Opposition to Jesus
1ABOUT that time Jesus was going through the cornfields on the sabbath; and his disciples, feeling hungry, began to pluck some ears of corn and eat them.
2When the Pharisees saw this, they said to him, “Look, your disciples are doing what is forbidden on the sabbath.”
3He answered, “Have you not read what David did when he and his men were hungry?
4He went into the house of God and ate the sacred bread, though neither he nor his men had a right to eat it, but only the priests.
5Or have you not read in the law that on the sabbath the priests in the temple break the sabbath and they are not held to be guilty?
6But I tell you, there is something greater than the temple here.
7If you had known what this text means, ‘It is mercy I require, not sacrifice,’ you would not have condemned the innocent.
8For the Son of Man is lord of the sabbath.”
9He went on to another place, and entered their synagogue.
10A man was there with a withered arm, and they asked Jesus, “Is it permitted to heal on the sabbath?” (They wanted to bring a charge against him.)
11But he said to them, “Suppose you had one sheep, and it fell into a ditch on the sabbath; is there a single one of you who would not catch hold of it and lift it out?
12Surely a man is worth far more than a sheep! It is therefore permitted to do good on the sabbath.”
13Then he said to the man, “Stretch out your arm.” He stretched it out, and it was made sound again like the other.
14But the Pharisees, on leaving the synagogue, plotted to bring about Jesus's death.
15Jesus was aware of it and withdrew, and many followed him. He healed all who were ill,
16and gave strict instructions that they were not to make him known.
17This was to fulfil Isaiah's prophecy:
18Here is my servant, whom I have chosen, my beloved, in whom I take delight; I will put my Spirit upon him, and he will proclaim justice among the nations.
19He will not strive, he will not shout, nor will his voice be heard in the streets.
20He will not snap off a broken reed, nor snuff out a smouldering wick, until he leads justice on to victory.
21In him the nations shall put their hope.
22THEN they brought him a man who was possessed by a demon; he was blind and dumb, and Jesus cured him, restoring both speech and sight.
23The bystanders were all amazed, and the word went round: “Can this be the Son of David?”
24But when the Pharisees heard it they said, “It is only by Beelzebul prince of devils that this man drives the devils out.”
25Knowing what was in their minds, he said to them, “Every kingdom divided against itself is laid waste; and no town or household that is divided against itself can stand.
26And if it is Satan who drives out Satan, he is divided against himself; how then can his kingdom stand?
27If it is by Beelzebul that I drive out devils, by whom do your own people drive them out? If this is your argument, they themselves will refute you.
28But if it is by the Spirit of God that I drive out the devils, then be sure the kingdom of God has already come upon you.
29“Or again, how can anyone break into a strong man's house and make off with his goods, unless he has first tied up the strong man? Then he can ransack the house.
30“He who is not with me is against me, and he who does not gather with me scatters.
31“So I tell you this: every sin and every slander can be forgiven, except slander spoken against the Spirit; that will not be forgiven.
32Anyone who speaks a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven; but if anyone speaks against the Holy Spirit, for him there will be no forgiveness, either in this age or in the age to come.
33“Get a good tree and its fruit will be good; get a bad tree and its fruit will be bad. You can tell a tree by its fruit.
34Vipers” brood! How can your words be good when you yourselves are evil? It is from the fullness of the heart that the mouth speaks.
35Good people from their store of good produce good; and evil people from their store of evil produce evil.
36“I tell you this: every thoughtless word you speak you will have to account for on the day of judgement.
37For out of your own mouth you will be acquitted; out of your own mouth you will be condemned.”
38At this some of the scribes and the Pharisees said, “Teacher, we would like you to show us a sign.”
39He answered: “It is a wicked, godless generation that asks for a sign, and the only sign that will be given it is the sign of the prophet Jonah.
40Just as Jonah was in the sea monster's belly for three days and three nights, so the Son of Man will be three days and three nights in the bowels of the earth.
41The men of Nineveh will appear in court when this generation is on trial, and ensure its condemnation, for they repented at the preaching of Jonah; and what is here is greater than Jonah.
42The queen of the south will appear in court when this generation is on trial, and ensure its condemnation; for she came from the ends of the earth to listen to the wisdom of Solomon, and what is here is greater than Solomon.
43“When an unclean spirit comes out of someone it wanders over the desert sands seeking a resting-place, and finds none.
44Then it says, ‘I will go back to the home I left.’ So it returns and finds the house unoccupied, swept clean, and tidy.
45It goes off and collects seven other spirits more wicked than itself, and they all come in and settle there; and in the end that person's plight is worse than before. That is how it will be with this wicked generation.”
46He was still speaking to the crowd when his mother and brothers appeared; they stood outside, wanting to speak to him.
47Someone said, “Your mother and your brothers are standing outside; they want to speak to you.”
48Jesus turned to the man who brought the message, and said, “Who is my mother? Who are my brothers?”
49and pointing to his disciples, he said, “Here are my mother and my brothers.
50Whoever does the will of my heavenly Father is my brother and sister and mother.”
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