2 Corinthians 4:13-5:1
4:13 But just as we have
the same spirit of faith that is in accordance with scripture--"I believed, and
so I spoke" --we also believe, and so we speak,
4:14 because we know that
the one who raised the Lord Jesus will raise us also with Jesus, and will bring
us with you into his presence.
4:15 Yes, everything is for your sake, so
that grace, as it extends to more and more people, may increase thanksgiving, to
the glory of God.
4:16 So we do not lose heart. Even though our outer
nature is wasting away, our inner nature is being renewed day by
day.
4:17 For this slight momentary affliction is preparing us for an
eternal weight of glory beyond all measure,
4:18 because we look not at
what can be seen but at what cannot be seen; for what can be seen is temporary,
but what cannot be seen is eternal.
5:1 For we know that if the earthly
tent we live in is destroyed, we have a building from God, a house not made with
hands, eternal in the heavens.
Mark 3:20-35
3:20 and the
crowd came together again, so that they could not even eat.
3:21 When his
family heard it, they went out to restrain him, for people were saying, "He has
gone out of his mind."
3:22 And the scribes who came down from Jerusalem
said, "He has Beelzebul, and by the ruler of the demons he casts out
demons."
3:23 And he called them to him, and spoke to them in parables,
"How can Satan cast out Satan?
3:24 If a kingdom is divided against
itself, that kingdom cannot stand.
3:25 And if a house is divided against
itself, that house will not be able to stand.
3:26 And if Satan has risen
up against himself and is divided, he cannot stand, but his end has
come.
3:27 But no one can enter a strong man's house and plunder his
property without first tying up the strong man; then indeed the house can be
plundered.
3:28 "Truly I tell you, people will be forgiven for their sins
and whatever blasphemies they utter;
3:29 but whoever blasphemes against
the Holy Spirit can never have forgiveness, but is guilty of an eternal
sin"--
3:30 for they had said, "He has an unclean spirit."
3:31
Then his mother and his brothers came; and standing outside, they sent to him
and called him.
3:32 A crowd was sitting around him; and they said to
him, "Your mother and your brothers and sisters are outside, asking for
you."
3:33 And he replied, "Who are my mother and my
brothers?"
3:34 And looking at those who sat around him, he said, "Here
are my mother and my brothers!
3:35 Whoever does the will of God is my
brother and sister and mother."
