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1 He
entered again into
the synagogue, and
there was a
man there whose
hand was withered.
2 They
watched him,
whether he would
heal him on
the Sabbath day,
that they might
accuse him.
3 He
said to the
man whose hand
was withered,
“Stand up.”
4 He
said to them,
“Is it lawful
on the Sabbath
day to do
good or to
do harm? To
save a life
or to kill?”
But they were
silent.
5 When
he had looked
around at them
with anger, being
grieved at the
hardening of their
hearts, he said
to the man,
“Stretch out
your hand.”
He stretched it
out, and his
hand was restored
as healthy as the
other.
6 The
Pharisees went out,
and immediately
conspired with the
Herodians against
him, how they
might destroy him.
7 Jesus
withdrew to the
sea with his
disciples; and a
great multitude followed
him from Galilee,
from Judea,
8 from
Jerusalem, from
Idumaea, beyond
the Jordan, and
those from around
Tyre and Sidon.
A great multitude,
hearing what great
things he did,
came to him.
9 He
spoke to his
disciples that a
little boat
should stay near him
because of the
crowd, so that
they wouldn’t
press on him.
10 For
he had healed
many, so that
as many as
had diseases pressed
on him that
they might touch
him.
11 The unclean
spirits, whenever
they saw him,
fell down before
him and cried, “You
are the Son
of God!”
12 He
sternly warned
them that they
should not make
him known.
13 He
went up into
the mountain and
called to himself
those whom he
wanted, and they
went to him.
14 He
appointed twelve,
that they might
be with him,
and that he
might send them
out to preach
15 and
to have authority
to heal sicknesses and
to cast out
demons:
16 Simon (to
whom he gave
the name Peter);
17 James
the son of
Zebedee; and John,
the brother of
James, (whom he
called Boanerges, which
means, Sons of
Thunder);
18 Andrew;
Philip; Bartholomew; Matthew;
Thomas; James,
the son of Alphaeus;
Thaddaeus; Simon
the Zealot;
19 and
Judas Iscariot,
who also betrayed
him.
Then he came
into a house.
20 The
multitude came
together again, so
that they could
not so much as
eat bread.
21 When
his friends heard
it, they went
out to seize
him; for they
said, “He
is insane.”
22 The
scribes who came
down from
Jerusalem said, “He
has Beelzebul,” and, “By
the prince of the
demons he casts
out the demons.”
23 He
summoned them and
said 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
cannot stand.
26 If Satan has
risen up against
himself, and is
divided, he
can’t stand,
but has an
end.
27 But no one
can enter into
the house of
the strong man
to plunder
unless he first
binds the strong
man; then he
will plunder his
house.
28 “Most certainly I
tell you,
all sins of the
descendants of
man will
be forgiven, including
their blasphemies with
which they
may blaspheme;
29 but whoever
may blaspheme against
the Holy Spirit
never has forgiveness,
but is subject
to eternal condemnation.”
30 —because
they said, “He
has an unclean
spirit.”
31 His
mother and
his brothers came,
and standing
outside, they sent
to him, calling
him.
32 A
multitude was
sitting around him,
and they told
him, “Behold, your
mother, your brothers,
and your sisters
are outside
looking for you.”
33 He
answered them,
“Who are my
mother and
my brothers?”
34 Looking
around at those
who sat around
him, he said,
“Behold, my
mother and
my brothers!
35 For whoever
does the will
of God is
my brother, my sister,
and mother.”