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* And he entered again into the synagogue , and there was a man there who had a withered hand . * And they watched him , whether he would heal him on the sabbath day , that they might accuse him . * So he said unto the man who had the withered hand , Stand forth . * And he said unto them , Is it lawful to do good on the sabbath days or to do evil ? to save the person or to kill them ? But they were silent . * And looking round about on them with anger , being grieved for the blindness of their hearts , he said unto the man , Stretch forth thine hand . And he stretched [it ] out and his hand was restored whole as the other . * And as the Pharisees went forth , they took counsel with the Herodians against him , to kill him . * But Jesus withdrew himself with his disciples to the sea , and a great multitude from Galilee followed him , and from Judaea * and from Jerusalem and from Idumaea and [from ] beyond Jordan . And those who dwell around Tyre and Sidon , a great multitude , hearing what great things he did , came unto him . * And he spoke to his disciples that a small ship should wait on him because of the multitude , lest they should throng him . * For he had healed many , insomuch that as many as had plagues pressed upon him to touch him . * And the unclean spirits , when they saw him , fell down before him and cried out , saying , Thou art the Son of God . * And he straitly charged them that they should not make him known . * And he went up to the mountain and called unto himself whom he would , and they came unto him . * And he established twelve , that they should be with him , and that he might send them forth to preach * and to have power to heal sicknesses and to cast out devils : * Simon , whom he gave the name Peter ; * and James the [son ] of Zebedee and John the brother of James , whom he surnamed them Boanerges , which is The sons of thunder ; * and Andrew and Philip and Bartholomew and Matthew and Thomas and James the [son ] of Alphaeus and Thaddaeus and Simon the Canaanite * and Judas Iscariot , who also betrayed him ; and they came home . * And the multitude came together again , so that they could not so much as eat bread . * And when his [friends ] and family heard [of it ], they went out to lay hold on him ; for they said , He is beside himself . * But the scribes who had come down from Jerusalem said that he had Beelzebub and that by the prince of the devils he cast out devils . * And he called them [unto him ] and said unto them in parables , How can Satan cast out Satan ? * If [a ] kingdom is divided against itself , that kingdom cannot remain . * And if [a ] house is divided against itself , that house cannot remain . * And if Satan rises up against himself and is divided , he cannot remain , but has an end . * No 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 . * Verily I say unto you , All sins shall be forgiven unto the sons of men and whatever blasphemies with which they shall blaspheme , * but whosoever shall blaspheme against the Holy Spirit shall never have forgiveness but is obligated to eternal judgment , * because they said , He has an unclean spirit . * There came then his brethren and his mother , and , standing without , sent unto him , calling him . * The multitude was sitting all around him , and they said unto him , Behold , thy mother and thy brothers [and sisters ] seek thee without . * And he answered them , saying , Who is my mother or my brethren ? * And looking round about on those who sat about him , he said , Behold my mother and my brethren ! * For whosoever doeth the will of God , the same is my brother and my sister and my mother .:

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