1 And he entered again into the synagogue; and there was there a man having his hand dried up.2 And they watched him if he would heal him on the sabbath, that they might accuse him.3 And he says to the man who had his hand dried up, Rise up {and come} into the midst.4 And he says to them, Is it lawful on the sabbath to do good or to do evil, to save life or to kill? But they were silent.5 And looking round upon them with anger, distressed at the hardening of their heart, he says to the man, Stretch out thy hand. And he stretched {it} out, and his hand was restored.6 And the Pharisees going out straightway with the Herodians took counsel against him, how they might destroy him.7 And Jesus withdrew with his disciples to the sea; and a great multitude from Galilee followed him, and from Judaea,8 and from Jerusalem, and from Idumaea and beyond the Jordan; and they of around Tyre and Sidon, a great multitude, having heard what things he did, came to him.9 And he spoke to his disciples, in order that a little ship should wait upon him on account of the crowd, that they might not press upon him.10 For he healed many, so that they beset him that they might touch him, as many as had plagues.11 And the unclean spirits, when they beheld him, fell down before him, and cried saying, *Thou* art the Son of God.12 And he rebuked them much, that they might not make him manifest.13 And he goes up into the mountain, and calls whom he himself would, and they went to him.14 And he appointed twelve that they might be with him, and that he might send them to preach,15 and to have power {to heal diseases, and} to cast out demons.16 And he gave to Simon the surname of Peter;17 and James the {son} of Zebedee, and John the brother of James, and he gave them the surname of Boanerges, that is, Sons of thunder;18 and Andrew, and Philip, and Bartholomew, and Matthew, and Thomas, and James the {son} of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus, and Simon the Cananaean,19 and Judas Iscariote, who also delivered him up. And they come to {the} house.20 And again a crowd comes together, so that they cannot even eat bread.21 And his relatives having heard {of it} went out to lay hold on him, for they said, He is out of his mind.22 And the scribes who had come down from Jerusalem said, He has Beelzebub, and, By the prince of the demons he casts out demons.23 And having called them to {him}, he said to them in parables, How can Satan cast out Satan?24 And if a kingdom has become divided against itself, that kingdom cannot subsist.25 And if a house has become divided against itself, that house cannot subsist.26 And if Satan rise up against himself, and is divided, he cannot subsist, but has an end.27 But no one can, having entered into his house, plunder the goods of the strong {man} unless he first bind the strong {man}, and then he will plunder his house.28 Verily I say unto you, that all sins shall be forgiven to the sons of men, and all the injurious speeches {with} which they may speak injuriously;29 but whosoever shall speak injuriously against the Holy Spirit, to eternity has no forgiveness; but lies under the guilt of an everlasting sin;30 -because they said, He has an unclean spirit.31 And his brethren and his mother come, and standing without sent to him calling him.32 And a crowd sat around him. And they said to him, Behold, thy mother and thy brethren seek thee without.33 And he answered them, saying, Who is my mother or my brethren?34 And looking around in a circuit at those that were sitting around him, he says, Behold my mother and my brethren:35 for whosoever shall do the will of God, *he* is my brother, and sister, and mother.

1 En Hy het weer in die sinagoge gegaan, en d r was 'n man met 'n verdorde hand.2 En hulle het Hom in die oog gehou, of Hy hom op die sabbat gesond sou maak, sodat hulle Hom kon aanklae.3 En Hy sê vir die man met die verdorde hand: Staan op in hul midde.4 Daarop sê Hy vir hulle: Is dit geoorloof om op die sabbat goed of kwaad te doen, 'n lewe te red of dood te maak? Maar hulle het stilgebly.5 En nadat Hy hulle rondom met toorn aangekyk het en tegelykertyd bedroef was oor die hardheid van hulle hart, sê Hy vir die man: Steek jou hand uit! En hy het dit uitgesteek, en sy hand is herstel, gesond soos die ander een.6 Toe gaan die Fariseërs uit en hou dadelik raad met die Herodiane teen Hom, sodat hulle Hom sou kan ombring.7 En Jesus het met sy dissipels teruggegaan na die see toe, en 'n groot menigte het Hom gevolg uit Galil,a en Jud,a8 en Jerusalem en Idum,a en van oorkant die Jordaan af. En die wat om Tirus en Sidon gewoon het, 'n groot menigte, het na Hom gekom toe hulle hoor wat Hy alles doen.9 En Hy het aan sy dissipels gesê dat 'n skuitjie altyd vir Hom moes klaar lê vanweë die skare, sodat hulle Hom nie miskien sou verdring nie.10 Want Hy het baie gesond gemaak, sodat almal wat vol kwale was, op Hom toegeloop het om Hom aan te raak.11 En elke keer as die onreine geeste Hom sien, het hulle voor Hom neergeval en geskreeu en gesê: U is die Seun van God!12 En Hy het hulle herhaaldelik streng gebied om Hom nie bekend te maak nie.13 En Hy het op die berg geklim en na Hom geroep die wat Hy wou hê, en hulle het na Hom gekom.14 En Hy het twaalf aangestel, sodat hulle saam met Hom kon wees en Hy hulle kon uitstuur om te preek15 en mag te hê om siektes te genees en die duiwels uit te dryf.16 En aan Simon het Hy die bynaam Petrus gegee;17 en verder Jakobus, die seun van Sebed,s, en Johannes, die broer van Jakobus -- aan hulle het Hy die bynaam Boan,rges gegee, dit is, seuns van die donder --18 en Andr,as en Filippus, en Bartholom,s en Matth,s, en Thomas en Jakobus, die seun van Alf,s, en Thadd,s en Simon Kanan¡tes,19 en Judas Isk riot, hy wat Hom verraai het.20 En hulle het in 'n huis gegaan, en 'n skare het weer saamgekom, sodat hulle selfs nie brood kon eet nie.21 Toe sy mense dit hoor, gaan hulle uit om Hom in die hande te kry; want hulle het gesê: Hy is buite sy sinne.22 En die skrifgeleerdes wat van Jerusalem af gekom het, het gesê: Hy het Beëlsebul! en: Deur die owerste van die duiwels dryf Hy die duiwels uit.23 En Hy het hulle na Hom geroep en vir hulle deur gelykenisse gesê: Hoe kan die Satan die Satan uitdryf?24 En as 'n koninkryk teen homself verdeeld is, kan daardie koninkryk nie bly staan nie;25 en as 'n huis teen homself verdeeld is, kan daardie huis nie bly staan nie;26 en as die Satan teen homself opstaan en verdeeld is, kan hy nie bly staan nie, maar hy kom tot 'n einde.27 Niemand kan in die huis van 'n sterk man ingaan en sy goed roof as hy nie eers die sterk man boei nie; en dan sal hy sy huis berowe.28 Voorwaar Ek sê vir julle, al die sondes sal die mensekinders vergewe word en al die lasteringe wat hulle mag uitgespreek het;29 maar wie teen die Heilige Gees gelaster het, het geen vergifnis tot in ewigheid nie, maar is skuldig aan die ewige oordeel --30 omdat hulle gesê het: Hy het 'n onreine gees.31 Sy broers en sy moeder het toe gekom, en terwyl hulle buite staan, stuur hulle na Hom om Hom te roep.32 En 'n skare het rondom Hom gesit. Hulle sê toe vir Hom: U moeder en u broers soek U daarbuite.33 En Hy antwoord hulle en sê: Wie is my moeder of my broers?34 En Hy kyk rond na die wat rondom Hom sit, en sê: D r is my moeder en my broers!35 Want elkeen wat die wil van God doen, die is my broer en my suster en moeder.