Mark 3
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1And he entered again into the synagogue, and there was a man there having the withered hand. 2And they were watching him, whether he would heal him on the Sabbath, so that they might accuse him. 3And he says to the man having the withered hand, "Stand up in the middle." 4And he says to them, "Is it lawful on the Sabbath to do good or to do harm? To save a life or to kill?" But they were silent. 5And having looked around at them with anger, being distressed at the hardening of their heart, he says to the man, "Stretch out your hand." And he stretched it out, and his hand was restored as healthy as the other. 6And the Pharisees went out, and immediately took counsel with the Herodians against him, how they might destroy him. 7And Jesus withdrew with his disciples to the sea, and a great multitude from Galilee followed him, and from Judea, 8and from Jerusalem, and from Idumea, and from beyond the Jordan, and those around Tyre and Sidon, a great multitude, hearing all that he was doing, came to him. 9And he spoke to his disciples that a small boat should stay near him because of the crowd, that they might not press upon him; 10for he healed many, so that they pressed upon him that they might touch him—as many as had afflictions. 11And the spirits, the unclean ones, whenever they beheld him, fell down before him and cried out, saying, "You are the Son of God!" 12And he sternly warned them that they should not make him known. 13And he goes up onto the mountain and calls to himself those whom he wanted, and they went to him. 14And he appointed twelve, whom he also named apostles, that they might be with him and that he might send them out to preach, 15and to have authority to heal sicknesses and to cast out the demons. 16And he appointed the twelve, and he bestowed the name Peter on Simon; 17and James the son of Zebedee and John the brother of James, and he bestowed on them the name Boanerges, which is, Sons of Thunder; 18and Andrew, and Philip, and Bartholomew, and Matthew, and Thomas, and James the son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus, and Simon the Cananaean, 19and Judas Iscariot, the one who also betrayed him. 20And the crowd comes together again, so that they could not even eat bread. 21And when those from beside him heard of it, they went out to seize him, for they were saying, "He is out of his mind." 22And the scribes who came down from Jerusalem were saying, "He has Beelzebul," and, "By the ruler of the demons he casts out the demons." 23And having summoned them, he said to them in parables, "How can Satan cast out Satan? 24And if a kingdom is divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand; 25and if a house is divided against itself, that house will not be able to stand; 26and if Satan has risen up against himself and is divided, he cannot stand, but has an end. 27But no one can enter into the house of the strong man to plunder his goods, unless he first binds the strong man; and then he will plunder his house. 28Truly I tell you, that all sins will be forgiven to the sons of men, and the blasphemies whatever they might blaspheme; 29but whoever might blaspheme against the Holy Spirit never has forgiveness, but is guilty of an eternal sin"— 30because they were saying, "He has an unclean spirit." 31And his mother and his brothers come, and standing outside, they sent to him, calling him. 32And a crowd was sitting around him, and they say to him, "Look, your mother and your brothers and your sisters are outside seeking you." 33And answering them, he says, "Who is my mother and my brothers?" 34And having looked around in a circle at those sitting around him, he says, "Look, my mother and my brothers! 35For whoever does the will of God, this one is my brother and my sister and mother."
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