03:01 .. he entered again into a synagogue .. and a man was there whose hand was withered 03:02 .. they were watching him to see if he would heal him on the Sabbath .. so that they might accuse him 03:03 .. he said to the man with the withered hand . . . get up and come forward 03:04 .. 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 03:05 .. 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 03:06 .. the Pharisees went out and immediately began conspiring with the Herodians against him .. .......... as to how they might destroy him
03:07 .. Jesus withdrew to the sea with his disciples .. and a great multitude from Galilee followed .. and also from Judea 03:08 .. 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 03:09 .. and he told his disciples that a boat should stand ready for him because of the crowd .. so that they would not crowd him 03:10 .. for he had healed many .. with the result that all those who had afflictions pressed around him in order to touch him 03:11 .. whenever the unclean spirits saw him .. they would fall down before him and shout . . . you are the Son of God 03:12 .. and he earnestly warned them not to tell who he was
..................the twelve are chosen
03:13 .. and he went up on the mountain and summoned those whom he himself wanted .. and they came to him 03:14 .. and he appointed twelve .. so that they would be with him and that he could send them out to preach 03:15 .. and to have authority to cast out the demons 03:16 .. and he appointed the twelve . . . Simon (to whom he gave the name Peter) 03:17 .. and James .. the son of Zebedee .. and John the brother of James (to them he gave the name Boanerges .. .......... which means .. Sons of Thunder) 03:18 .. and Andrew .. and Philip .. and Bartholomew .. and Matthew .. and Thomas .. and James the son of Alphaeus .. .......... and Thaddaeus .. and Simon the Zealot 03:19 .. and Judas Iscariot .. who betrayed him
03:20 .. and he came home .. and the crowd gathered again .. to such an extent that they could not even eat a meal 03:21 .. when his own people heard of this .. they went out to take custody of him .. for they were saying . . . he has lost his senses 03:22 .. 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 03:23 .. and he called them to himself and began speaking to them in parables . . . how can Satan cast out Satan 03:24 .. If a kingdom is divided against itself .. that kingdom cannot stand 03:25 .. If a house is divided against itself .. that house will not be able to stand 03:26 .. If Satan has risen up against himself and is divided .. he cannot stand .. but he is finished 03:27 .. 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 03:28 .. truly I say to you . . . all sins shall be forgiven the sons of men .. and whatever blasphemies they utter 03:29 .. but whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit never has forgiveness .. but is guilty of an eternal sin 03:30 .. because they were saying . . . he has an unclean spirit 03:31 .. then his mother and his brothers arrived .. and standing outside they sent word to him and called him 03:32 .. a crowd was sitting around him .. and they said to him . . . behold .. your mother and your brothers are outside looking for you 03:33 .. answering them .. he said . . . who are my mother and my brothers 03:34 .. looking about at those who were sitting around him .. he said . . . behold my mother and my brothers 03:35 .. for whoever does the will of God . . . he is my brother and sister and mother
Those who are bound by disease and evil spirits are the special object of Jesus’ compassion and may find complete deliverance in him .. do they but stretch out the hand of faith toward him .. those are obstinate indeed in their unbelief .. who set themselves against being convinced of the power of Christ by trying to explain it away .. or attributing it to the devil .. all such are sinning against their last remedy . . . blaspheming the Holy Ghost is attributing to the devil the work which Christ did by the power of the Holy Ghost .. many of those who reviled Christ on the cross found mercy and Christ himself prayed for them .. but to blaspheme the Holy Ghost is unpardonable