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1 And he went again into the Synagogue; and there was a man there whose hand was dead.
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And Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach entered again into the shul. And there was there a man having a withered 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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And they were watching Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach [to see] if on Shabbos he will heal him, in order that they might accuse him.
3 And he said to the man, Get up and come forward.
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And he says to the man, the one with the withered hand, Stand up here in the center.
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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And Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach says to them, Is it mutar (permissible) on Shabbos to do tov or rah, to restore nefesh or to destroy [it]? But they were silent.
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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And having looked [at] them with ka’as and having agmat nefesh (grief) at the stubborn hardness of their levavot, Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach says to the man, Stretch out your hand. And the man stretched it out, and his hand was restored.
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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And ofen ort (immediately) the Perushim went out and held consultation with the party of Herod against him, as to how they might destroy him.
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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And Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach with his talmidim went away to the lake, and a great multitude from the Galil and also from Yehudah followed Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach.
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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And from Yerushalayim and from Idumea and from the other side of the Yarden and from around Tzor-Tzidon area, a great multitude [followed], hearing everything that he was doing, and they came to Rebbe Melech HaMoshiach.
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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And he said to his talmidim that a sirah (boat) should stand ready for him, lest the multitude might 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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For he had brought refuah to many, with the result that as many as had afflictions pressed in on 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 the ruchot hatemeiot (unclean spirits), whenever they saw Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach, were falling before him and were crying out, saying, You are the Ben HaElohim!
12 And he gave them special orders not to say who he was.
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And he sternly rebuked them, lest they should make him known.
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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And Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach goes up to the mountain and summons those whom he wanted, and 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 Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach appointed and gave smichah to Shneym Asar (Twelve), whom also he designated Shlichim, that they might be with him [be mishtatef in Moshiach’s chavurah], and that he might send them out as his Shlichim to preach,
15 And give them the power of driving out evil spirits:
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and to have samchut (authority) to cast out shedim.
16 To Simon he gave the second name of Peter;
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And Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach appointed the Shneym Asar: Shimon, to whom he gave the name Kefa,
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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And Yaakov Ben Zavdai and Yochanan, Yaakov’s brother. He gave to them the name Bnei Regesh, (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;
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And Andrew and Philippos and Bar-Talmai, and Mattityahu, and Toma, and Yaakov Ben Chalfai, and Taddai, and Shimon the Zealot,
19 And Judas Iscariot, who was false to him.
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And Yehudah from Kriot, the one who betrayed Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach.
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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And Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach goes to his home shtetl; and again the multitude assembles, with the result that they were not able to have okhel (food).
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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And when his own mishpochah heard of this, they went out to constrain him. For they were saying, He is meshuga.
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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And the Sofrim (Scribes), the ones coming down from Yerushalayim, were saying, He is possessed by Baal-zibbul and by the Sar HaShedim he casts out shedim.
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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But having called them, Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach was speaking to them in meshalim: How can Hasatan cast out Hasatan?
24 If there is division in a kingdom, that kingdom will come to destruction;
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And if a malchut is divided against itself, it is not possible for that malchut to stand.
25 And if there is division in a house, that house will come to destruction;
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And if a bais is divided against itself, it will not be possible for that bais to stand.
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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And if Hasatan has risen up against himself and is divided, it is not possible for him to stand, but his end has arrived.
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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But no one is able, having entered into the house of the Gibbor to plunder his possessions, unless first, he binds HaGibbor, and then he will plunder the Bayit HaGibbor.
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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Omein, I say to you that for everything—for the averos (sins) and the Chillul Hashem (Desecration of the Name), whatever blasphemies they may utter—the Bnei Adam will be granted selicha.
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 commits Chillul Hashem gidduf against the Ruach Hakodesh, can never have selicha, but is guilty of a Chet Olam.
30 Because they said, He has an unclean spirit.
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For they were saying, He has a ruach hatumah (an unclean spirit).
31 And his mother and brothers came and were outside, and sent for him, requesting to see him.
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And the Em (Mother) of Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach and his achim come and stand outside and they sent word to 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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And a multitude was sitting around him, and they are saying to him, Hinei! Your Em (Mother)! And your achim (brothers)! And your achayot (sisters) are outside looking for you.
33 And he said in answer, Who are my mother and my brothers?
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And in reply to them, Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach says, Who is immi? And my achim (brothers)?
34 And looking round at those who were seated about him, he said, See, my mother and my brothers!
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And having looked around at the ones sitting around him, Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach says, Hinei! Immi and my achim!
35 Whoever does God's pleasure, the same is my brother, and sister, and mother.
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For whoever does the ratzon Hashem, this one is my brother and my sister and mother.
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