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And He entered again into the synagogue, and there was a man there who had a withered hand.
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And they watched· Him ·closely, whether He would cure him on the Sabbaths, that they might accuse Him.
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And He says to the man who had the withered hand, Arise in the midst.
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And He says to them, Is it permitted▵ to do good on the Sabbaths or to do··evil? To save a soul or to kill? But◦ they were silent.
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And looking··around··at them with anger, being with sorrow at the hardness of their hearts, He says to the man, Stretch out thy hand. And he stretched it out; and his hand was restored, well like the other.
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And the Pharisees came··forth straightway and took counsel with the Herodians against Him, so··that they might destroy Him.
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And Jesus departed with His disciples to the sea; and a multitude of many from Galilee followed Him, and from Judea,
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and from Jerusalem, and from Idumea, and from across the Jordan; and those around Tyre and Sidon, a numerous multitude, having heard how many things He did, came to Him.
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And He said◦ to His disciples that◦ a boat should wait··on◦ Him on··account··of the crowd, lest◦ they should throng Him;
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for He had cured many, insomuch that they fell··upon Him to touch Him, as many as had scourges.
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And the unclean spirits, when they beheld Him, fell··before Him, and cried out, saying, Thou art the Son of God!
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And He rebuked them much that· they should ·not◦ make Him manifest.
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And He goes··up into the mountain, and calls··to Himself* whom He willed, and they came··away to Him.
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And He made* twelve, that◦ they might be with Him, and that◦ He might send· them ·out to preach,
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and to have authority to cure diseases, and to cast··out demons.
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And He put··on Simon the name Peter;
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and James the son of Zebedee and John the brother of James, and He put··on them the names Boanerges, which is, the sons of thunder;
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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 Kananite*.
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and Judas Iscariot, who also betrayed Him. And they went into a house.
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And a crowd comes together again, so that they could not◦ even eat bread.
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And when those with◦ Him heard of it, they came··out to take··hold of Him, for◦ they said, He is··stupefied.
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And the scribes who came··down from Jerusalem said, He has Beelzebub*; and, By the prince of the demons He casts out demons.
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And calling them, He said to them in parables, How can Satan cast out Satan?
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And if a kingdom be divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand.
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And if a house be divided against itself, that house cannot stand.
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And if Satan stand··up against◦ himself and be divided, he cannot stand, but has an end.
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No one having entered into the house of a strong one can plunder his vessels, unless he first bind the strong one, and then he will plunder his house.
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Amen I say to you, All sins shall be forgiven* to the sons of men, and blasphemies, whatever they shall blaspheme,
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but◦ whoever◦ shall blaspheme against▵ the Holy Spirit does not have forgiveness to◦ eternity, but is subject to eternal judgment;
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because they said, He has an unclean spirit.
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Then◦ came His brothers and mother and, standing outside, they sent◦ to Him, calling◦ Him.
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And the crowd sat around Him; and◦ they said◦ to Him, Behold◦, Thy mother and Thy brothers outside seek Thee.
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And He answered them saying, Who is My mother, or My brothers?
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And looking all··around◦ at those who sat around Him, He says, See◦, My mother and My brothers!
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For whoever shall do the will of God, this is My brother, and My sister, and mother.
