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MARK 2
men were hun­gry. They need­ed food.
26  It was when Abi­a­thar was high p
­ riest.
Da­vid en­tered the ­house of God and ate
the holy ­bread. Only ­priests were al­
lowed to eat it. Da­vid also gave some to
his men.”
27  Then ­Jesus said to them, “The Sab­
bath day was made for man. Man was
not made for the Sab­bath day. 28  So the
Son of Man is Lord even of the Sab­bath
day.”
JESUS HEALS ON THE SABBATH
DAY
An­oth­er time ­Jesus went into the
syn­a­gogue. A man with a weak
and twist­
ed hand was ­
there.
2  Some Phar­
i­
sees were try­
ing to find
fault with J ­ esus. They w
­
­ atched him
close­ly. They want­ed to see if he ­would
heal the man on the Sab­bath day. 3  ­Jesus
spoke to the man with the weak and
twist­ed hand. “­Stand up in ­front of ev­
ery­one,” he said.
4  Then ­Jesus ­asked them, “What does
the Law say we ­should do on the Sab­bath
day? ­Should we do good? Or ­should we
do evil? ­Should we save life? Or ­should
we kill?” But no one an­swered.
5  ­Jesus ­looked ­around at them in an­
ger. He was very up­set be­cause ­their
hearts were stub­born. Then he said to
the man, “­Stretch out your hand.” He
stretched it out, and his hand had be­
come as good as new. 6  Then the Phar­
i­sees went out and be­gan to make p
­ lans
with the He­ro­di­ans. They want­ed to kill
Jesus.
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CROWDS FOLLOW JESUS
7  ­Jesus went off to the Sea of Gal­i­lee
with his dis­ci­ples. A l ­ arge c ­ rowd from
Gal­i­lee fol­lowed. 8  Peo­ple ­heard ­about
all that J ­ esus was do­ing. And many came
to him. They came from Ju­dea, Je­ru­sa­
lem and Id­u­mea. They came from the
lands east of the Jor­dan Riv­er. And they
came from the area a ­ round Tyre and Si­
don. 9  Be­cause of the ­crowd, ­Jesus told
his dis­ci­ples to get a ­small boat r ­ eady
for him. This ­would keep the peo­ple
from crowd­ing him. 10  ­Jesus had ­healed
many peo­ple. So ­those who were sick
were push­
ing for­
ward to ­
touch him.
11  When peo­ple con­trolled by evil spir­its
saw him, they fell down in f ­ ront of him.
The spir­its shout­ed, “You are the Son of
God!” 12  But J ­ esus or­dered them not to
tell peo­ple ­about him.
JESUS APPOINTS THE TWELVE
DISCIPLES
13  ­Jesus went up on a moun­tain­side.
He ­called for cer­tain peo­ple to come to
him, and they came. 14  He ap­point­ed 12
of them so that they ­would be with him.
He ­would also send them out to ­preach.
15  And he gave them au­thor­i t ­ y to ­drive
out de­mons.
16 So ­Jesus ap­point­ed the 12 dis­ci­ples.
Si­mon was one of them. ­Jesus gave
him the name Pe­ter.
17 ­There were J ­ ames, son of Zeb­e­dee,
and his broth­er John. ­Jesus gave
them the name Bo­a­ner­ges. Bo­a­
ner­ges m
­ eans Sons of Thun­der.
18 ­There were also An­drew,
Phil­ip,
Bar­thol­o­mew,
Mat­thew,
Thom­as,
and J ­ ames, son of Al­phae­us.
And ­there were Thad­dae­us
and Si­mon the Zeal­ot.
19 Ju­das Is­car­i­ot was one of them too.
He was the one who was lat­er
go­ing to hand ­Jesus over to his
en­e­mies.
JESUS IS ACCUSED BY TEACHERS
OF THE LAW
20  ­
Jesus en­
tered a h
­ ouse. ­
Again a
crowd gath­
­
ered. It was so l ­ arge that
Jesus and his dis­ci­ples were not even
able to eat. 21  His fam­i­ly ­heard ­about
this. So they went to take c ­ harge of him.
They said, “He is out of his mind.”
22  Some teach­
ers of the law were
there. They had come down from Je­ru­
sa­lem. They said, “He is con­trolled by
Be­el­ze­bul! He is driv­ing out de­mons by
the pow­er of the p
­ rince of de­mons.”
23  So ­
Jesus ­called them over to him.
He be­gan to ­speak to them us­ing sto­ries.
He said, “How can Sa­tan d
­ rive out Sa­
tan? 24  If a king­dom ­fights a ­ gainst it­self,
it ­can’t ­stand. 25  If a fam­i­ly is di­vid­ed,
tan f ­ ights
it ­can’t ­stand. 26  And if Sa­
against him­self, and his help­ers are di­
vid­ed, he ­can’t ­stand. That is the end of
him. 27  In fact, none of you can en­ter a
strong ­man’s h
­ ouse un­less you tie him
up ­first. Then you can ­steal ­things from