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1Once again Jesus entered the synagogue, and a man with a withered hand was there.

1Jesus went into the synagogue again, and a man with a paralyzed hand was there.

2In order to accuse Jesus, they were watching to see if He would heal on the Sabbath.

2The people watched Jesus closely to see whether he would heal him on the Sabbath, intending to accuse him of doing something wrong.

3Then Jesus said to the man with the withered hand, “Stand up among us.”

3He told the man with the paralyzed hand, "Come forward."

4And He asked them, “Which is lawful on the Sabbath: to do good or to do evil, to save life or to destroy it?” But they were silent.

4Then he asked them, "Is it lawful to do good or to do evil on Sabbath days, to save a life or to destroy it?" But they remained silent.

5Jesus looked around at them with anger and sorrow at their hardness of heart. Then He said to the man, “Stretch out your hand.” So he stretched it out, and it was restored.

5Jesus looked around at them in anger, deeply hurt because of their hard hearts. Then he told the man, "Hold out your hand." The man held it out, and his hand was restored to health.

6At this, the Pharisees went out and began plotting with the Herodians how they might kill Jesus.

6Immediately the Pharisees and Herodians went out and began to plot how to kill him.

7So Jesus withdrew with His disciples to the sea, accompanied by a large crowd from Galilee, Judea,

7So Jesus withdrew with his disciples to the sea. A large crowd from Galilee, Judea,

8Jerusalem, Idumea, the region beyond the Jordan, and the vicinity of Tyre and Sidon. The large crowd came to Him when they heard what great things He was doing.

8Jerusalem, Idumea, from across the Jordan, and from the region around Tyre and Sidon followed him. They came to him because they kept hearing about everything he was doing.

9Jesus asked His disciples to have a boat ready for Him so that the crowd would not crush Him.

9Jesus told his disciples to have a boat ready for him so that the crowd wouldn't crush him,

10For He had healed so many that all who had diseases were pressing forward to touch Him.

10because he had healed so many people that everyone who had diseases kept crowding up against him in order to touch him.

11And when the unclean spirits saw Him, they fell down before Him and cried out, “You are the Son of God!”

11Whenever the unclean spirits saw him, they would fall down in front of him and scream, "You are the Son of God!"

12But He warned them sternly not to make Him known.

12But he sternly ordered them again and again not to tell people who he was.

13Then Jesus went up on the mountain and called for those He wanted, and they came to Him.

13Then Jesus went up on a hillside and called to himself those whom he had decided on, and they approached him.

14He appointed twelve of them, whom He designated as apostles, to accompany Him, to be sent out to preach,

14He appointed the Twelve, whom he called apostles, to accompany him, to be sent out to preach,

15and to have authority to drive out demons.

15and to have the authority to drive out demons.

16These are the twelve He appointed: Simon (whom He named Peter),

16He appointed the Twelve: Simon (whom he named Peter),

17James son of Zebedee and his brother John (whom He named Boanerges, meaning “Sons of Thunder”),

17Zebedee's sons James and his brother John (whom he named Boanerges, that is, Sons of Thunder),

18Andrew, Philip, Bartholomew, Matthew, Thomas, James son of Alphaeus, Thaddaeus, Simon the Zealot,

18Andrew, Philip, Bartholomew, Matthew, Thomas, James son of Alphaeus, Thaddeus, Simon the Cananaean,

19and Judas Iscariot, who betrayed Jesus.

19and Judas Iscariot, who also betrayed him.

20Then Jesus went home, and once again a crowd gathered, so that He and His disciples could not even eat.

20Then he went home. Such a large crowd gathered again that Jesus and his disciples couldn't even eat.

21When His family heard about this, they went out to take custody of Him, saying, “He is out of His mind.”

21When his family heard about it, they went to restrain him, because they kept saying, "He's out of his mind!"

22And the scribes who had come down from Jerusalem were saying, “He is possessed by Beelzebul,” and, “By the prince of the demons He drives out demons.”

22The scribes who had come down from Jerusalem kept repeating, "He has Beelzebul," and, "He drives out demons by the ruler of demons."

23So Jesus called them together and began to speak to them in parables: “How can Satan drive out Satan?

23So Jesus called them together and began to speak to them in parables. "How can Satan drive out Satan?

24If a kingdom is divided against itself, it cannot stand.

24If a kingdom is divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand.

25If a house is divided against itself, it cannot stand.

25And if a household is divided against itself, that household won't stand.

26And if Satan is divided and rises against himself, he cannot stand; his end has come.

26So if Satan rebels against himself and is divided, he cannot stand. Indeed, his end has come.

27Indeed, no one can enter a strong man’s house to steal his possessions unless he first ties up the strong man. Then he can plunder his house.

27No one can go into a strong man's house and carry off his possessions without first tying up the strong man. Then he can ransack his house.

28Truly I tell you, the sons of men will be forgiven all sins and blasphemies, as many as they utter.

28I tell all of you with certainty, people will be forgiven their sins and whatever blasphemies they utter.

29But whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit will never be forgiven; he is guilty of eternal sin.”

29But whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit can never be forgiven, but is guilty of eternal sin."

30Jesus made this statement because they were saying, “He has an unclean spirit.”

30…because they had been saying, "He has an unclean spirit."

31Then Jesus’ mother and brothers came and stood outside. They sent someone in to summon Him,

31Then his mother and his brothers arrived. Milling around outside, they sent for him, continuously summoning him.

32and a crowd was sitting around Him. “Look,” He was told, “Your mother and brothers are outside, asking for You.”

32A crowd was sitting around him. They told him, "Look! Your mother and your brothers are outside asking for you."

33But Jesus replied, “Who are My mother and My brothers?”

33He answered them, "Who are my mother and my brothers?"

34Looking at those seated in a circle around Him, He said, “Here are My mother and My brothers!

34Then looking at the people sitting around him, he said, "Here are my mother and my brothers!

35For whoever does the will of God is My brother and sister and mother.”

35Whoever does the will of God is my brother and sister and mother."

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