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¹ And he entered again into the synagogue; and there was a man there who had his hand withered.² And they watched him, whether he would heal him on the Sabbath day; that they might accuse him.³ And he says to the man that had his hand withered, Stand forth.⁴ And he says 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 held their peace.⁵ And when he had looked round about on them with anger, being grieved at the hardening of their heart, he says to the man, Stretch forth [your] hand. And he stretched it forth; and his hand was restored.⁶ And the Pharisees went out, and right away with the Herodians gave counsel against him, how they might destroy him.⁷ And Jesus with his disciples withdrew to the sea: and a great multitude from Galilee followed; and from Judea,⁸ and from Jerusalem, and from Idumaea, and beyond the Jordan, and about Tyre and Sidon, a great multitude, hearing what great things he did, came to him.⁹ And he spoke to his disciples, that a little boat should wait on him because of the crowd, lest they should throng him:¹⁰ for he had healed many; insomuch that as many as had plagues pressed on him that they might touch him.¹¹ And the unclean spirits, whenever they looked at him, fell down before him, and cried, saying, You are the Son of God.¹² And he charged them much that they should not make him known.

¹³ And he goes up into the mountain, and calls to him whom he himself wanted; and they went to him.¹⁴ And he appointed twelve, whom he also named apostles, that they might be with him, and that he might send them forth to preach,¹⁵ and to have authority to cast out demons.¹⁶ And he appointed the twelve: and he gave the name Peter to Simon;¹⁷ and James the [son] of Zebedee, and John the brother of James; and he gave them the name Boanerges, which is, Sons of thunder:¹⁸ and Andrew, and Philip, and Bartholomew, and Matthew, and Thomas, and James the [son] of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus, and Simon the Cananaean,¹⁹ and Judas Iscariot, who also betrayed him.²⁰ And he comes into a house. And the multitude comes together again, so that they could not so much as eat bread.²¹ And when his friends heard it, they went out to lay hold on him: for they said, He is beside himself.

²² And the scribes that came down from Jerusalem said, He has Beelzebul, and, By the prince of the demons he casts out the demons.²³ And he called them to him, and said to them in parables, How can Satan cast out Satan?²⁴ And if a kingdom is divided against itself, that kingdom can't stand.²⁵ And if a house is divided against itself, that house will not be able to stand.²⁶ And 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], and spoil his goods, except he first binds the strong [man]; and then he will spoil his house.²⁸ Truly I say to you, All their sins shall be forgiven to the sons of men, and their blasphemies by whichever they shall blaspheme:²⁹ but whoever shall blaspheme against the Holy Spirit never has forgiveness, but is guilty of an eternal sin:³⁰ because they said, He has an unclean spirit.

³¹ And his mother and his brothers come; and, standing outside, they sent to him, calling him.³² And a multitude was sitting about him; and they say to him, Look, your mother and your brothers and your sisters outside seek for you.³³ And he answers them, and says, Who is my mother and my brothers?³⁴ And looking round on those that sat round about him, he says, Look, my mother and my brothers!³⁵ For whoever shall do the will of God, the same is my brother, and sister, and mother.