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1 Again he entered the synagogue, and a man was there who had a withered hand.
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And he went again into the Synagogue; and there was a man there whose hand was dead.
2 They watched him to see whether he would cure him on the sabbath, so that they might accuse him.
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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.
3 And he said to the man who had the withered hand, "Come forward."
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And he said to the man, Get up and come forward.
4 Then he said to them, "Is it lawful to do good or to do harm on the sabbath, to save life or to kill?" But they were silent.
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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.
5 He looked around at them with anger; he was grieved at their hardness of heart and said to the man, "Stretch out your hand." He stretched it out, and his hand was restored.
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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.
6 The Pharisees went out and immediately conspired with the Herodians against him, how to destroy him.
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And the Pharisees went out, and straight away made designs with the Herodians about how they might put him to death.
7 Jesus departed with his disciples to the sea, and a great multitude from Galilee followed him;
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And Jesus went away with his disciples to the sea, and a great number from Galilee came after him: and from Judaea,
8 hearing all that he was doing, they came to him in great numbers from Judea, Jerusalem, Idumea, beyond the Jordan, and the region around Tyre and Sidon.
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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.
9 He told his disciples to have a boat ready for him because of the crowd, so that they would not crush him;
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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;
10 for he had cured many, so that all who had diseases pressed upon him to touch him.
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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.
11 Whenever the unclean spirits saw him, they fell down before him and shouted, "You are the Son of God!"
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And the unclean spirits, whenever they saw him, went down before him, crying out, and saying, You are the Son of God.
12 But he sternly ordered them not to make him known.
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And he gave them special orders not to say who he was.
13 He went up the mountain and called to him those whom he wanted, and they came to him.
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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.
14 And he appointed twelve, whom he also named apostles, to be with him, and to be sent out to proclaim the message,
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And he took twelve to be with him, so that he might send them out as preachers,
15 and to have authority to cast out demons.
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And give them the power of driving out evil spirits:
16 So he appointed the twelve: Simon (to whom he gave the name Peter);
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To Simon he gave the second name of Peter;
17 James son of Zebedee and John the brother of James (to whom he gave the name Boanerges, that is, Sons of Thunder);
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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:
18 and Andrew, and Philip, and Bartholomew, and Matthew, and Thomas, and James son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus, and Simon the Cananaean,
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And Andrew, and Philip, and Bartholomew, and Matthew, and Thomas, and James, the son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus, and Simon the Zealot;
19 and Judas Iscariot, who betrayed him. Then he went home;
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And Judas Iscariot, who was false to him.
20 and the crowd came together again, so that they could not even eat.
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And he went into a house. And the people came together again, so that they were not even able to take bread.
21 When his family heard it, they went out to restrain him, for people were saying, "He has gone out of his mind."
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And when his friends had news of it, they went out to get him, saying, He is off his head.
22 And the scribes who came down from Jerusalem said, "He has Beelzebul, and by the ruler of the demons he casts out demons."
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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.
23 And he called them to him, and spoke to them in parables, "How can Satan cast out Satan?
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And turning to them, he said to them in the form of a story, How is it possible for Satan to put out Satan?
24 If a kingdom is divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand.
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If there is division in a kingdom, that kingdom will come to destruction;
25 And if a house is divided against itself, that house will not be able to stand.
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And if there is division in a house, that house will come to destruction;
26 And if Satan has risen up against himself and is divided, he cannot stand, but his end has come.
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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.
27 But no one can enter a strong man's house and plunder his property without first tying up the strong man; then indeed the house can be plundered.
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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.
28 "Truly I tell you, people will be forgiven for their sins and whatever blasphemies they utter;
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Truly, I say to you, The sons of men will have forgiveness for all their sins and for all the evil words they say:
29 but whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit can never have forgiveness, but is guilty of an eternal sin"—
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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:
30 for they had said, "He has an unclean spirit."
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Because they said, He has an unclean spirit.
31 Then his mother and his brothers came; and standing outside, they sent to him and called him.
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And his mother and brothers came and were outside, and sent for him, requesting to see him.
32 A crowd was sitting around him; and they said to him, "Your mother and your brothers and sisters are outside, asking for you."
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And a great number were seated round him; and they said to him, See, your mother and your brothers are outside looking for you.
33 And he replied, "Who are my mother and my brothers?"
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And he said in answer, Who are my mother and my brothers?
34 And looking at those who sat around him, he said, "Here are my mother and my brothers!
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And looking round at those who were seated about him, he said, See, my mother and my brothers!
35 Whoever does the will of God is my brother and sister and mother."
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Whoever does God's pleasure, the same is my brother, and sister, and mother.
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