Matthew 3:1-35 NIV
Jesus Heals on the Sabbath
1Another
time Jesus went into the synagogue, and a man with a shriveled hand was there. 2Some of them
were looking for a reason to accuse Jesus, so they watched Him
closely to see if He would heal him on the Sabbath. 3Jesus said to
the man with the shriveled hand, “Stand up in front of everyone.”
4Then
Jesus asked them, “Which is lawful on the Sabbath: to do good or to do evil, to save
life or to kill?”But they remained silent.
5He
looked around at them in anger and, deeply distressed at their stubborn hearts,
said to the man,“Stretch out your hand.” He stretched it out, and his hand was
completely restored. 6Then
the Pharisees went out and began to plot with the Herodians how they might kill
Jesus.
Crowds Follow Jesus
8When they
heard about all He was doing, many people came to Him from
Judea, Jerusalem, Idumea, and the regions across the Jordan and around Tyre and
Sidon. 9Because of the
crowd He told His disciples to have a small boat ready for Him, to
keep the people from crowding Him.
11Whenever
the impure spirits saw Him, they fell down before Him and cried out, “You are the Son of God.”
12But He gave them strict orders not to tell others about Him.
12But He gave them strict orders not to tell others about Him.
Jesus Appoints the Twelve
13Jesus
went up on a mountainside and called to Him those He
wanted, and they came to Him. 14He
appointed twelvea that they might be with Him and
that He might send them out to preach 15and to have
authority to drive out demons. 16These
are the twelve He appointed: Simon (to whom He gave the name Peter), 17James son of
Zebedee and his brother John (to them he gave the name Boanerges, which means
“sons of thunder”), 18Andrew,
Philip, Bartholomew, Matthew, Thomas, James son of Alphaeus, Thaddaeus, Simon
the Zealot 19and Judas
Iscariot, who betrayed Him.
Jesus Accused by His Family and by Teachers of the Law
20Then
Jesus entered a house, and again a crowd gathered, so that He and His
disciples were not even able to eat. 21When
His familyb heard about this, they went to take charge
of Him, for they said, “He
is out of His mind.”
22And the
teachers of the Law who came down from Jerusalem said, “He is possessed by Beelzebul!
By the prince of demons He is driving out demons.”
23So Jesus
called them over to him and began to speak to them in parables: “How can
Satan drive out Satan? 24If a kingdom is divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand. 25If a house is divided against itself, that house cannot stand. 26And if Satan opposes himself and is divided, he cannot stand; his
end has come. 27In fact, no one can enter a strong man’s house without first tying
him up. Then he can plunder the strong man’s house.
28Truly
I tell you, people can be forgiven all their sins and every slander they utter, 29but whoever blasphemes against
the Holy Spirit will never be forgiven; they are guilty of an eternal sin.”
31Then
Jesus’ mother and brothers arrived. Standing outside, they sent someone in to
call Him. 32A
crowd was sitting around Him, and they told Him, “Your mother and brothers are outside
looking for You.”
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