The Darby Translation DBY
GOD'S WORD Translation GW
1 And he entered again into the synagogue; and there was there a man having his hand dried up.
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Jesus went into a synagogue again. A man who had a paralyzed hand was there.
2 And they watched him if he would heal him on the sabbath, that they might accuse him.
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The people were watching Jesus closely. They wanted to see whether he would heal the man on the day of worship so that they could accuse him of doing something wrong.
3 And he says to the man who had his hand dried up, Rise up [and come] into the midst.
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So he told the man with the paralyzed hand, "Stand in the center [of the synagogue]."
4 And he says to them, Is it lawful on the sabbath to do good or to do evil, to save life or to kill? But they were silent.
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Then he asked them, "Is it right to do good or to do evil on the day of worship, to give a person back his health or to let him die?" But they were silent.
5 And looking round upon them with anger, distressed at the hardening of their heart, he says to the man, Stretch out thy hand. And he stretched [it] out, and his hand was restored.
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Jesus was angry as he looked around at them. He was deeply hurt because their minds were closed. Then he told the man, "Hold out your hand." The man held it out, and his hand became normal again.
6 And the Pharisees going out straightway with the Herodians took counsel against him, how they might destroy him.
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The Pharisees left, and with Herod's followers they immediately plotted to kill Jesus.
7 And Jesus withdrew with his disciples to the sea; and a great multitude from Galilee followed him, and from Judaea,
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Jesus left with his disciples for the Sea of Galilee. A large crowd from Galilee, Judea,
8 and from Jerusalem, and from Idumaea and beyond the Jordan; and they of around Tyre and Sidon, a great multitude, having heard what things he did, came to him.
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Jerusalem, Idumea, and from across the Jordan River, and from around Tyre and Sidon followed him. They came to him because they had heard about everything he was doing.
9 And he spoke to his disciples, in order that a little ship should wait upon him on account of the crowd, that they might not press upon him.
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Jesus told his disciples to have a boat ready so that the crowd would not crush him.
10 For he healed many, so that they beset him that they might touch him, as many as had plagues.
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He had cured so many that everyone with a disease rushed up to him in order to touch him.
11 And the unclean spirits, when they beheld him, fell down before him, and cried saying, *Thou* art the Son of God.
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Whenever people with evil spirits saw him, they would fall down in front of him and shout, "You are the Son of God!"
12 And he rebuked them much, that they might not make him manifest.
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He gave them orders not to tell people who he was.
13 And he goes up into the mountain, and calls whom he himself would, and they went to him.
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Jesus went up a mountain, called those whom he wanted, and they came to him.
14 And he appointed twelve that they might be with him, and that he might send them to preach,
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He appointed twelve whom he called apostles. They were to accompany him and to be sent out by him to spread [the Good News].
15 and to have power [to heal diseases, and] to cast out demons.
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They also had the authority to force demons out of people.
16 And he gave to Simon the surname of Peter;
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He appointed these twelve: Simon (whom Jesus named Peter),
17 and James the [son] of Zebedee, and John the brother of James, and he gave them the surname of Boanerges, that is, Sons of thunder;
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James and his brother John (Zebedee's sons whom Jesus named Boanerges, which means "Thunderbolts"),
18 and Andrew, and Philip, and Bartholomew, and Matthew, and Thomas, and James the [son] of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus, and Simon the Cananaean,
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Andrew, Philip, Bartholomew, Matthew, Thomas, James (son of Alphaeus), Thaddaeus, Simon the Zealot,
19 and Judas Iscariote, who also delivered him up. And they come to [the] house.
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and Judas Iscariot (who later betrayed Jesus).
20 And again a crowd comes together, so that they cannot even eat bread.
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Then Jesus went home. Another crowd gathered so that Jesus and his disciples could not even eat.
21 And his relatives having heard [of it] went out to lay hold on him, for they said, He is out of his mind.
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When his family heard about it, they went to get him. They said, "He's out of his mind!"
22 And the scribes who had come down from Jerusalem said, He has Beelzebub, and, By the prince of the demons he casts out demons.
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The scribes who had come from Jerusalem said, "Beelzebul is in him," and "He forces demons out of people with the help of the ruler of demons."
23 And having called them to [him], he said to them in parables, How can Satan cast out Satan?
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Jesus called them together and used this illustration: "How can Satan force out Satan?
24 And if a kingdom has become divided against itself, that kingdom cannot subsist.
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If a kingdom is divided against itself, that kingdom cannot last.
25 And if a house has become divided against itself, that house cannot subsist.
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And if a household is divided against itself, that household will not last.
26 And if Satan rise up against himself, and is divided, he cannot subsist, but has an end.
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So if Satan rebels against himself and is divided, he cannot last. That will be the end of him.
27 But no one can, having entered into his house, plunder the goods of the strong [man] unless he first bind the strong [man], and then he will plunder his house.
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"No one can go into a strong man's house and steal his property. First he must tie up the strong man. Then he can go through the strong man's house and steal his property.
28 Verily I say unto you, that all sins shall be forgiven to the sons of men, and all the injurious speeches [with] which they may speak injuriously;
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"I can guarantee this truth: People will be forgiven for any sin or curse.
29 but whosoever shall speak injuriously against the Holy Spirit, to eternity has no forgiveness; but lies under the guilt of an everlasting sin;
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But whoever curses the Holy Spirit will never be forgiven. He is guilty of an everlasting sin."
30 -- because they said, He has an unclean spirit.
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Jesus said this because the scribes had said that he had an evil spirit.
31 And his brethren and his mother come, and standing without sent to him calling him.
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Then his mother and his brothers arrived. They stood outside and sent someone to ask him to come out.
32 And a crowd sat around him. And they said to him, Behold, thy mother and thy brethren seek thee without.
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The crowd sitting around Jesus told him, "Your mother and your brothers are outside looking for you."
33 And he answered them, saying, Who is my mother or my brethren?
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He replied to them, "Who is my mother, and who are my brothers?"
34 And looking around in a circuit at those that were sitting around him, he says, Behold my mother and my brethren:
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Then looking at those who sat in a circle around him, he said, "Look, here are my mother and my brothers.
35 for whosoever shall do the will of God, *he* is my brother, and sister, and mother.
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Whoever does what God wants is my brother and sister and mother."
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