1 He entered again into the synagogue, and there was a man there whose hand was withered. 2 They watched him, whether he would heal him on the Sabbath day, that they might accuse him. 3 He said to the man whose hand was withered, "Stand up." 4 He said to them, "Is it lawful on the Sabbath day to do good or to do harm? To save a life or to kill?" But they were silent. 5 When he had looked around at them with anger, being grieved at the hardening of their hearts, he said to the man, "Stretch out your hand." He stretched it out, and his hand was restored as healthy as the other. 6 The Pharisees went out, and immediately conspired with the Herodians against him, how they might destroy him.

7 Jesus withdrew to the sea with his disciples; and a great multitude followed him from Galilee, from Judea, 8 from Jerusalem, from Idumaea, beyond the Jordan, and those from around Tyre and Sidon. A great multitude, hearing what great things he did, came to him. 9 He spoke to his disciples that a little boat should stay near him because of the crowd, so that they wouldn’t press on him. 10 For he had healed many, so that as many as had diseases pressed on him that they might touch him. 11 The unclean spirits, whenever they saw him, fell down before him and cried, "You are the Son of God!" 12 He sternly warned them that they should not make him known.

13 He went up into the mountain and called to himself those whom he wanted, and they went to him. 14 He appointed twelve, that they might be with him, and that he might send them out to preach 15 and to have authority to heal sicknesses and to cast out demons: 16 Simon (to whom he gave the name Peter); 17 James the son of Zebedee; and John, the brother of James, (whom he called Boanerges, which means, Sons of Thunder); 18 Andrew; Philip; Bartholomew; Matthew; Thomas; James, the son of Alphaeus; Thaddaeus; Simon the Zealot; 19 and Judas Iscariot, who also betrayed him.

Then he came into a house. 20 The multitude came together again, so that they could not so much as eat bread. 21 When his friends heard it, they went out to seize him; for they said, "He is insane." 22 The scribes who came down from Jerusalem said, "He has Beelzebul," and, "By the prince of the demons he casts out the demons."

23 He summoned them and said to them in parables, "How can Satan cast out Satan? 24 If a kingdom is divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand. 25 If a house is divided against itself, that house cannot stand. 26 If Satan has risen up against himself, and is divided, he can’t stand, but has an end. 27 But no one can enter into the house of the strong man to plunder unless he first binds the strong man; then he will plunder his house.

28 "Most certainly I tell you, all sins of the descendants of man will be forgiven, including their blasphemies with which they may blaspheme; 29 but whoever may blaspheme against the Holy Spirit never has forgiveness, but is subject to eternal condemnation." 30 —because they said, "He has an unclean spirit."

31 His mother and his brothers came, and standing outside, they sent to him, calling him. 32 A multitude was sitting around him, and they told him, "Behold, your mother, your brothers, and your sisters are outside looking for you."

33 He answered them, "Who are my mother and my brothers?" 34 Looking around at those who sat around him, he said, "Behold, my mother and my brothers! 35 For whoever does the will of God is my brother, my 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,a

8 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 preek

15 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.