1 cFor ver. 1-6, see Matt. 12:9-14; Luke 6:6-11 Againdch. 1:29 he entered the synagogue, and a man was there with a withered hand. 2 AndeLuke 14:1; 20:20; [Luke 11:54; John 8:6] they watched Jesus, to see whether he would heal him on the Sabbath, so that they might accuse him. 3 And he said to the man with the withered hand, “Come here. ” 4 And he said to them, f[Luke 14:3] “Is it lawful on the Sabbath to do good or to do harm, to save life or to kill? ” But they were silent. 5 And hegver. 34; ch. 5:32; 10:23; [ch. 10:21] looked around at them with anger, grieved athch. 6:52; Rom. 11:25; Eph. 4:18 their hardness of heart, and said to the man, “Stretch out your hand. ” i[1 Kgs. 13:4] He stretched it out, and his hand was restored. 6 jSee Matt. 12:14 The Pharisees went out and immediatelyjSee Matt. 12:14 held counsel withkch. 12:13; Matt. 22:16; [ch. 8:15] the Herodians against him, how to destroy him.
7 lMatt. 12:15 Jesus withdrew with his disciples to the sea, andmMatt. 4:25; Luke 6:17 a great crowd followed, from Galilee and Judea 8 and Jerusalem andnIsa. 34:5; Ezek. 35:15 Idumea and from beyond the Jordan and from aroundoSee Matt. 11:21 Tyre and Sidon. When the great crowd heard all that he was doing, they came to him. 9 And he told his disciples topch. 6:32, 45 (Gk.); 8:10 (Gk.) have a boat ready for him because of the crowd, lest theyqch. 5:24, 31 crush him, 10 forrSee Matt. 4:23 he had healed many, so that all who hadsch. 5:29, 34 diseases pressed around himtch. 6:56; Matt. 9:20, 21; 14:36; Luke 6:19 to touch him. 11 uch. 1:26, 34; Luke 4:41 And whenever the unclean spirits saw him, theyvLuke 8:28 fell down before him and cried out, “You arewSee Matt. 14:33 the Son of God. ” 12 AndxSee Matt. 12:16 he strictly ordered them not to make him known.
13 yMatt. 10:1; Luke 6:12, 13; [ch. 6:7-13; Luke 9:1, 2] And he went up on the mountain and called to him thosezJohn 13:18; 15:16, 19 whom he desired, and they came to him. 14 y[See ver. 13 above] And he appointed twelve (whom he also named apostles) so that they might be with him and he might send them out to preach 15 y[See ver. 13 above] and have authority to cast out demons. 16 He appointed the twelve:aFor ver. 16-19, see Matt. 10:2-4; Luke 6:14-16; Acts 1:13 Simon (to whombMatt. 16:18; John 1:42 he gave the name Peter); 17 cMatt. 4:21 James the son of Zebedee and John the brother of James (to whom he gave the name Boanerges, that is, Sons of Thunder); 18 Andrew, and Philip, and Bartholomew, anddMatt. 9:9 Matthew, and Thomas, and James the son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus, and Simon the Cananaean, 19 and Judas Iscariot, who betrayed him.
20 Then he wentech. 7:17; 9:28 home, and the crowd gathered again,fch. 6:31 so that they could not even eat. 21 g[John 7:5] And whenh[ver. 31] his family heard it, they went out to seize him, for they were saying, “Hei2 Cor. 5:13; [John 10:20; Acts 26:24] is out of his mind. ”
22 Andjch. 7:1; Matt. 15:1 the scribes who came down from Jerusalem were saying,kMatt. 9:34; 12:24; Luke 11:15; [Matt. 10:25]; See John 7:20 “He is possessed by Beelzebul, ” and “by the prince of demons he casts out the demons. ” 23 lFor ver. 23-27, see Matt. 12:25-29; Luke 11:17-22 And he called them to him 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 And if a house is divided against itself, that house will not be able to stand. 26 And if Satan has risen up against himself and is divided, he cannot stand, but is coming to an end. 27 ButmIsa. 49:24 no one can enter a strong man's house and plunder his goods, unless he first binds the strong man.n[Isa. 53:12] Then indeed he may plunder his house.
28 oFor ver. 28-30, see Matt. 12:31, 32; [Luke 12:10; Heb. 6:4-6; 10:26; 1 John 5:16] Truly, I say to you, all sins will be forgiven the children of man, and whatever blasphemies they utter, 29 but whoeverp[Acts 7:51; Heb. 10:29] blasphemes against the Holy Spirit never has forgiveness, but is guilty of an eternal sin ” — 30 for they had said, “He has an unclean spirit. ”
31 qFor ver. 31-35, see Matt. 12:46-50; Luke 8:19-21 And his mother and hisrch. 6:3; Matt. 13:55; John 2:12; 7:3, 5, 10; Acts 1:14; 1 Cor. 9:5; Gal. 1:19 brothers came, and standing outside they sent to him and called him. 32 And a crowd was sitting around him, and they said to him, “Your mother and your brothers are outside, seeking you. ” 33 And he answered them, “Who are my mother and my brothers? ” 34 Andsver. 5 looking about at those who sat around him, he said, “Here are my mother and my brothers! 35 t[John 15:14; Heb. 2:11] WhoeveruMatt. 7:21; [Luke 11:28] does the will of God, he is my brother and sister and mother. ”