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1Jesus went into the synagogue again and noticed a man with a deformed hand.

1Jesus went into the synagogue again, and a man with a paralyzed hand was there.

2Since it was the Sabbath, Jesus’ enemies watched him closely. If he healed the man’s hand, they planned to accuse him of working on the Sabbath.

2The people watched Jesus closely to see whether he would heal him on the Sabbath, intending to accuse him of doing something wrong.

3Jesus said to the man with the deformed hand, “Come and stand in front of everyone.”

3He told the man with the paralyzed hand, "Come forward."

4Then he turned to his critics and asked, “Does the law permit good deeds on the Sabbath, or is it a day for doing evil? Is this a day to save life or to destroy it?” But they wouldn’t answer him.

4Then he asked them, "Is it lawful to do good or to do evil on Sabbath days, to save a life or to destroy it?" But they remained silent.

5He looked around at them angrily and was deeply saddened by their hard hearts. Then he said to the man, “Hold out your hand.” So the man held out his hand, and it was restored!

5Jesus looked around at them in anger, deeply hurt because of their hard hearts. Then he told the man, "Hold out your hand." The man held it out, and his hand was restored to health.

6At once the Pharisees went away and met with the supporters of Herod to plot how to kill Jesus. Crowds Follow Jesus

6Immediately the Pharisees and Herodians went out and began to plot how to kill him.

7Jesus went out to the lake with his disciples, and a large crowd followed him. They came from all over Galilee, Judea,

7So Jesus withdrew with his disciples to the sea. A large crowd from Galilee, Judea,

8Jerusalem, Idumea, from east of the Jordan River, and even from as far north as Tyre and Sidon. The news about his miracles had spread far and wide, and vast numbers of people came to see him.

8Jerusalem, Idumea, from across the Jordan, and from the region around Tyre and Sidon followed him. They came to him because they kept hearing about everything he was doing.

9Jesus instructed his disciples to have a boat ready so the crowd would not crush him.

9Jesus told his disciples to have a boat ready for him so that the crowd wouldn't crush him,

10He had healed many people that day, so all the sick people eagerly pushed forward to touch him.

10because he had healed so many people that everyone who had diseases kept crowding up against him in order to touch him.

11And whenever those possessed by evil spirits caught sight of him, the spirits would throw them to the ground in front of him shrieking, “You are the Son of God!”

11Whenever the unclean spirits saw him, they would fall down in front of him and scream, "You are the Son of God!"

12But Jesus sternly commanded the spirits not to reveal who he was. Jesus Chooses the Twelve Apostles

12But he sternly ordered them again and again not to tell people who he was.

13Afterward Jesus went up on a mountain and called out the ones he wanted to go with him. And they came to him.

13Then Jesus went up on a hillside and called to himself those whom he had decided on, and they approached him.

14Then he appointed twelve of them and called them his apostles. They were to accompany him, and he would send them out to preach,

14He appointed the Twelve, whom he called apostles, to accompany him, to be sent out to preach,

15giving them authority to cast out demons.

15and to have the authority to drive out demons.

16These are the twelve he chose: Simon (whom he named Peter),

16He appointed the Twelve: Simon (whom he named Peter),

17James and John (the sons of Zebedee, but Jesus nicknamed them “Sons of Thunder” ),

17Zebedee's sons James and his brother John (whom he named Boanerges, that is, Sons of Thunder),

18Andrew, Philip, Bartholomew, Matthew, Thomas, James (son of Alphaeus), Thaddaeus, Simon (the zealot ),

18Andrew, Philip, Bartholomew, Matthew, Thomas, James son of Alphaeus, Thaddeus, Simon the Cananaean,

19Judas Iscariot (who later betrayed him). Jesus and the Prince of Demons

19and Judas Iscariot, who also betrayed him.

20One time Jesus entered a house, and the crowds began to gather again. Soon he and his disciples couldn’t even find time to eat.

20Then he went home. Such a large crowd gathered again that Jesus and his disciples couldn't even eat.

21When his family heard what was happening, they tried to take him away. “He’s out of his mind,” they said.

21When his family heard about it, they went to restrain him, because they kept saying, "He's out of his mind!"

22But the teachers of religious law who had arrived from Jerusalem said, “He’s possessed by Satan, the prince of demons. That’s where he gets the power to cast out demons.”

22The scribes who had come down from Jerusalem kept repeating, "He has Beelzebul," and, "He drives out demons by the ruler of demons."

23Jesus called them over and responded with an illustration. “How can Satan cast out Satan?” he asked.

23So Jesus called them together and began to speak to them in parables. "How can Satan drive out Satan?

24 “A kingdom divided by civil war will collapse.

24If a kingdom is divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand.

25 Similarly, a family splintered by feuding will fall apart.

25And if a household is divided against itself, that household won't stand.

26 And if Satan is divided and fights against himself, how can he stand? He would never survive.

26So if Satan rebels against himself and is divided, he cannot stand. Indeed, his end has come.

27 Let me illustrate this further. Who is powerful enough to enter the house of a strong man and plunder his goods? Only someone even stronger—someone who could tie him up and then plunder his house.

27No one can go into a strong man's house and carry off his possessions without first tying up the strong man. Then he can ransack his house.

28 “I tell you the truth, all sin and blasphemy can be forgiven,

28I tell all of you with certainty, people will be forgiven their sins and whatever blasphemies they utter.

29 but anyone who blasphemes the Holy Spirit will never be forgiven. This is a sin with eternal consequences.”

29But whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit can never be forgiven, but is guilty of eternal sin."

30He told them this because they were saying, “He’s possessed by an evil spirit.” The True Family of Jesus

30…because they had been saying, "He has an unclean spirit."

31Then Jesus’ mother and brothers came to see him. They stood outside and sent word for him to come out and talk with them.

31Then his mother and his brothers arrived. Milling around outside, they sent for him, continuously summoning him.

32There was a crowd sitting around Jesus, and someone said, “Your mother and your brothers are outside asking for you.”

32A crowd was sitting around him. They told him, "Look! Your mother and your brothers are outside asking for you."

33Jesus replied, “Who is my mother? Who are my brothers?”

33He answered them, "Who are my mother and my brothers?"

34Then he looked at those around him and said, “Look, these are my mother and brothers.

34Then looking at the people sitting around him, he said, "Here are my mother and my brothers!

35 Anyone who does God’s will is my brother and sister and mother.”

35Whoever does the will of God is my brother and sister and mother."

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