| 1 | And he entered again into the synagogue; and there was there a man having his hand dried up. |
| 2 | And they watched him if he would heal him on the sabbath, that they might accuse him. |
| 3 | And he says to the man who had his hand dried up, Rise up [and come] into the midst. |
| 4 | And he says to them, Is it lawful on the sabbath to do good or to do evil, to save life or to kill? But they were silent. |
| 5 | And looking round upon them with anger, distressed at the hardening of their heart, he says to the man, Stretch out thy hand. And he stretched [it] out, and his hand was restored. |
| 6 | And the Pharisees going out straightway with the Herodians took counsel against him, how they might destroy him. |
| 7 | And Jesus withdrew with his disciples to the sea; and a great multitude from Galilee followed him, and from Judaea, |
| 8 | and from Jerusalem, and from Idumaea and beyond the Jordan; and they of around Tyre and Sidon, a great multitude, having heard what things he did, came to him. |
| 9 | And he spoke to his disciples, in order that a little ship should wait upon him on account of the crowd, that they might not press upon him. |
| 10 | For he healed many, so that they beset him that they might touch him, as many as had plagues. |
| 11 | And the unclean spirits, when they beheld him, fell down before him, and cried saying, *Thou* art the Son of God. |
| 12 | And he rebuked them much, that they might not make him manifest. |
| 13 | And he goes up into the mountain, and calls whom he himself would, and they went to him. |
| 14 | And he appointed twelve that they might be with him, and that he might send them to preach, |
| 15 | and to have power [to heal diseases, and] to cast out demons. |
| 16 | And he gave to Simon the surname of Peter; |
| 17 | and James the [son] of Zebedee, and John the brother of James, and he gave them the surname of Boanerges, that is, Sons of thunder; |
| 18 | and Andrew, and Philip, and Bartholomew, and Matthew, and Thomas, and James the [son] of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus, and Simon the Cananaean, |
| 19 | and Judas Iscariote, who also delivered him up. And they come to [the] house. |
| 20 | And again a crowd comes together, so that they cannot even eat bread. |
| 21 | And his relatives having heard [of it] went out to lay hold on him, for they said, He is out of his mind. |
| 22 | And the scribes who had come down from Jerusalem said, He has Beelzebub, and, By the prince of the demons he casts out demons. |
| 23 | And having called them to [him], he said to them in parables, How can Satan cast out Satan? |
| 24 | And if a kingdom has become divided against itself, that kingdom cannot subsist. |
| 25 | And if a house has become divided against itself, that house cannot subsist. |
| 26 | And if Satan rise up against himself, and is divided, he cannot subsist, but has an end. |
| 27 | But no one can, having entered into his house, plunder the goods of the strong [man] unless he first bind the strong [man], and then he will plunder his house. |
| 28 | Verily I say unto you, that all sins shall be forgiven to the sons of men, and all the injurious speeches [with] which they may speak injuriously; |
| 29 | but whosoever shall speak injuriously against the Holy Spirit, to eternity has no forgiveness; but lies under the guilt of an everlasting sin; |
| 30 | -- because they said, He has an unclean spirit. |
| 31 | And his brethren and his mother come, and standing without sent to him calling him. |
| 32 | And a crowd sat around him. And they said to him, Behold, thy mother and thy brethren seek thee without. |
| 33 | And he answered them, saying, Who is my mother or my brethren? |
| 34 | And looking around in a circuit at those that were sitting around him, he says, Behold my mother and my brethren: |
| 35 | for whosoever shall do the will of God, *he* is my brother, and sister, and mother. |
