with His disciples to the sea, accompanied by a large crowd from Galilee, Judea,

Mark 3:19 and Judas Iscariot, who later betrayed Jesus.

Mark 6:31 And He said to them, “Come with Me privately to a solitary place, and let us rest for a while.” For many people were coming and going, and they did not even have time to eat.

Mark 7:17 After Jesus had left the crowd and gone into the house, His disciples inquired about the parable.

Mark 9:28 After Jesus had gone into the house, His disciples asked Him privately, “Why couldn’t we drive it out?”

Mark 3:22

2 Kings 1:2 Now Ahaziah had fallen through the lattice of his upper room in Samaria and injured himself. So he sent messengers and instructed them: “Go inquire of Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron, whether I will recover from this injury.”

Matthew 9:34 But the Pharisees said, “It is by the prince of demons that He drives out demons.”

Matthew 10:25 It is enough for a disciple to be like his teacher, and a servant like his master. If the head of the house has been called Beelzebul, how much more the members of his household!

Matthew 11:18 For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, ‘He has a demon!’

Matthew 15:1 Then some Pharisees and scribes came to Jesus from Jerusalem and asked,

Mark 3:23

Matthew 4:10 “Away from me, Satan!” Jesus declared. “For it is written: ‘Worship the Lord your God and serve Him only.'”

Matthew 13:3 And He told them many things in parables, saying, “A farmer went out to sow his seed.

Mark 4:2 And He taught them many things in parables, and in His teaching He said,

Mark 4:11 He replied, “The mystery of the kingdom of God has been given to you, but to those on the outside, everything is expressed in parables,

Mark 12:1 Then Jesus began to speak to them in parables: “A man planted a vineyard. He put a wall around it, dug a wine vat, and built a watchtower. Then he rented it out to some tenants and went away on a journey.

Luke 11:17 Knowing their thoughts, Jesus said to them, “Every kingdom divided against itself will be laid waste, and a house divided against a house will fall.

Mark 3:26

Matthew 4:10 “Away from me, Satan!” Jesus declared. “For it is written: ‘Worship the Lord your God and serve Him only.'”

Mark 3:27

Isaiah 49:24 Can the plunder be snatched from the mighty, or the captives of a tyrant be delivered?

Isaiah 49:25 Indeed, this is what the LORD says: “Even the captives of the mighty will be taken away, and the plunder of a tyrant will be retrieved; I will contend with those who contend with you, and I will save your children.

Mark 3:28

Leviticus 24:16 Whoever blasphemes the name of the LORD must to be put to death; the whole assembly surely must stone him, whether he is a foreign resident or native; if he blasphemes the Name, he must be put to death.

Matthew 9:3 On seeing this, some of the scribes said to themselves, “This man is blaspheming!”

Luke 12:10 And everyone who speaks a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven, but whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven.

Mark 3:29

Matthew 9:3 On seeing this, some of the scribes said to themselves, “This man is blaspheming!”

Luke 12:10 And everyone who speaks a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven, but whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven.

Mark 3:30

Mark 3:31 Then Jesus’ mother and brothers came and stood outside. They sent someone in to summon Him,