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].

Jesus went into the Jewish place of worship again. A man was there with a dried-up hand.

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].

The proud religious law-keepers watched Jesus to see if He would heal the man on the Day of Rest. They wanted to have something to say against Jesus.

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

Jesus said to the man with the dried-up hand, “Stand up.”

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.

Then Jesus said to the proud religious law-keepers, “Does the Law say to do good on the Day of Rest or to do bad, to save life or to kill?” But they said nothing.

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.

Jesus looked around at them with anger. He was sad because of their hard hearts. Then He said to the man, “Put out your hand.” He put it out and his hand was healed. It was as good as the other.

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 proud religious law-keepers went out and made plans with the followers of King Herod how they might kill Jesus. Jesus Heals by the Sea-Shore

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

Jesus went with His followers to the sea. Many people followed Him from the countries of Galilee and 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.

They followed from Jerusalem and from the country of Idumea. They came from the other side of the Jordan River and from the cities of Tyre and Sidon. Many people heard all that Jesus 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.

He told His followers to have a small boat ready for Him because so many people might push Him down.

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.

He had healed so many that the sick people were pushing in on Him. They were trying to put their hands on 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!

When demons saw Him, they got down at His feet and cried out, “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.

He spoke strong words that the demons should tell no one Who He was. Jesus Calls His Twelve Followers

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.

He went up on a mountain and called those He wanted. They followed Him.

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

He picked out twelve followers to be with Him so He might send them out to preach.

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

They would have the right and the power to heal diseases and to put out demons.

16 S imon, and He surnamed Peter;

Jesus gave Simon another name, Peter.

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

James and John were brothers. They were the sons of Zebedee. He named them Boanerges, which means, The 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,

The others were Andrew, Philip, Bartholomew, Matthew, Thomas, James the son of Alphaeus, Thaddaeus, Simon the Canaanite,

19 A nd Judas Iscariot, he who betrayed Him.

and Judas Iscariot. Judas was the one who handed Jesus over to be killed. The Family of Jesus Holds Him Back

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.

When Jesus came into a house, many people gathered around Him again. Jesus and His followers could not even eat.

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 family heard of it, they went to take Him. They said, “He must be crazy.” A Nation That Cannot Stand

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.

Teachers of the Law came down from Jerusalem. They said, “Jesus has Satan in Him. This Man puts out demons by the king of 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?

Jesus called them to Him and spoke to them in picture-stories. He said, “How can the devil put out the devil?

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

A nation cannot last if it is divided against itself.

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

A family cannot last if it is divided against itself.

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

If the devil fights against himself and is divided, he cannot last. He will come to an end.

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.

No man can go into a strong man’s house and take away his things, unless he ties up the strong man first. Only then can he take things from 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;

For sure, I tell you, all sins will be forgiven people, and bad things they speak against God.

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 if anyone speaks bad things against the Holy Spirit, he will never be forgiven. He is guilty of a sin that lasts forever.”

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

Jesus told them this because they said, “He has a demon.” The New Kind of Family

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

Then His mother and brothers came and stood outside. They sent for Jesus.

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.

Many people were sitting around Him. They said, “See! Your mother and brothers are outside looking for You.”

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

He said to them, “Who is My mother or 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;

He turned to those sitting around Him and said, “See! My mother and My brothers!

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

Whoever does what My Father wants is My brother and My sister and My mother.”