1Again he went into a synagogue where there was a man with his hand withered. 2And they kept watching Jesus to see whether he would cure him on the Sabbath; so as to have some charge to bring against him. 3"Stand up," Jesus said to the man with the withered hand, "and come forward." 4Then 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?" 5They 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. 6As soon as they came out, the Pharisees plotted against him with the Herodians, in order to destroy him. 7Then Jesus withdrew to the sea with his disciples; and a great crowd of people from Galilee followed. 8From 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. 9So he directed his disciples to keep a little boat in readiness for him, because of the crowd, to prevent their crushing him. 10For he had healed so many that all the people who had ailments pressed upon him so as to touch him. 11And whenever the unclean spirits beheld him, they threw themselves down at his feet, screaming out, "You are the Son of God." 12But over and over, he strictly forbade them to make him known.¶ 13Then he went up the hillside and called to him those whom he chose, and they came to him. 14Twelve of them whom he also called "Apostles," he appointed to be with him, and also that he might send them out to preach, 15and to have authority to cast out demons. 16There was Simon, whom he surnamed Peter, 17and James(them he surnamed Boanerges, that is, Sons of Thunder), 18and Andrew, and Philip, and Bartholomew, and Matthew, and Thomas, and Jamesthe son of Alphaeus, and Thaddeus, and Simon the Zealot, 19and Judas Iscariot who betrayed him. 20Then he went into a house, but again such a multitude assembled that they could not get their food. 21When his relatives heard of it, they came to take possession of him, for they said, "He is out of his mind."¶ 22The 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." 23So when he had called them to him he spoke to them in parables. "How," said he, "can Satan cast out Satan? 24If a kingdom be divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand; 25if a household be divided against itself, that household cannot stand; 26and if Satan has revolted against himself, and is divided, he cannot stand. Nay, he meets his end! 27"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. 28In solemn truth I tell you that the sons of men shall be forgiven all their sins and all the blasphemies they may utter, 29but he who blasphemes against the Holy Spirit is never forgiven. Nay, he is in the grasp of an eternal sin." 30Because they kept saying, "He has an unclean spirit."¶ 31Then his mother and his brothers came up, and standing outside, they sent a messenger to him to call him. 32Now a crowd was sitting round him and they told him, "See! your mother and your brothers and sisters are outside, wanting to see you." 33"Who are my mother and my brothers?" he replied. 34Then, with a glance at those who were in the circle sitting around him, he added. 35"Here are my mother and my brothers! Whoever does the will of God, that one is my brother and sister and mother."¶