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1 At
that time, Jesus
went on the
Sabbath day
through the grain
fields. His
disciples were
hungry and began
to pluck heads
of grain and
to eat.
2 But
the Pharisees,
when they saw
it, said to
him, “Behold, your
disciples do what
is not lawful
to do on
the Sabbath.”
3 But
he said to
them,
“Haven’t you read
what David did
when he was
hungry, and
those who were
with him:
4 how he entered
into God’s house
and ate the show
bread, which was
not lawful for
him to eat,
nor for those
who were with
him, but only
for the
priests?
5 Or have you
not read in the
law that on
the Sabbath day
the priests in
the temple
profane the
Sabbath and
are guiltless?
6 But I tell
you that one
greater than the
temple is here.
7 But if you
had known what
this means, ‘I
desire mercy,
and not
sacrifice,’
you wouldn’t
have condemned
the guiltless.
8 For the Son
of Man is
Lord of the
Sabbath.”
9 He
departed from
there and went
into their
synagogue.
10 And
behold, there was
a man with a
withered hand.
They asked him, “Is
it lawful to
heal on the
Sabbath day?” so
that they might
accuse him.
11 He
said to them,
“What man is
there among you
who has one
sheep, and if
this one falls
into a pit
on the Sabbath
day, won’t
he grab on to
it and lift
it out?
12 Of how much
more value then
is a man
than a sheep!
Therefore it is
lawful to do
good on the
Sabbath day.”
13 Then
he told the man,
“Stretch out
your hand.”
He stretched it
out; and it
was restored whole,
just like the
other.
14 But
the Pharisees went
out and conspired
against him, how
they might destroy him.
15 Jesus,
perceiving that,
withdrew from
there. Great
multitudes followed him;
and he healed
them all,
16 and
commanded them
that they should
not make him
known,
17 that
it might be
fulfilled which
was spoken through
Isaiah the prophet,
saying,
18 “Behold,
my servant whom
I have chosen,
my beloved in
whom my soul
is well pleased.
I will put
my Spirit on
him.
He will proclaim
justice to the
nations.
19 He
will not strive,
nor shout,
neither will
anyone hear his
voice in the
streets.
20 He won’t
break a bruised
reed.
He won’t quench
a smoking flax,
until he leads
justice to victory.
21 In
his name, the
nations will
hope.”
22 Then
one possessed by
a demon, blind and
mute, was brought
to him; and
he healed him,
so that the
blind and mute
man both spoke
and saw.
23 All
the multitudes
were amazed, and
said, “Can this
be the son
of David?”
24 But
when the
Pharisees heard it,
they said, “This
man does not
cast out demons
except by Beelzebul,
the prince of the
demons.”
25 Knowing
their thoughts,
Jesus said to
them,
“Every kingdom divided
against itself
is brought
to desolation, and
every city or
house divided
against itself
will not stand.
26 If Satan casts
out Satan, he
is divided
against himself.
How then will
his kingdom stand?
27 If I
by Beelzebul cast
out demons, by
whom do your
children cast
them out?
Therefore they
will be your
judges.
28 But if I
by the Spirit
of God cast
out demons, then
God’s Kingdom has
come upon you.
29 Or how can
one enter into
the house of
the strong man
and plunder his
goods, unless he
first bind the
strong man? Then
he will plunder
his house.
30 “He who is
not with me
is against me,
and he
who doesn’t
gather with me,
scatters.
31 Therefore I
tell you,
every sin and blasphemy
will be forgiven
men, but
the blasphemy against
the Spirit will
not be forgiven
men.
32 Whoever speaks
a word against
the Son of
Man, it will
be forgiven him;
but whoever
speaks against
the Holy Spirit,
it will not
be forgiven him,
either in
this age, or in
that which is
to come.
33 “Either make
the tree good
and its fruit
good, or make
the tree corrupt
and its fruit
corrupt; for the
tree is known
by its fruit.
34 You offspring
of vipers, how
can you, being
evil, speak good
things? For out
of the abundance
of the heart,
the mouth speaks.
35 The good man
out of his
good treasure
brings out good
things, and the
evil man out
of his evil
treasure brings
out evil things.
36 I tell you
that every idle
word that men
speak, they will
give account of
it in the
day of judgment.
37 For by your
words you will
be justified,
and by your
words you will
be condemned.”
38 Then
certain of the
scribes and
Pharisees answered, “Teacher, we want to
see a sign
from you.”
39 But
he answered them,
“An evil and
adulterous generation
seeks after a
sign, but no
sign will be
given to it
but the sign
of Jonah the
prophet.
40 For as Jonah
was three days
and three nights
in the belly
of the huge fish,
so will the
Son of Man
be three days
and three nights
in the heart
of the earth.
41 The men of
Nineveh will
stand up in
the judgment
with this
generation and
will condemn it,
for they
repented at the
preaching of
Jonah; and
behold, someone greater
than Jonah is
here.
42 The Queen of
the South will
rise up in
the judgment
with this
generation and
will condemn it,
for she came
from the ends
of the earth
to hear the
wisdom of
Solomon; and
behold, someone greater
than Solomon is
here.
43 “When an unclean
spirit has gone
out of a
man, he passes
through waterless places
seeking rest, and doesn’t
find it.
44 Then he says,
‘I will return
into my house
from which I
came;’ and when
he has come
back, he finds
it empty, swept,
and put in
order.
45 Then he goes
and takes with
himself seven
other spirits
more evil than
he is, and
they enter in
and dwell there.
The last state
of that man
becomes worse
than the first.
Even so will
it be also
to this evil
generation.”
46 While
he was yet
speaking to the
multitudes, behold,
his mother and
his brothers stood
outside, seeking
to speak to
him.
47 One
said to him, “Behold, your mother and
your brothers stand
outside, seeking
to speak to
you.”
48 But
he answered him
who spoke to
him,
“Who is my
mother? Who are
my brothers?”
49 He
stretched out his
hand toward his
disciples, and
said,
“Behold, my
mother and
my brothers!
50 For whoever
does the will
of my Father
who is in
heaven, he is
my brother, and sister,
and mother.”