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* Jesus went into the synagogue again , and a man with a paralyzed hand was there . * The people watched Jesus closely to see whether he would heal him on the Sabbath , intending to accuse him of doing something wrong . * He said to the man with the paralyzed hand ,“Come forward .” * Then he asked them ,“Is it lawful to do good or to do evil on the Sabbath , to save a life or to kill it ?” But they were silent . * Jesus looked around at them with anger , for he was deeply hurt because of their hardness of heart . Then he said to the man ,“Hold out your hand .” The man held it out , and his hand was restored to health . * Immediately the Pharisees , along with the Herodians , went out and began to plot against him to kill him . * So Jesus retired with his disciples to the sea . A large crowd from Galilee , Judea , * Jerusalem , 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 . * Jesus told his disciples to have a boat ready for him so that the crowd wouldn 't crush him . * For he had healed so many people that all who had diseases kept crowding up against him in order to touch him . * Whenever the unclean spirits saw him , they would fall down in front of him and scream , “You are the Son of God !” * But he sternly ordered them again and again not to tell people who he was . * Then Jesus went up on a hillside and called to him those whom he wanted and they came to him . * He appointed twelve whom he called apostles to accompany him , to be sent out to preach , * and to have the authority to drive out demons . * He appointed these twelve : Simon (to whom he gave the name Peter ); * James , the son of Zebedee ; John , the brother of James (to whom he gave the name Boanerges , that is , Sons of Thunder ); * Andrew ; Philip ; Bartholomew ; Matthew ; Thomas ; James , the son of Alphaeus ; Thaddeus ; Simon the Cananaean ; * and Judas Iscariot , who later betrayed him . * Then he went home . The crowd came together again , so that Jesus and his disciples couldn 't even eat . * When his family heard about it , they went to restrain him . For they kept saying , “He 's out of his mind !” * The scribes who had come down from Jerusalem kept repeating , “He has Beelzebul ,” and “He drives out demons by the ruler of demons .” * So Jesus called them together and began to speak to them in parables .“How can Satan drive out Satan ? * Ifa kingdom is divided against itself , that kingdom cannot stand . * And if a household is divided against itself , that household will not stand . * So if Satan rebels against himself and is divided , he cannot stand . Indeed , his end has come . * No 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 . * TrulyI tell you , people will be forgiven their sins and whatever blasphemies they utter . * But whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit can never have forgiveness , but is guilty of eternal sin .” * For they had been saying , “He has an unclean spirit .” * Then his mother and his brothers arrived . They stood outside and sent word to him and called for him . * A crowd was sitting around him . They said to him , “Look ! Your mother and your brothers are outside asking for you .” * He answered them ,“Who are my mother and my brothers ?” * Then looking at the people sitting around him , he said ,“Here are my mother and my brothers ! * For whoever does the will of God is my brother and sister and mother .”

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