3 Jesus went to a synagogue again, and a man was there with a crippled hand. 2 Some were watching Jesus to see if he would heal the man on the Sabbath, because they wanted to accuse him. 3 Jesus said to the man with the crippled hand, “Come here and stand in front of everyone.” He asked them, 4 “Is it lawful to do good or to do harm on the Sabbath? To save a life or to kill?” But they kept silent. 5 After looking around at them with anger, saddened by their hard hearts, he said to the man, “Stretch out your hand.” The man stretched out his hand, and it was healed. 6 The Pharisees left and immediately began to plot with the Herodians as to how they might kill Jesus.
    7 Jesus returned to the sea with his disciples, and a large crowd followed him. They were from Galilee, Judea, 8 Jerusalem, Idumea, beyond the Jordan, and Tyre and Sidon. This large crowd came to him because they heard about everything he was doing.  9 Jesus told his disciples to have a small boat ready in case the crowd crushed him, 10 because he had healed so many people that all the sick were pressing towards him so they could touch him.  11 Whenever the evil spirits saw him they would fall down in front of him and shout, “You are the Son of God!”
    12 But he sternly warned them not to reveal who he was.
    13 Jesus went up a mountain and called those he wanted, and they came to him.  14 He chose twelve to be with him, and to send them out to preach the Gospel, 15 and to have authority to cast out demons.  16 These are the twelve he chose: Simon, whom he called Peter;  17 James the son of Zebedee and his brother John, whom he called Boanerges, meaning “sons of thunder”;  18 Andrew, Philip, Bartholomew, Matthew, Thomas, James the son of Alphaeus, Thaddaeus, Simon the Zealot; 19 and Judas Iscariot, who betrayed him.
    20 Jesus went into a house, but such a large crowd gathered again that he and his disciples could not even eat a meal.  21 When his family heard about it, they went to take charge of him, saying, “He has lost his mind.” 22 But the religious leaders who had come from Jerusalem were saying, “He is possessed by Beelzebul. By the authority of the ruler of the demons, he is expelling demons.” 23 But Jesus called them over to him, and in parables he said to them, “How can Satan cast out Satan? 24 A kingdom divided against itself cannot stand. 25 A household divided against itself cannot stand. 26 If Satan attacks himself and is divided, he cannot stand; he will not last long! 27 But if someone tries to break into the house of a strong man and take his things, he will not get far in his theft unless he first ties up the strong man.
    28 “I am telling you the truth: sins and blasphemies can be forgiven,  29 but if someone blasphemes against the holy spirit they can never be forgiven, because they are guilty of a sin against the Age to Come.” [252] 30 Jesus said this because they were accusing him of having an evil spirit.[253]
    31 Then Jesus’ mother and brothers arrived and waited outside. They sent a message to him, asking him to come out.  32 The crowd sitting around him said to him, “Your mother and brothers are outside, asking for you.” 33 Jesus answered, “Who are my mother and my brothers?” 34 Looking around at everybody sitting there, he said, “These are my mother and my brothers. 35 Whoever does the will of God[254] is my brother, and sister, and mother.”