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Then he went home
"Then Jesus went to the house where he was staying."
they could not even eat bread
The word "bread" represents food. AT: "Jesus and his disciples could not eat at all" or "they could not eat anything" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-synecdoche)
they went out to seize him
Members of his family went to the house, so that they could take hold of him and force him to go home with them.
for they said
Possible meanings for the word "they" are 1) his relatives or 2) some people in the crowd.
out of his mind
Jesus' family uses this idiom to describe how they think he is acting. AT: "crazy" or "insane" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom)
By the ruler of the demons he drives out demons
"By the power of Beelzebul who is the ruler of the demons, Jesus drives out demons"