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[1] And he entered again into the Synagogue, and there was a man 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] Then he said unto the man which had the withered hand, Arise: stand forth in the midst.
[4] And he said to them, Is it lawful to do a good deed on the Sabbath day, or to do evil? to save the life, or to kill? But they held their peace.
[5] Then he looked round about on them angrily, mourning also for the hardness of their hearts, and said to the man, Stretch forth thine hand. And he stretched it out: and his hand was restored, as whole as the other.
[6] And the Pharisees departed, and straightway gathered a council with the Herodians against him, that they might destroy him.
[7] But Jesus avoided with his disciples to the sea: and a great multitude followed him from Galilee, and from Judea,
[8] And from Jerusalem, and from Idumaea, and beyond Jordan: and they that dwelled about Tyre and Sidon, when they had heard what great things he did, came unto him in great number.
[9] And he commanded his disciples, that a ship should wait for him, because of the multitude, lest they should throng him.
[10] For he had healed many, in so much that they pressed upon him, to touch him as many as had plagues.
[11] And when the unclean spirits saw him, they fell down before him, and cried, saying, Thou art the Son of God.
[12] And he sharply rebuked them, to the end they should not utter him.
[13] Then he went up into a mountain, and called unto him whom he would, and they came unto him.
[14] And he appointed twelve that they should be with him, and that he might send them to preach,
[15] And that they might have power to heal sicknesses, and to cast out devils.
[16] And the first was Simon, and he named Simon, Peter,
[17] Then James the son of Zebedee, and John, James brother (and named them Boanerges, which is the 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 Canaanite,
[19] And Judas Iscariot, who also betrayed him, and they came home.
[20] And the multitude assembled again, so that they could not so much as eat bread.
[21] And when his kinfolks heard of it, they went out to lay hold on him: for they thought he had been beside himself.
[22] And the Scribes which came from Jerusalem, said, He hath Beelzebub, and through the prince of the devils he casteth out devils.
[23] But he called them unto him, and said unto them in parables, How can Satan drive out Satan?
[24] For if a Kingdom be divided against itself, that Kingdom cannot stand.
[25] Or if a house be divided against itself, that house cannot continue.
[26] So if Satan make insurrection against himself, and be divided, he cannot endure, but is at an end.
[27] No man can enter into a strong mans house, and take away his goods, except he first bind that strong man, and then spoil his house.
[28] Verily I say unto you, all sins shall be forgiven unto the children of men, and blasphemies, wherewith they blaspheme:
[29] But he that blasphemeth against the Holy Ghost, shall never have forgiveness, but is culpable of eternal damnation.
[30] Because they said, He had an unclean spirit.
[31] Then came his brethren and mother, and stood without, and sent unto him, and called him.
[32] And the people sat about him, and they said unto him, Behold, thy mother, and thy brethren seek for thee without.
[33] But he answered them, saying, Who is my mother and my brethren?
[34] And he looked round about on them, which sat in compass about him, and said, Behold my mother and my brethren.
[35] For whosoever doeth the will of God, he is my brother, and my sister, and mother.
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