Third Millennium Bible TMB
GOD'S WORD Translation GW
1 And He entered again into the synagogue, and there was a man there who had a withered hand.
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Jesus went into a synagogue again. A man who had a paralyzed hand was there.
2 And they watched Him to see whether He would heal him on the Sabbath day, 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 said unto the man who had the withered hand, "Stand forth."
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So he told the man with the paralyzed hand, "Stand in the center [of the synagogue]."
4 And He said unto them, "Is it lawful to do good on the Sabbath days, or to do evil? To save life, or to kill?" But they held their peace.
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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 when He had looked round about on them with anger, being grieved by the hardness of their hearts, He said unto the man, "Stretch forth thine hand." And he stretched it out, and his hand was restored whole as the other.
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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 went forth and straightway took counsel with the Herodians 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 But Jesus withdrew Himself with His disciples to the sea. And a great multitude from Galilee followed Him, and from Judea,
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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 Idumea, and from beyond the Jordan. And those from around Tyre and Sidon, a great multitude, when they had heard what great things He did, came unto 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 that a small boat should await Him because of the multitude, lest they should throng 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 had healed many, insomuch that they pressed upon Him to 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 unclean spirits, when they saw 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 strictly charged them that they should not make Him known.
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He gave them orders not to tell people who he was.
13 And He went up onto a mountain, and called unto Him whom He would have, and they came unto Him.
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Jesus went up a mountain, called those whom he wanted, and they came to him.
14 And He ordained twelve, that they should be with Him, and that He might send them forth 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 sicknesses and to cast out devils:
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They also had the authority to force demons out of people.
16 Simon (He surnamed 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 surnamed them Boanerges, which means The 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 Thadaeus, and Simon the Canaanite,
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Andrew, Philip, Bartholomew, Matthew, Thomas, James (son of Alphaeus), Thaddaeus, Simon the Zealot,
19 and Judas Iscariot who also betrayed Him. And they went into a house;
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and Judas Iscariot (who later betrayed Jesus).
20 and the multitude came together again, so that they could not so much as 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 when His friends heard of it, they went out to lay hold on Him; for they said, "He is beside himself."
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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 came down from Jerusalem said, "He hath Beelzebub, and by the prince of devils he casteth out devils."
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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 He called them unto Him, and said unto 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 be divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand.
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If a kingdom is divided against itself, that kingdom cannot last.
25 And if a house be divided against itself, that house cannot stand.
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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 be divided, he cannot stand, but hath 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 No man can enter into a strong man's house and despoil his goods, unless he will first bind the strong man; and then he will despoil 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, all sins shall be forgiven unto the sons of men and blasphemies, however they shall blaspheme;
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"I can guarantee this truth: People will be forgiven for any sin or curse.
29 but he that shall blaspheme against the Holy Ghost hath never forgiveness, but is in danger of eternal damnation";
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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 hath an unclean spirit."
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Jesus said this because the scribes had said that he had an evil spirit.
31 There came then His brethren and His mother, and standing outside they sent unto 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 the multitude sat about Him, and they said unto Him, "Behold, thy mother and thy brethren outside seek for thee."
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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 He looked round about on those who sat about Him and said, "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, the same is My brother, and My sister, and mother."
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Whoever does what God wants is my brother and sister and mother."
Third Millennium Bible (TMB), New Authorized Version, Copyright 1998 by Deuel Enterprises, Inc., Gary, SD 57237. All rights reserved.
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