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new piece will pull away from the old , making the tear worse . 22 And no one pours new wine into old wine skins . Other wise , the wine will burst the skins , and both the wine and the wine skins will be ru ined . No , they pour new wine into new wine skins .”
Jesus Is Lord of the Sabbath
23 One Sabbath Jesus was going through the grain fields , and as his dis ci ples walked along , they be gan to pick some heads of grain . 24 The Phar i sees said to him , “ Look , why are they do ing what is un law ful on the Sabbath ?”
25 He an swered , “ Have you nev er read what Da vid did when he and his com panions were hun gry and in need ? 26 In the days of Abi a thar the high priest , he en tered the house of God and ate the con se crat ed bread , which is law ful only for priests to eat . And he also gave some to his com panions .”
27 Then he said to them , “ The Sab bath was made for man , not man for the Sabbath . 28 So the Son of Man is Lord even of the Sabbath .”
Jesus Heals on the Sabbath
Another time Jesus went into the synagogue , and a man with a shriv eled hand
3 was there . 2 Some of them were look ing for a rea son to ac cuse Jesus , so they watched him close ly to see if he would heal him on the Sab bath . 3 Jesus said to the man with the shriv eled hand , “ Stand up in front of every one .”
4 Then Jesus asked them , “ Which is lawful on the Sab bath : to do good or to do evil , to save life or to kill ?” But they re mained silent .
5 He looked around at them in an ger 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 . 6 Then the Pharisees went out and be gan to plot with the He ro di ans how they might kill Jesus .
Crowds Follow Jesus
7 Jesus with drew with his dis ci ples to the lake , and a large crowd from Gal i lee fol lowed . 8 When they heard about all he was do ing , many peo ple came to him from Judea , Jerusalem , Idumea , and the regions across the Jor dan and around Tyre and Sidon . 9 Be cause of the crowd he told his disci ples to have a small boat ready for him , to keep the peo ple from crowd ing him . 10 For he had healed many , so that those with dis eas es were push ing for ward to touch him . 11 When ev er the im pure spir its saw him , they fell down be fore him and cried out , “ You are the Son of God .” 12 But he gave them strict or ders not to tell oth ers about him .
Jesus Appoints the Twelve
13 Jesus went up on a moun tain side and called to him those he want ed , and they came to him . 14 He ap point ed twelve a that they might be with him and that he might send them out to preach 15 and to have author i ty to drive out de mons . 16 These are the twelve he ap point ed : Si mon ( to whom he gave the name Pe ter ), 17 James son of Zeb e dee and his broth er John ( to them he gave the name Bo a ner ges , which means “ sons of thun der ”), 18 An drew , Phil ip , Barthol o mew , Mat thew , Thom as , James son of Alphaeus , Thaddaeus , Simon the Zealot 19 and Judas Iscariot , who betrayed him .
Jesus Accused by His Family and by Teachers of the Law
20 Then Jesus en tered a house , and again a crowd gath ered , so that he and his dis ciples were not even able to eat . 21 When his family b heard about this , they went to take charge of him , for they said , “ He is out of his mind .”
22 And the teach ers of the law who came down from Je ru sa lem said , “ He is possessed by Be el ze bul ! By the prince of demons he is driv ing out de mons .”
23 So Jesus called them over to him and be gan to speak to them in par a bles : “ How can Sa tan drive out Sa tan ? 24 If a king dom is di vid ed against it self , that king dom cannot stand . 25 If a house is di vid ed against itself , that house cannot stand . 26 And if Satan op pos es him self and is di vid ed , he cannot stand ; his end has come . 27 In fact , no one can en ter a strong man ’ s house without first ty ing him up . Then he can plunder the strong man ’ s house . 28 Tru ly I tell you , peo ple can be for giv en all their sins and every slan der they ut ter , 29 but whoever blas phemes against the Holy Spir it will nev er be for giv en ; they are guilty of an eternal sin .”
30 He said this be cause they were say ing , “ He has an im pure spir it .”
31 Then Jesus ’ moth er and broth ers arrived . Stand ing out side , they sent some one in to call him . 32 A crowd was sitting around
a 14 Some manuscripts twelve — designating them apostles — b 21 Or his associates