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  • 1. And he entred againe into ye Synagogue, & there was a man which had a withered had.
  • 2. And they watched him, whether he would heale him on the Sabbath day, that they might accuse him.
  • 3. Then he saide vnto the man which had the withered hand, Arise: stand forth in the middes.
  • 4. And he saide to them, Is it lawfull to doe a good deede on the Sabbath day, or to doe euil? to saue the life, or to kil? But they held their peace.
  • 5. Then hee looked rounde about on them angerly, mourning also for the hardnesse of their hearts, and saide to the man, Stretch foorth thine hand; he stretched it out: and his hande was restored, as whole as the other.
  • 6. And the Pharises departed, & straightway gathered a councill with the Herodians against him, that they might destroy him.
  • 7. But Iesus auoided with his disciples to the sea: and a great multitude followed him from Galile, and from Iudea,
  • 8. And from Ierusalem, & from Idumea, and beyonde Iordan: and they that dwelled about Tyrus & Sidon, when they had heard what great things he did, came vnto him in great number.
  • 9. And he commanded his disciples, that a litle shippe should waite for him, because of the multitude, lest they shoulde throng him.
  • 10. For hee had healed many, in so much that they preassed vpon him to touch him, as many as had plagues.
  • 11. And when the vncleane spirits sawe him, they fel downe before him, & cried, saying, Thou art the Sonne of God.
  • 12. And he sharply rebuked them, to the ende they should not vtter him.
  • 13. Then hee went vp into a mountaine, and called vnto him whome he woulde, and they came vnto him.
  • 14. And hee appoynted twelue that they should be with him, and that he might send them to preache,
  • 15. And that they might haue power to heale sicknesses, and to cast out deuils.
  • 16. And the first was Simon, and hee named Simon, Peter,
  • 17. Then Iames the sonne of Zebedeus, & Iohn Iames brother (and surnamed them Boanerges, which is, the sonnes of thunder,)
  • 18. And Andrew, and Philippe, & Bartlemew, and Matthewe, and Thomas, and Iames, the sonne of Alpheus, and Thaddeus, and Simon the Cananite,
  • 19. And Iudas Iscariot, who also betraied him, and they came home.
  • 20. And the multitude assembled againe, so that they could not so much as eate bread.
  • 21. And when his kinsfolkes heard of it, they went out to laie hold on him: for they sayde that he was beside himselfe.
  • 22. And the Scribes which came downe fro Hierusalem, saide, He hath Beelzebub, & through the prince of the deuils he casteth out deuils.
  • 23. But he called them vnto him, and said vnto them in parables, How can Satan driue out Sata?
  • 24. For if a kingdome bee deuided against it selfe, that kingdome can not stand.
  • 25. Or if a house bee deuided against it selfe, that house can not continue.
  • 26. So if Satan make insurrection against himselfe, and be deuided, hee can not endure but is at an ende.
  • 27. No man can enter into a strong mans house, and take away his goods, except hee first binde that strong man, and then spoyle his house.
  • 28. Verely I say vnto you, all sinnes shalbe forgiuen vnto the children of men, and blasphemies, wherewith they blaspheme:
  • 29. But hee that blasphemeth against the holy Ghost, shall neuer haue forgiuenesse, but is culpable of eternall damnation.
  • 30. Because they saide, Hee had an vncleane spirit.
  • 31. Then came his brethren and mother, and stoode without, and sent vnto him, and called him.
  • 32. And the people sate about him, and they said vnto him, Beholde, thy mother, and thy brethren seeke for thee without.
  • 33. But hee answered them, saying, Who is my mother and my brethren?
  • 34. And hee looked rounde about on them, which sate in compasse about him, and saide, Beholde my mother and my brethren.
  • 35. For whosoeuer doeth the will of God, he is my brother, and my sister, and mother.