60 lines
3.5 KiB
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60 lines
3.5 KiB
Markdown
# Chapter 3
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1. Jesus entered the synagogue again, and a man was there who had a shriveled hand.
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2. In order to accuse him, they were watching him closely to see whether he would heal him on the Sabbath.
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3. He told the man with the shriveled hand, *"Stand before us."*
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4. Then he said to them, *"Is it lawful to do good on the Sabbath or to do evil, to save life or to kill?"* But they were silent.
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5. After looking around at them with anger, he was grieved at the hardness of their hearts and told the man, *"Stretch out your hand."* So he stretched it out, and his hand was restored.
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6. Immediately the Pharisees went out and started plotting with the Herodians against him, how they might kill him.
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Ministering to the Multitude
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7. Jesus departed with his disciples to the sea, and a large crowd followed from Galilee, and a large crowd followed from Judea,
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8. Jerusalem, Idumea, beyond the Jordan, and around Tyre and Sidon. The large crowd came to him because they heard about everything he was doing.
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9. Then he told his disciples to have a small boat ready for him, so that the crowd wouldn't crush him.
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10. Since he had healed many, all who had diseases were pressing toward him to touch him.
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11. 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 would strongly warn them not to make him known.
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The Twelve Apostles
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13. Jesus went up the mountain and summoned those he wanted, and they came to him.
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14. He appointed twelve, whom he also named apostles, to be with him, to send them out to preach,
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15. and to have authority to drive out demons.
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16. He appointed the Twelve: To Simon, he gave the name Peter;
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17. and to James the son of Zebedee, and to his brother John, he gave the name "Boanerges" (that is, "Sons of Thunder");
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18. Andrew; Philip and Bartholomew; Matthew and Thomas; James the son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus; Simon the Zealot,
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19. and Judas Iscariot, who also betrayed him.
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A House Divided
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20. Jesus entered a house, and the crowd gathered again so that they were not even able to eat.
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21. When his family heard this, they set out to restrain him, because they said, "He's out of his mind."
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22. The scribes who had come down from Jerusalem said, "He is possessed by Beelzebul," and, "He drives out demons by the ruler of the demons."
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23. So he summoned them and spoke to them in parables: *"How can Satan drive out Satan?*
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24. *If a kingdom is divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand.*
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25. *If a house is divided against itself, that house cannot stand.*
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26. *And if Satan opposes himself and is divided, he cannot stand but is finished.*
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27. *But no one can enter a strong man's house and plunder his possessions unless he first ties up the strong man. Then he can plunder his house.*
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28. *"Truly I tell you, people will be forgiven for all sins 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. because they were saying, "He has an unclean spirit."
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True Relationships
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31. His mother and his brothers came, and standing outside, they sent word to him and called him.
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32. A crowd was sitting around him and told him, "Look, your mother, your brothers, and your sisters are outside asking for you."
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33. He replied to them, *"Who are my mother and my brothers?"*
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34. Looking at those sitting in a circle around him, he said, *"Here are my mother and my brothers!*
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35. *Whoever does the will of God is my brother and sister and mother."*
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