Mark
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- Another time he went into the synagogue,
and a man with a shriveled hand was there.
- Some of them were looking for a reason to
accuse Jesus, so they watched him closely to see if he would heal him on the
Sabbath.
- Jesus said to the man with the shriveled
hand, "Stand up in front of everyone."
- Then Jesus asked them, "Which is lawful
on the Sabbath: to do good or to do evil, to save life or to kill?" But
they remained silent.
- He looked around at them in anger and, deeply
distressed at their stubborn hearts, said to the man, "Stretch out your
hand." He stretched it out, and his hand was completely restored.
- Then the Pharisees went out and began to
plot with the Herodians how they might kill Jesus.
- Jesus withdrew with his disciples to the
lake, and a large crowd from Galilee followed.
- When they heard all he was doing, many people
came to him from Judea, Jerusalem, Idumea, and the regions across the Jordan
and around Tyre and Sidon.
- Because of the crowd he told his disciples
to have a small boat ready for him, to keep the people from crowding him.
- For he had healed many, so that those with
diseases were pushing forward to touch him.
- Whenever the evil spirits saw him, they
fell down before him and cried out, "You are the Son of God."
- But he gave them strict orders not to tell
who he was.
- Jesus went up on a mountainside and called
to him those he wanted, and they came to him.
- He appointed twelve--designating them apostles--that
they might be with him and that he might send them out to preach
- and to have authority to drive out demons.
- These are the twelve he appointed: Simon
(to whom he gave the name Peter);
- James son of Zebedee and his brother John
(to them he gave the name Boanerges, which means Sons of Thunder);
- Andrew, Philip, Bartholomew, Matthew, Thomas,
James son of Alphaeus, Thaddaeus, Simon the Zealot
- and Judas Iscariot, who betrayed him.
- Then Jesus entered a house, and again a
crowd gathered, so that he and his disciples were not even able to eat.
- When his family heard about this, they went
to take charge of him, for they said, "He is out of his mind."
- And the teachers of the law who came down
from Jerusalem said, "He is possessed by Beelzebub! By the prince of
demons he is driving out demons."
- So Jesus called them and spoke to them in
parables: "How can Satan drive out Satan?
- If a kingdom is divided against itself,
that kingdom cannot stand.
- If a house is divided against itself, that
house cannot stand.
- And if Satan opposes himself and is divided,
he cannot stand; his end has come.
- In fact, no one can enter a strong man's
house and carry off his possessions unless he first ties up the strong man.
Then he can rob his house.
- I tell you the truth, all the sins and blasphemies
of men will be forgiven them.
- But whoever blasphemes against the Holy
Spirit will never be forgiven; he is guilty of an eternal sin."
- He said this because they were saying, "He
has an evil spirit."
- Then Jesus' mother and brothers arrived.
Standing outside, they sent someone in to call him.
- A crowd was sitting around him, and they
told him, "Your mother and brothers are outside looking for you."
- "Who are my mother and my brothers?"
he asked.
- Then he looked at those seated in a circle
around him and said, "Here are my mother and my brothers!
- Whoever does God's will is my brother and
sister and mother."
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