56 lines
3.6 KiB
Markdown
56 lines
3.6 KiB
Markdown
A Man with a Withered Hand
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# Chapter 3
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1. Again he entered the synagogue, and a man was there with a withered hand.
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2. And they watched Jesus, to see whether he would heal him on the Sabbath, so that they might accuse him.
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3. And he said to the man with the withered hand, *"Come here."*
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4. And he said to them, *"Is it lawful on the Sabbath to do good or to do harm, to save life or to kill?"* But they were silent.
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5. And he looked around at them with anger, grieved at their hardness of heart, and said to the man, *"Stretch out your hand."* He stretched it out, and his hand was restored.
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6. The Pharisees went out and immediately held counsel with the Herodians against him, how to destroy him.
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A Great Crowd Follows Jesus
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7. Jesus withdrew with his disciples to the sea, and a great crowd followed, from Galilee and Judea
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8. and Jerusalem and Idumea and from beyond the Jordan and from around Tyre and Sidon. When the great crowd heard all that he was doing, they came to him.
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9. And he told his disciples to have a boat ready for him because of the crowd, lest they crush him,
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10. for he had healed many, so that all who had diseases pressed around him to touch him.
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11. And whenever the unclean spirits saw him, they fell down before him and cried out, "You are the Son of God."
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12. And he strictly ordered them not to make him known.
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The Twelve Apostles
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13. And he went up on the mountain and called to him those whom he desired, and they came to him.
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14. And he appointed twelve (whom he also named apostles) so that they might be with him and he might send them out to preach
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15. and have authority to cast out demons.
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16. He appointed the twelve: Simon (to whom he gave the name Peter);
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17. James the son of Zebedee and John the brother of James (to whom he gave the name Boanerges, that is, Sons of Thunder);
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18. Andrew, and Philip, and Bartholomew, and Matthew, and Thomas, and James the son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus, and Simon the Zealot,
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19. and Judas Iscariot, who betrayed him.
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20. Then he went home, and the crowd gathered again, so that they could not even eat.
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21. And when his family heard it, they went out to seize him, for they were saying, "He is out of his mind."
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Blasphemy Against the Holy Spirit
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22. And the scribes who came down from Jerusalem were saying, "He is possessed by Beelzebul," and "by the prince of demons he casts out the demons."
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23. And he called them to him and said to them in parables, *"How can Satan cast out Satan?*
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24. If a kingdom is divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand.
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25. And if a house is divided against itself, that house will not be able to stand.
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26. And if Satan has risen up against himself and is divided, he cannot stand, but is coming to an end.
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27. But no one can enter a strong man's house and plunder his goods, unless he first binds the strong man. Then indeed he may plunder his house.
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28. "Truly, I say to you, all sins will be forgiven the children of man, and whatever blasphemies they utter,
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29. but whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit never has forgiveness, but is guilty of an eternal sin"--
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30. for they were saying, "He has an unclean spirit."
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Jesus' Mother and Brothers
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31. And his mother and his brothers came, and standing outside they sent to him and called him.
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32. And a crowd was sitting around him, and they said to him, "Your mother and your brothers are outside, seeking you."
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33. And he answered them, *"Who are my mother and my brothers?"*
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34. And looking about at those who sat around him, he said, *"Here are my mother and my brothers!*
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35. For whoever does the will of God, he is my brother and sister and mother."
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