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1 Another time Jesus went into the synagogue, and a man with a shriveled hand was there.
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Then Jesus went back to the synagogue, where there was a man who had a paralyzed hand.
2 Some of them were looking for a reason to accuse Jesus, so they watched him closely to see if he would heal him on the Sabbath.
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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 Jesus said to the man with the shriveled hand, “Stand up in front of everyone.”
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Jesus said to the man, "Come up here to the front."
4 Then Jesus asked them, “Which is lawful on the Sabbath: to do good or to do evil, to save life or to kill?” But they remained silent.
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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 He looked around at them in anger and, deeply distressed at their stubborn hearts, said to the man, “Stretch out your hand.” He stretched it out, and his hand was completely restored.
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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 Then the Pharisees went out and began to plot with the Herodians how they might kill Jesus.
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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 Jesus withdrew with his disciples to the lake, and a large crowd from Galilee followed.
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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 When they heard about all he was doing, many people came to him from Judea, Jerusalem, Idumea, and the regions across the Jordan and around Tyre and Sidon.
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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 Because of the crowd he told his disciples to have a small boat ready for him, to keep the people from crowding him.
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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 healed many, so that those with diseases were pushing forward to touch 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 Whenever the impure spirits saw him, they fell down before him and cried out, “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 But he gave them strict orders not to tell others about him.
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Jesus sternly ordered the evil spirits not to tell anyone who he was.
13 Jesus went up on a mountainside and called to him those he wanted, and they came 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 He appointed twelve that they might be with him and that he might send them out to preach
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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 to have authority to drive out demons.
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and you will have authority to drive out demons."
16 These are the twelve he appointed: Simon (to whom he gave the name Peter),
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These are the twelve he chose: Simon (Jesus gave him the name Peter);
17 James son of Zebedee and his brother John (to them he gave the name Boanerges, which means “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 Andrew, Philip, Bartholomew, Matthew, Thomas, James son of Alphaeus, Thaddaeus, 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 betrayed him.
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and Judas Iscariot, who betrayed Jesus.
20 Then Jesus entered a house, and again a crowd gathered, so that he and his disciples were not even able to eat.
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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 When his family heard about this, they went to take charge of him, for they said, “He is out of his mind.”
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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 teachers of the law who came down from Jerusalem said, “He is possessed by Beelzebul! By the prince of demons he is driving out demons.”
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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 So Jesus called them over to him and began to speak to them in parables: “How can Satan drive 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 a kingdom is divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand.
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If a country divides itself into groups which fight each other, that country will fall apart.
25 If a house is divided against itself, that house cannot stand.
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If a family divides itself into groups which fight each other, that family will fall apart.
26 And if Satan opposes himself and is divided, he cannot stand; his end has come.
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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 In fact, no one can enter a strong man’s house without first tying him up. Then he can plunder the strong man’s house.
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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 tell you, people can be forgiven all their sins and every slander they utter,
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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 blasphemes against the Holy Spirit will never be forgiven; they are guilty of an eternal sin.”
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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 He said this because they were saying, “He has an impure spirit.”
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(Jesus said this because some people were saying, "He has an evil spirit in him.")
31 Then Jesus’ mother and brothers arrived. Standing outside, they sent someone in to call 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 A crowd was sitting around him, and they told him, “Your mother and 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 “Who are my mother and my brothers?” he asked.
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Jesus answered, "Who is my mother? Who are my brothers?"
34 Then he looked at those seated in a circle around him and said, “Here are 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 will 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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