Then he asked them. "Is it lawful to do good on the Sabbath Day, or to do harm? to save a life, or to destroy it?"

but he who blasphemes against the Holy Spirit is never forgiven. Nay, he is in the grasp of an eternal sin."

Again he went into a synagogue where there was a man with his hand withered.

Then he went up the hillside and called to him those whom he chose, and they came to him.

Then his mother and his brothers came up, and standing outside, they sent a messenger to him to call him.

The Scribes also who had come down from Jerusalem, said, "He is Beelzebub," and, "He casts out demons by the power of the Prince of the demons."

Twelve of them whom he also called "Apostles," he appointed to be with him, and also that he might send them out to preach,

As soon as they came out, the Pharisees plotted against him with the Herodians, in order to destroy him.

From Judea, too, and Jerusalem, and Idumea, and from beyond Jordan, and from the district of Tyre and Sidon, they came to him a vast multitude, because they heard what he was doing.

So he directed his disciples to keep a little boat in readiness for him, because of the crowd, to prevent their crushing him.

And whenever the unclean spirits beheld him, they threw themselves down at his feet, screaming out, "You are the Son of God."

But over and over, he strictly forbade them to make him known.

For he had healed so many that all the people who had ailments pressed upon him so as to touch him.

And they kept watching Jesus to see whether he would cure him on the Sabbath; so as to have some charge to bring against him.

and Judas Iscariot who betrayed him.

"Indeed, no one can enter the strong man's house and carry off his property without first binding the strong man; then he can plunder his house.

and to have authority to cast out demons.

So when he had called them to him he spoke to them in parables. "How," said he, "can Satan cast out Satan?

"Stand up," Jesus said to the man with the withered hand, "and come forward."

if a household be divided against itself, that household cannot stand;

Because they kept saying, "He has an unclean spirit."

and if Satan has revolted against himself, and is divided, he cannot stand. Nay, he meets his end!

If a kingdom be divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand;

They were silent. Then looking around upon them with anger, and deeply grieved by the hardening of their hearts, he said to the man, "Stretch out your hand!" He stretched it out, and the hand was at once completely restored.

There was Simon, whom he surnamed Peter,

Then Jesus withdrew to the sea with his disciples; and a great crowd of people from Galilee followed.

In solemn truth I tell you that the sons of men shall be forgiven all their sins and all the blasphemies they may utter,

Then he went into a house, but again such a multitude assembled that they could not get their food.

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

"Here are my mother and my brothers! Whoever does the will of God, that one is my brother and sister and mother."

When his relatives heard of it, they came to take possession of him, for they said, "He is out of his mind."

and James(them he surnamed Boanerges, that is, Sons of Thunder),

Now a crowd was sitting round him and they told him, "See! your mother and your brothers and sisters are outside, wanting to see you."

"Who are my mother and my brothers?" he replied.

Then, with a glance at those who were in the circle sitting around him, he added.