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¹ And he entred againe into ye Synagogue, & there was a man which had a withered had.² And they watched him, whether he would heale him on the Sabbath day, that they might accuse him.³ Then he saide vnto the man which had the withered hand, Arise: stand forth in the middes.⁴ And he saide to them, Is it lawfull to doe a good deede on the Sabbath day, or to doe euil? to saue the life, or to kil? But they held their peace.⁵ Then hee looked rounde about on them angerly, mourning also for the hardnesse of their hearts, and saide to the man, Stretch foorth thine hand. And he stretched it out: and his hande was restored, as whole as the other.⁶ And the Pharises departed, & straightway gathered a councill with the Herodians against him, that they might destroy him.⁷ But Iesus auoided with his disciples to the sea: and a great multitude followed him from Galile, and from Iudea,⁸ And from Ierusalem, & from Idumea, and beyonde Iordan: and they that dwelled about Tyrus & Sidon, when they had heard what great things he did, came vnto him in great number.⁹ And he commanded his disciples, that a litle shippe should waite for him, because of the multitude, lest they shoulde throng him.¹⁰ For hee had healed many, in so much that they preassed vpon him to touch him, as many as had plagues.¹¹ And when the vncleane spirits sawe him, they fel downe before him, & cried, saying, Thou art the Sonne of God.¹² And he sharply rebuked them, to the ende they should not vtter him.

¹³ Then hee went vp into a mountaine, and called vnto him whome he woulde, and they came vnto him.¹⁴ And hee appoynted twelue that they should be with him, and that he might send them to preache,¹⁵ And that they might haue power to heale sicknesses, and to cast out deuils.¹⁶ And the first was Simon, and hee named Simon, Peter,¹⁷ Then Iames the sonne of Zebedeus, & Iohn Iames brother (and surnamed them Boanerges, which is, the sonnes of thunder,)¹⁸ And Andrew, and Philippe, & Bartlemew, and Matthewe, and Thomas, and Iames, the sonne of Alpheus, and Thaddeus, and Simon the Cananite,¹⁹ And Iudas Iscariot, who also betraied him, and they came home.²⁰ And the multitude assembled againe, so that they could not so much as eate bread.²¹ And when his kinsfolkes heard of it, they went out to laie hold on him: for they sayde that he was beside himselfe.

²² And the Scribes which came downe fro Hierusalem, saide, He hath Beelzebub, & through the prince of the deuils he casteth out deuils.²³ But he called them vnto him, and said vnto them in parables, How can Satan driue out Sata?²⁴ For if a kingdome bee deuided against it selfe, that kingdome can not stand.²⁵ Or if a house bee deuided against it selfe, that house can not continue.²⁶ So if Satan make insurrection against himselfe, and be deuided, hee can not endure but is at an ende.²⁷ No man can enter into a strong mans house, and take away his goods, except hee first binde that strong man, and then spoyle his house.²⁸ Verely I say vnto you, all sinnes shalbe forgiuen vnto the children of men, and blasphemies, wherewith they blaspheme:²⁹ But hee that blasphemeth against the holy Ghost, shall neuer haue forgiuenesse, but is culpable of eternall damnation.³⁰ Because they saide, Hee had an vncleane spirit.

³¹ Then came his brethren and mother, and stoode without, and sent vnto him, and called him.³² And the people sate about him, and they said vnto him, Beholde, thy mother, and thy brethren seeke for thee without.³³ But hee answered them, saying, Who is my mother and my brethren?³⁴ And hee looked rounde about on them, which sate in compasse about him, and saide, Beholde my mother and my brethren.³⁵ For whosoeuer doeth the will of God, he is my brother, and my sister, and mother.