anger, grieved at the hardness of their hearts, and said to the man,
"Stretch out your hand." He stretched it out, and his hand was restored. 6
Then the Pharisees went out and immediately plotted with the Herodians
against him, how they might destroy him.
7 Jesus withdrew with his disciples to the sea, and a great
multitude from Galilee followed; also from Judea 8 and Jerusalem and
Idumea and beyond the Jordan and from around Tyre and Sidon, a great
multitude, when they heard how many things he was doing, came to him.
9 And he told his disciples to have a small boat ready for him because of
the crowd, lest they should crush him. 10 For he had healed many, so that
all who had diseases pressed upon him to touch him. 11 And whenever
the unclean spirits saw him, they fell down before him and cried out,
"You are the Son of God." 12 But he strictly ordered them not to make
him known.
13 And he went up on the mountain, and called to him those he
himself wanted. And they came to him. 14 Then he appointed twelve, that
they might be with him and that he might send them out to preach, 15 and
to have authority to cast out the demons: 16 Simon, to whom he gave the
name Peter; 17 James the son of Zebedee and John the brother of James,
to whom he gave the name Boanerges, that is, "Sons of Thunder"; 18
Andrew, Philip, Bartholomew, Matthew, Thomas, James the son of
Alphaeus, Thaddaeus, Simon the Zealot; 19 and Judas Iscariot, who
betrayed him.
20 Then he went home; and the crowd came together again, so
that they could not even eat. 21 When his family heard about this, they
went to take charge of him, for they said, "He is out of his mind." 22 And
the scribes who came down from Jerusalem said, "He is possessed by
Beelzebub, and by the prince of demons he casts out the demons." 23 So
he called them to himself and said to them in parables: "How can Satan
cast out Satan? 24 If a kingdom is divided against itself, that kingdom
cannot stand. 25 And if a house is divided against itself, that house
cannot stand. 26 And if Satan has risen up against himself, and is divided,
he cannot stand, but is coming to an end. 27 No one can enter a strong
man's house and plunder his goods, unless he first binds the strong man.
And then he will plunder his house. 28 Truly, I say to you, all sins will be
forgiven the sons of men, and whatever blasphemies they utter; 29 but
whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit never has forgiveness, but is
guilty of an eternal sin"ó30 because they said, "He has an unclean
spirit."
31 Then his brothers and his mother came. And standing outside
they sent to him, and called him. 32 And a crowd was sitting around him;
and they said to him, "Your mother and your brothers are outside, asking
for you." 33 And he replied, "Who are my mother and my brothers?" 34
And he looked at those who sat in a circle around him, and said, "Here
are my mother and my brothers! 35 Whoever does the will of God is my
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