012:009 Departing thence He went to their synagogue, 012:010 where there was a man with a shrivelled arm. And they questioned Him, "Is it right to cure people on the Sabbath?" Their intention was to bring a charge against Him. 012:011 "Which of you is there," He replied, "who, if he has but a single sheep and it falls into a hole on the Sabbath, will not lay hold of it and lift it out? 012:012 Is not a man, however, far superior to a sheep? Therefore it is right to do good on the Sabbath." 012:013 Then He said to the man, "Stretch out your arm." And he stretched it out, and it was restored quite sound like the other. 012:014 But the Pharisees after leaving the synagogue consulted together against Him, how they might destroy Him. 012:015 Aware of this, Jesus departed elsewhere; and a great number of people followed Him, all of whom He cured. 012:016 But He gave them strict injunctions not to blaze abroad His doings, 012:017 that those words of the Prophet Isaiah might be fulfilled, 012:018 "This is My servant whom I have chosen, My dearly loved One in whom My soul takes pleasure. I will put My spirit upon Him, and He will announce justice to the nations. 012:019 He will not wrangle or raise His voice, nor will His voice be heard in the broadways. 012:020 A crushed reed He will not utterly break, nor will He quench the still smouldering wick, until He has led on Justice to victory. 012:021 And on His name shall the nations rest their hopes." 012:022 At that time a demoniac was brought to Him, blind and dumb; and He cured him, so that the dumb man could speak and see. 012:023 And the crowds of people were all filled with amazement and said, "Can this be the Son of David?" 012:024 The Pharisees heard it and said, "This man only expels demons by the power of Baal-zebul, the Prince of demons." 012:025 Knowing their thoughts He said to them, "Every kingdom in which civil war has raged suffers desolation; and every city or house in which there is internal strife will be brought low. 012:026 And if Satan is expelling Satan, he has begun to make war on himself: how therefore shall his kingdom last? 012:027 And if it is by Baal-zebul's power that I expel the demons, by whose power do your disciples expel them? They therefore shall be your judges. 012:028 But if it is by the power of the Spirit of God that I expel the demons, it is evident that the Kingdom of God has come upon you. 012:029 Again, how can any one enter the house of a strong man and carry off his goods, unless first of all he masters and secures the strong man: then he will ransack his house. 012:030 "The man who is not with me is against me, and he who is not gathering with me is scattering abroad.