[1] And he went again into the Synagogue; and there was a man there whose
hand was dead. [2] And they were watching him to see if he would make him
well on the Sabbath day, so that they might have something against him. [3]
And he said to the man, Get up and come forward. [4] And he said to them,
Is it right to do good on the Sabbath or to do evil? to give life or to put
to death? But they said nothing. [5] And looking round on them he was
angry, being sad because of their hard hearts; and he said to the man, Put
out your hand. And he put it out, and his hand was made well. [6] And the
Pharisees went out, and straight away made designs with the Herodians about
how they might put him to death. [7] And Jesus went away with his disciples
to the sea, and a great number from Galilee came after him: and from
Judaea, [8] And from Jerusalem, and from Idumaea, and the other side of
Jordan, and the country about Tyre and Sidon, a great number, hearing what
great things he did, came to him. [9] And he made a request to his
disciples to have a little boat ready for him, so that he might not be
crushed by the people; [10] For he had made such a great number well that
all those who were diseased were falling down before him for the purpose of
touching him. [11] And the unclean spirits, whenever they saw him, went
down before him, crying out, and saying, You are the Son of God. [12] And
he gave them special orders not to say who he was. [13] And he went up into
the mountain, and sent for those whom it was his pleasure to have with him:
and they went to him. [14] And he took twelve to be with him, so that he
might send them out as preachers, [15] And give them the power of driving
out evil spirits: [16] To Simon he gave the second name of Peter; [17] And
to James, the son of Zebedee, and John, the brother of James, he gave the
second name of 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 Zealot; [19] And Judas Iscariot, who
was false to him. [20] And he went into a house. And the people came
together again, so that they were not even able to take bread. [21] And
when his friends had news of it, they went out to get him, saying, He is
off his head. [22] And the scribes who came down from Jerusalem, said, He
has Beelzebub, and, By the ruler of evil spirits he sends evil spirits out
of men. [23] And turning to them, he said to them in the form of a story,
How is it possible for Satan to put out Satan? [24] If there is division in
a kingdom, that kingdom will come to destruction; [25] And if there is
division in a house, that house will come to destruction; [26] And if Satan
is at war with himself, and there is division in him, he will not keep his
place but will come to an end. [27] But no one is able to go into the house
of the strong man and take his goods, without first putting cords round the
strong man, and then he will take his goods. [28] Truly, I say to you, The
sons of men will have forgiveness for all their sins and for all the evil
words they say: [29] But whoever says evil things against the Holy Spirit
will never have forgiveness, but the evil he has done will be with him for
ever: [30] Because they said, He has an unclean spirit. [31] And his mother
and brothers came and were outside, and sent for him, requesting to see
him. [32] And a great number were seated round him; and they said to him,
See, your mother and your brothers are outside looking for you. [33] And he
said in answer, Who are my mother and my brothers? [34] And looking round
at those who were seated about him, he said, See, my mother and my
brothers! [35] Whoever does God's pleasure, the same is my brother, and
sister, and mother.
