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AT that time Jesus walked through corn-fields on a sabbath-day; and his disciples were hungry, and began to pluck the ears of corn, and to eat. ²But when the Pharisees saw it, they said to him, Behold, thy disciples do a thing that it is not lawful to do on the sabbath. ³And he said unto them, Have ye not read what David did, when he was hungry, and they who were with him? ⁴how they went into the house of God, and did eat the loaves of shew-bread, of which it was not lawful for him or those who were with him to eat, but for the priests alone? ⁵Or have ye not read in the law, that on the sabbaths the priests in the temple profane the sabbath, and are not culpable? ⁶Now I tell you, That one greater than the temple is here. ⁷But if ye had known what that meant, I desire mercy and not sacrifice; ye would not have condemned the innocent. ⁸For the Son of man is Lord also of the sabbath.

⁹And going on from thence, he came into their synagogue; ¹⁰and, behold a man was there who had a withered hand. And they asked him, saying, Is it lawful to heal on sabbath days? that they might accuse him. ¹¹Then he said to them; What man of you is there who hath one sheep, and if it fall into a pit on the sabbath, doth he not lay hold on him, and lift him out? ¹²Of how much more value then is a man than a sheep? Wherefore it is lawful to do good on the sabbath days. ¹³Then saith he to the man, Stretch out thy hand; and he stretched it out, and it was restored, sound as the other.

¹⁴Then the Pharisees went out, and held a consultation against him, how they might make away with him. ¹⁵But Jesus knew it, and retired from thence, and great multitudes followed him, and he healed them all, ¹⁶and charged them that they should not make him known. ¹⁷That what was spoken by Isaiah the prophet might be fulfilled, saying, ¹⁸“Behold, my servant, whom I have chosen, my beloved, in whom my soul delighteth: I will put my Spirit upon him, and he shall proclaim judgment for the heathen. ¹⁹He shall not contend, nor be clamorous; neither shall any man in the streets hear his voice. ²⁰A bruised reed shall he not break down, and smoking flax shall he not quench, until he break forth in judgment for victory. ²¹And in his name shall the Gentiles hope.”

²²Then was brought to him a demoniac, blind and dumb; and he cured him, so as to enable the blind and dumb both to speak and see. ²³And all the multitudes were lost in amazement, and they said, Is not this the son of David? ²⁴But the Pharisees hearing them, said, This fellow casteth not out devils, but by Beelzebub, the prince of the devils. ²⁵But Jesus knowing their thoughts, said unto them, Every kingdom divided against itself will be desolated; and every city, or family, divided against itself cannot subsist: ²⁶so if Satan cast out Satan; he is divided against himself; how then can his kingdom subsist? ²⁷And if I by Beelzebub cast out devils, by whom do your sons cast them out? therefore shall they be your judges. ²⁸But if I by the Spirit of God cast out the devils, then truly the kingdom of God is come unto you. ²⁹Else how can one enter into a strong man’s house and plunder his goods, except he first bind the strong man, and then will he plunder his goods? ³⁰He that is not with me, is against me; and he that associates not with me, scattereth abroad. ³¹Therefore I say unto you, All sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven to men; but the blasphemy against the Spirit shall not be forgiven to men. ³²And whosoever may speak a word against the Son of man, it shall be forgiven him: but whosoever shall speak against the Holy Ghost, it shall not be forgiven him, neither in this world, nor in the world to come. ³³Either make the tree good, and its fruit good; or make the tree corrupt, and its fruit corrupt: for the tree is known by the fruit. ³⁴Ye broods of vipers, how can ye speak good things, yourselves being wicked? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh. ³⁵A good man out of the good treasure of his heart bringeth forth good things: and a wicked man out of the evil treasure of his heart bringeth forth evil things. ³⁶But I tell you, That every idle word which men speak, for it shall they give an account in the day of judgment. ³⁷For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned.

³⁸Then certain of the scribes and Pharisees addressed him, saying, Master, we desire to see a sign from thee. ³⁹But he answered and said unto them, A wicked and adulterous generation seeketh a sign; and no sign shall be given it, but the sign of Jonah the prophet: ⁴⁰for as Jonah was in the belly of the whale three days and three nights; so shall the Son of man be in the heart of the earth three days and three nights. ⁴¹The men of Nineveh shall rise up in judgment against this generation, and condemn it: for they repented on the preaching of Jonah; and behold, a greater than Jonah is here. ⁴²The queen of the South shall rise up in judgment against the men of this generation, and condemn it: for she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and behold, a greater than Solomon is here.

⁴³When the unclean spirit is indeed gone out of a man, he traverses through places destitute of water, in search of rest, but cannot find it. ⁴⁴Then he saith, I will return to my mansion, whence I came; and on his arrival, he findeth it unoccupied, swept, and furnished. ⁴⁵Then goeth he, and taketh with himself seven other spirits more wicked than himself, and they enter in and dwell there: and the last state of that man is worse than the first. So shall it also be with this wicked generation.

⁴⁶And while he was yet speaking to the multitudes, behold, his mother and his brethren stood without, desiring to speak to him. ⁴⁷And a person said unto him, Behold, thy mother and thy brethren stand without, desiring to speak to thee. ⁴⁸But he answered and said to him that told him, Who is my mother? and who are my brethren? ⁴⁹And stretching out his hand towards his disciples, he said, Behold my mother and my brethren. ⁵⁰For whosoever shall do the will of my Father who is in heaven, the same is my brother, and sister, and mother.