1. And he entered again
into the synagogue; and there was a man there which had a withered
hand.
2. And they watched him,
whether he would heal him on the sabbath day; that they might accuse
him.
3. And he saith unto
the man which had the withered hand, Stand
forth.
4. And he saith unto
them, Is it lawful to do good on the
sabbath days, or to do evil? to save life, or to kill? But
they held their peace.
5. And when he had
looked round about on them with anger, being grieved for the hardness
of their hearts, he saith unto the man, Stretch
forth thine hand. And he stretched it
out; and his hand was restored whole as the other.
6. And the Pharisees went
forth, and straightway took counsel with the He-ro-di-ans against him,
how they might destroy him.
7. But Jesus withdrew
himself with his disciples to the sea: and a great multitude from
Galilee followed him, and from Judea,
8. And from
Jerusalem, and from I-du-mae-a, and from beyond Jordan; and they about
Tyre and Sidon, a great multitude, when they had heard what great
things he did, came unto him.
9. And he spake to his
disciples, that a small ship would wait on him because of the
multitude, lest they should throng him.
10. For he had healed many;
insomuch that they pressed upon him for to touch him, as many as had
plagues.
11. And unclean spirits,
when they saw him, fell down before him, and cried, saying, Thou art
the Son of God.
12. And he straitly charged
them that they should not make him known.
13. And he goeth up into a
mountain, and calleth unto him whom he would: and they came unto him.
14. And he ordained twelve,
that they should be with him, and that he might send them forth to
preach,
15. And to have power to
heal sicknesses, and to cast out devils:
16. And Simon he surnamed
Peter;
17. And James the son of
Zebedee, and John the brother of James; and he surnamed them Bo-an-er-ges,
which is, The sons of thunder:
18. And Andrew, and Philip,
and Bartholomew, and Matthew, and Thomas, and James the son of Al-phae-us,
and Thad-dae-us, and Simon the Ca-na-an-ite,
19. And Judas Iscariot,
which also betrayed him: and they went into an house.
20. And the multitude
cometh together again, so that they could not so much as eat bread.
21. And when his friends
heard of it, they went out to lay hold on him: for they said, He is
beside himself.
22. And
the scribes which
came down from Jerusalem said, He hath Be-el-ze-bub, and by the prince of
the devils casteth he out devils.
23. And he called
them unto him, and said unto them in parables, How
can Satan cast out Satan?
24. And if a kingdom be
divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand:
25. And if a house be
divided against itself, that house cannot stand.
26. And if Satan rise up
against himself, and be divided, he cannot stand, but hath an end.
27. No man can enter into a
strong man's house, and spoil his goods, except he will first bind the
strong man; and then he will spoil his house.
28. Verily I say unto you,
All sins shall be forgiven unto the sons of men, and blasphemies
wherewith soever they shall blaspheme:
29. But he that shall
blaspheme against the Holy Ghost hath never forgiveness, but is in
danger of eternal damnation:
30. Because they said, He
hath an unclean spirit.
31. There came then his
brethren and his mother, and standing without, sent unto him, calling
him.
32. And the multitude sat
about him, and they said unto him, Behold, thy mother and thy brethren
without seek for thee.
33. And he answered
them, saying, Who
is my mother, or my brethren?
34. And he looked
round about on them which sat about him, and said, Behold
my mother and my brethren!
35. For whosoever
shall do the will of God, the same is my brother, and my sister, and
mother.
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