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On another occasion when he went to synagogue, there was a man in the congregation who had a withered arm; | The Man with a Withered Hand Mk.3.1-6 (Capernaum) -[ Mk.3.1-6 → ] - Mt.12.9-14, Lk.6.6-11 |
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and they were watching to see whether Jesus would cure him on the Sabbath, so that they could bring a charge against him. | |
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He said to the man with the withered arm, 'Come and stand out here.' | |
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Then he turned to them: 'Is it permitted to do good or to do evil on the Sabbath, to save life or to kill?' | |
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They had nothing to say; and, looking round at them with anger and sorrow at their obstinate stupidity, he said to the man, 'Stretch out your arm.' He stretched it out and his arm was restored. | |
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But the Pharisees, on leaving the synagogue, began plotting against him with the partisans of Herod to see how they could make away with him.
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JESUS WENT AWAY to the lake-side with his disciples. | A Multitude at the Seaside Mk.3.7-12 (Gennesaret) - |
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Great numbers from Galilee, Judaea and Jerusalem, Idumaea and Transjordan, and the neighbourhood of Tyre and Sidon, heard what he was doing and came to see him. | |
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So he told his disciples to have a boat ready for him, to save him from being crushed by the crowd. | |
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For he cured so many that sick people of all kinds came crowding in upon him to touch him. | |
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The unclean spirits too, when they saw him, would fall at his feet and cry aloud, 'You are the Son of God'; | |
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but he insisted that they should not make him known.
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He then went up into the hill-country and called the men he wanted; and they went and joined him. | The choosing of the Twelve Mk.3.13-19 (Hill of Hattin?) -[ Mk.3.13-19 → ] - Mt.10.1-4, Lk.6.12-16 |
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He appointed twelve as his companions, whom he would send out to proclaim the Gospel, | |
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with a commission to drive out devils. | |
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So he appointed the Twelve: to Simon he gave the name Peter; | |
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then came the sons of Zebedee, James and his brother John, to whom he gave the name Boanerges, Sons of Thunder; | |
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then Andrew and Philip and Bartholomew and Matthew and Thomas and James the son of Alphaeus and Thaddaeus and Simon, a member of the Zealot party, | |
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and Judas Iscariot, the man who betrayed him.
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He entered a house; and once more such a crowd collected round them that they had no chance to eat. | Jesus and Beelzebul Mk.3.20-30 (Capernaum) -[ Mk.3.20-30 → ] - Mt.12.22-32, Lk.11.14-23, Lk.12.10 |
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When his family heard of this, they set out to take charge of him; for people were saying that he was out of his mind. | |
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The doctors of the law, too, who had come down from Jerusalem, said, 'He is possessed by Beelzebub', and, 'He drives out devils by the prince of devils.' | |
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So he called them to come forward, and spoke to them in parables: 'How can Satan drive out Satan? | |
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If a kingdom is divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand; | |
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if a household is divided against itself, that house will never stand; | |
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and if Satan is in rebellion against himself, he is divided and cannot stand; and that is the end of him.
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'On the other hand, no one can break into a strong man's house and make off with his goods unless he has first tied the strong man up; then he can ransack the house.
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'I tell you this: no sin, no slander, is beyond forgiveness for men; | |
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but whoever slanders the Holy Spirit can never be forgiven; he is guilty of eternal sin.' | |
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He said this because they had declared that he was possessed by an unclean spirit.
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Then his mother and his brothers arrived, and remaining outside sent in a message asking him to come out to them. | The Mother and Brothers of Jesus Mk.3.31-35 (Capernaum) -[ Mk.3.31-35 → ] - Mt.12.46-50, Lk.8.19-21 |
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A crowd was sitting round and word was brought to him: 'Your mother and your brothers are outside asking for you.' | |
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He replied, 'Who is my mother? Who are my brothers?' | |
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And looking round at those who were sitting in the circle about him he said, 'Here are my mother and my brothers. | |
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Whoever does the will of God is my brother, my sister, my mother.'
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