1 A gain Jesus went into a synagogue, and a man was there who had one withered hand '> as the result of accident or disease].

He entered again into a synagogue; and a man was there whose hand was withered.

2 A nd kept watching Jesus to see whether He would cure him on the Sabbath, so that they might get a charge to bring against Him '> formally].

They were watching Him to see if He would heal him on the Sabbath, so that they might accuse Him.

3 A nd He said to the man who had the withered hand, Get up in the midst.

He said to the man with the withered hand, “ Get up and come forward!”

4 A nd He said to them, Is it lawful and right on the Sabbath to do good or to do evil, to save life or to take it? But they kept silence.

And He said to them, “Is it lawful to do good or to do harm on the Sabbath, to save a life or to kill?” But they kept silent.

5 A nd He glanced around at them with vexation and anger, grieved at the hardening of their hearts, and said to the man, Hold out your hand. He held it out, and his hand was restored.

After looking around at them with anger, grieved at their hardness of heart, He said to the man, “Stretch out your hand.” And he stretched it out, and his hand was restored.

6 T hen the Pharisees went out and immediately held a consultation with the Herodians against Him, how they might put Him to death.

The Pharisees went out and immediately began conspiring with the Herodians against Him, as to how they might destroy Him.

7 A nd Jesus retired with His disciples to the lake, and a great throng from Galilee followed Him. Also from Judea

Jesus withdrew to the sea with His disciples; and a great multitude from Galilee followed; and also from Judea,

8 A nd from Jerusalem and Idumea and from beyond the Jordan and from about Tyre and Sidon—a vast multitude, hearing all the many things that He was doing, came to Him.

and from Jerusalem, and from Idumea, and beyond the Jordan, and the vicinity of Tyre and Sidon, a great number of people heard of all that He was doing and came to Him.

9 A nd He told His disciples to have a little boat in readiness for Him because of the crowd, lest they press hard upon Him and crush Him.

And He told His disciples that a boat should stand ready for Him because of the crowd, so that they would not crowd Him;

10 F or He had healed so many that all who had distressing bodily diseases kept falling upon Him and pressing upon Him in order that they might touch Him.

for He had healed many, with the result that all those who had afflictions pressed around Him in order to touch Him.

11 A nd the spirits, the unclean ones, as often as they might see Him, fell down before Him and kept screaming out, You are the Son of God!

Whenever the unclean spirits saw Him, they would fall down before Him and shout, “You are the Son of God!”

12 A nd He charged them strictly and severely under penalty again and again that they should not make Him known.

And He earnestly warned them not to tell who He was. The Twelve Are Chosen

13 A nd He went up on the hillside and called to Him '> for Himself] those whom He wanted and chose, and they came to Him.

And He went up on the mountain and summoned those whom He Himself wanted, and they came to Him.

14 A nd He appointed twelve to continue to be with Him, and that He might send them out to preach

And He appointed twelve, so that they would be with Him and that He could send them out to preach,

15 A nd to have authority and power to heal the sick and to drive out demons:

and to have authority to cast out the demons.

16 S imon, and He surnamed Peter;

And He appointed the twelve: Simon (to whom He gave the name Peter),

17 J ames son of Zebedee and John the brother of James, and He surnamed them Boanerges, that is, Sons of Thunder;

and James, the son of Zebedee, and John the brother of James (to them He gave the name Boanerges, which means, “Sons of Thunder”);

18 A nd Andrew, and Philip, and Bartholomew (Nathaniel), and Matthew, and Thomas, and James son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus (Judas, not Iscariot), and Simon the Cananaean,

and Andrew, and Philip, and Bartholomew, and Matthew, and Thomas, and James the son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus, and Simon the Zealot;

19 A nd Judas Iscariot, he who betrayed Him.

and Judas Iscariot, who betrayed Him.

20 T hen He went to a house, but a throng came together again, so that Jesus and His disciples could not even take food.

And He came home, and the crowd gathered again, to such an extent that they could not even eat a meal.

21 A nd when those who belonged to Him ( His kinsmen) heard it, they went out to take Him by force, for they kept saying, He is out of His mind (beside Himself, deranged)!

When His own people heard of this, they went out to take custody of Him; for they were saying, “ He has lost His senses.”

22 A nd the scribes who came down from Jerusalem said, He is possessed by Beelzebub, and, By the prince of demons He is casting out demons.

The scribes who came down from Jerusalem were saying, “He is possessed by Beelzebul,” and “ He casts out the demons by the ruler of the demons.”

23 A nd He summoned them to Him and said to them in parables (illustrations or comparisons put beside truths to explain them), How can Satan drive out Satan?

And He called them to Himself and began speaking to them in parables, “How can Satan cast out Satan?

24 A nd if a kingdom is divided and rebelling against itself, that kingdom cannot stand.

If a kingdom is divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand.

25 A nd if a house is divided (split into factions and rebelling) against itself, that house will not be able to last.

If a house is divided against itself, that house will not be able to stand.

26 A nd if Satan has raised an insurrection against himself and is divided, he cannot stand but is coming to an end.

If Satan has risen up against himself and is divided, he cannot stand, but he is finished!

27 B ut no one can go into a strong man’s house and ransack his household goods right and left and seize them as plunder unless he first binds the strong man; then indeed he may plunder his house.

But no one can enter the strong man’s house and plunder his property unless he first binds the strong man, and then he will plunder his house.

28 T ruly and solemnly I say to you, all sins will be forgiven the sons of men, and whatever abusive and blasphemous things they utter;

“ Truly I say to you, all sins shall be forgiven the sons of men, and whatever blasphemies they utter;

29 B ut whoever speaks abusively against or maliciously misrepresents the Holy Spirit can never get forgiveness, but is guilty of and is in the grasp of an everlasting trespass.

but whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit never has forgiveness, but is guilty of an eternal sin” —

30 F or they persisted in saying, He has an unclean spirit.

because they were saying, “He has an unclean spirit.”

31 T hen His mother and His brothers came and, standing outside, they sent word to Him, calling Him.

Then His mother and His brothers arrived, and standing outside they sent word to Him and called Him.

32 A nd a crowd was sitting around Him, and they said to Him, Your mother and Your brothers and Your sisters are outside asking for You.

A crowd was sitting around Him, and they said to Him, “Behold, Your mother and Your brothers are outside looking for You.”

33 A nd He replied, Who are My mother and My brothers?

Answering them, He said, “Who are My mother and My brothers?”

34 A nd looking around on those who sat in a circle about Him, He said, See! Here are My mother and My brothers;

Looking about at those who were sitting around Him, He said, “ Behold My mother and My brothers!

35 F or whoever does the things God wills is My brother and sister and mother!

For whoever does the will of God, he is My brother and sister and mother.”