The Bible in Basic English BBE
Good News Translation GNT
1 And he went again into the Synagogue; and there was a man there whose hand was dead.
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Then Jesus went back to the synagogue, where there was a man who had a paralyzed hand.
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.
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Some people were there who wanted to accuse Jesus of doing wrong; so they watched him closely to see whether he would cure the man on the Sabbath.
3 And he said to the man, Get up and come forward.
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Jesus said to the man, "Come up here to the front."
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.
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Then he asked the people, "What does our Law allow us to do on the Sabbath? To help or to harm? To save someone's life or to destroy it?" But they did not say a thing.
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.
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Jesus was angry as he looked around at them, but at the same time he felt sorry for them, because they were so stubborn and wrong. Then he said to the man, "Stretch out your hand." He stretched it out, and it became well again.
6 And the Pharisees went out, and straight away made designs with the Herodians about how they might put him to death.
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So the Pharisees left the synagogue and met at once with some members of Herod's party, and they made plans to kill Jesus.
7 And Jesus went away with his disciples to the sea, and a great number from Galilee came after him: and from Judaea,
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Jesus and his disciples went away to Lake Galilee, and a large crowd followed him. They had come from Galilee, from Judea,
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.
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from Jerusalem, from the territory of Idumea, from the territory on the east side of the Jordan, and from the region around the cities of Tyre and Sidon. All these people came to Jesus because they had heard of the things he was doing.
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;
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The crowd was so large that Jesus told his disciples to get a boat ready for him, so that the people would not crush him.
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.
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He had healed many people, and all the sick kept pushing their way to him in order to touch him.
11 And the unclean spirits, whenever they saw him, went down before him, crying out, and saying, You are the Son of God.
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And whenever the people who had evil spirits in them saw him, they would fall down before him and scream, "You are the Son of God!"
12 And he gave them special orders not to say who he was.
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Jesus sternly ordered the evil spirits not to tell anyone 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.
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Then Jesus went up a hill and called to himself the men he wanted. They came to him,
14 And he took twelve to be with him, so that he might send them out as preachers,
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and he chose twelve, whom he named apostles. "I have chosen you to be with me," he told them. "I will also send you out to preach,
15 And give them the power of driving out evil spirits:
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and you will have authority to drive out demons."
16 To Simon he gave the second name of Peter;
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These are the twelve he chose: Simon (Jesus gave him the name 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:
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James and his brother John, the sons of Zebedee (Jesus gave them the name Boanerges, which means "Men 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;
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Andrew, Philip, Bartholomew, Matthew, Thomas, James son of Alphaeus, Thaddaeus, Simon the Patriot,
19 And Judas Iscariot, who was false to him.
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and Judas Iscariot, who betrayed Jesus.
20 And he went into a house. And the people came together again, so that they were not even able to take bread.
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Then Jesus went home. Again such a large crowd gathered that Jesus and his disciples had no time to eat.
21 And when his friends had news of it, they went out to get him, saying, He is off his head.
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When his family heard about it, they set out to take charge of him, because people were saying, "He's gone mad!"
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.
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Some teachers of the Law who had come from Jerusalem were saying, "He has Beelzebul in him! It is the chief of the demons who gives him the power to drive them out."
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?
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So Jesus called them to him and spoke to them in parables: "How can Satan drive out Satan?
24 If there is division in a kingdom, that kingdom will come to destruction;
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If a country divides itself into groups which fight each other, that country will fall apart.
25 And if there is division in a house, that house will come to destruction;
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If a family divides itself into groups which fight each other, that family will fall apart.
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.
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So if Satan's kingdom divides into groups, it cannot last, but will fall apart and 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.
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"No one can break into a strong man's house and take away his belongings unless he first ties up the strong man; then he can plunder his house.
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:
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"I assure you that people can be forgiven all their sins and all the evil things they may 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:
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But whoever says evil things against the Holy Spirit will never be forgiven, because he has committed an eternal sin."
30 Because they said, He has an unclean spirit.
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(Jesus said this because some people were saying, "He has an evil spirit in him.")
31 And his mother and brothers came and were outside, and sent for him, requesting to see him.
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Then Jesus' mother and brothers arrived. They stood outside the house and sent in a message, asking for 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.
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A crowd was sitting around Jesus, and they said to him, "Look, your mother and your brothers and sisters are outside, and they want you."
33 And he said in answer, Who are my mother and my brothers?
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Jesus answered, "Who is my mother? Who are my brothers?"
34 And looking round at those who were seated about him, he said, See, my mother and my brothers!
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He looked at the people sitting around him and said, "Look! Here are my mother and my brothers!
35 Whoever does God's pleasure, the same is my brother, and sister, and mother.
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Whoever does what God wants is my brother, my sister, my mother."
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Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission.