Chapter 3
1And he entered again into the synagogue; and there was a man there which had a
withered hand.
2And they watched him, whether he would heal him on the sabbath day; that they
might accuse him.
3And he saith unto the man which had the withered hand, Stand forth.
4And
he saith unto them, Is it lawful to do good on the sabbath days, or to
do evil?
to save life, or to kill? But they held their peace.
5And
when he had looked round about on them with anger, being grieved for
the
hardness of their hearts, he saith unto the man, Stretch forth thine
hand. And he
stretched it out: and his hand was restored whole as the other.
6And the Pharisees went forth, and straightway took counsel with the Herodians
against him, how they might destroy him.
7But Jesus withdrew himself with his disciples to the sea: and a great multitude
from Galilee followed him, and from Judaea,
8And
from Jerusalem, and from Idumaea, and from beyond Jordan; and they
about
Tyre and Sidon, a great multitude, when they had heard what great
things he did,
came unto him.
9And he spake to his disciples, that a small ship should wait on him because of the
multitude, lest they should throng him.
10For he had healed many; insomuch that they pressed upon him for to touch him,
as many as had plagues.
11And unclean spirits, when they saw him, fell down before him, and cried, saying,
Thou art the Son of God.
12And he straitly charged them that they should not make him known.
13And he goeth up into a mountain, and calleth unto him whom he would: and they
came unto him.
14And he ordained twelve, that they should be with him, and that he might send
them forth to preach,
15And to have power to heal sicknesses, and to cast out devils:
16And Simon he surnamed Peter;
17And James the son of Zebedee, and John the brother of James; and he surnamed
them Boanerges, which is, The sons of thunder:
18And
Andrew, and Philip, and Bartholomew, and Matthew, and Thomas, and James
the son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus, and Simon the Canaanite,
19And Judas Iscariot, which also betrayed him: and they went into an house.
20And the multitude cometh together again, so that they could not so much as eat
bread.
21And when his friends heard of it, they went out to lay hold on him: for they said,
He is beside himself.
22And the scribes which came down from Jerusalem said, He hath Beelzebub, and
by the prince of the devils casteth he out devils.
23And he called them unto him, and said unto them in parables, How can Satan
cast out Satan?
24And if a kingdom be divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand.
25And if a house be divided against itself, that house cannot stand.
26And if Satan rise up against himself, and be divided, he cannot stand, but hath an
end.
27No
man can enter into a strong man's house, and spoil his goods, except he
will
first bind the strong man; and then he will spoil his house.
28Verily I say unto you, All sins shall be forgiven unto the sons of men, and
blasphemies wherewith soever they shall blaspheme:
29But he that shall blaspheme against the Holy Ghost hath never forgiveness, but is
in danger of eternal damnation.
30Because they said, He hath an unclean spirit.
31There came then his brethren and his mother, and, standing without, sent unto
him, calling him.
32And the multitude sat about him, and they said unto him, Behold, thy mother and
thy brethren without seek for thee.
33And he answered them, saying, Who is my mother, or my brethren?
34And he looked round about on them which sat about him, and said, Behold my
mother and my brethren!
35For whosoever shall do the will of God, the same is my brother, and my sister,
and mother.
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