12Not long afterward Jesus was walking through some wheat fields on a Sabbath. His disciples were hungry, so they began to pick heads of wheat and eat the grain.G1722G1565G2540G2424G4198G4521G1223G4702G1161G846G3101G3983G2532G756G5089G4719G2532G20682When the Pharisees saw this, they said to Jesus, "Look, it is against our Law for your disciples to do this on the Sabbath!"G1161G5330G1492G2036G846G2400G4675G3101G4160G3739G1832G3756G1832G4160G1722G45213Jesus answered, "Have you never read what David did that time when he and his men were hungry?G1161G2036G846G314G3756G314G5101G1138G4160G3753G846G3983G2532G3326G8464He went into the house of God, and he and his men ate the bread offered to God, even though it was against the Law for them to eat it - -only the priests were allowed to eat that bread.G4459G1525G1519G3624G2316G2532G5315G740G4286G3739G2258G3756G1832G846G5315G3761G3326G846G1508G3441G24095Or have you not read in the Law of Moses that every Sabbath the priests in the Temple actually break the Sabbath law, yet they are not guilty?G2228G314G3756G314G1722G3551G3754G4521G2409G1722G2411G953G4521G2532G1526G3386I tell you that there is something here greater than the Temple.G1161G3004G5213G3754G5602G2076G3187G24117The scripture says, 'It is kindness that I want, not animal sacrifices.' If you really knew what this means, you would not condemn people who are not guilty;G1161G1487G1097G5101G2076G2309G1656G2532G3756G2378G302G3756G2613G3388for the Son of Man is Lord of the Sabbath."G1063G5207G444G2076G2962G2532G45219Jesus left that place and went to a synagogue,G2532G3327G1564G2064G1519G846G486410where there was a man who had a paralyzed hand. Some people were there who wanted to accuse Jesus of doing wrong, so they asked him, "Is it against our Law to heal on the Sabbath?"G2532G2400G2258G444G2192G5495G3584G2532G1905G846G3004G1487G1832G2323G4521G2443G2723G84611Jesus answered, "What if one of you has a sheep and it falls into a deep hole on the Sabbath? Will you not take hold of it and lift it out?G1161G2036G846G5101G444G2071G1537G5216G3739G2192G1520G4263G2532G1437G5124G1706G1519G999G4521G2902G3780G2902G846G2532G145312And a human being is worth much more than a sheep! So then, our Law does allow us to help someone on the Sabbath."G4214G3767G444G1308G4263G5620G1832G4160G2573G452113Then he said to the man with the paralyzed hand, "Stretch out your hand." He stretched it out, and it became well again, just like the other one.G5119G3004G444G1614G4675G5495G2532G1614G2532G600G5199G5613G24314Then the Pharisees left and made plans to kill Jesus.G1161G5330G1831G2983G4824G2596G846G3704G622G84615When Jesus heard about the plot against him, he went away from that place; and large crowds followed him. He healed all the sickG1161G2424G1097G402G1564G2532G4183G3793G190G846G2532G2323G846G395616and gave them orders not to tell others about him.G2532G2008G846G3363G4160G3363G4160G846G531817He did this so as to make come true what God had said through the prophet Isaiah:G3704G4137G3588G4483G1223G2268G4396G300418"Here is my servant, whom I have chosen, the one I love, and with whom I am pleased. I will send my Spirit upon him, and he will announce my judgment to the nations.G2400G3450G3816G3739G140G3450G27G1519G3739G3450G5590G2106G5087G3450G4151G1909G846G2532G518G2920G148419He will not argue or shout, or make loud speeches in the streets.G2051G3756G2051G3761G2905G3761G5100G191G846G5456G1722G411320He will not break off a bent reed, nor put out a flickering lamp. He will persist until he causes justice to triumph,G4937G2563G2608G3756G2608G2532G5188G3043G4570G3756G4570G2193G302G1544G2920G1519G353421and on him all peoples will put their hope."G2532G1722G846G3686G1679G1484G167922Then some people brought to Jesus a man who was blind and could not talk because he had a demon. Jesus healed the man, so that he was able to talk and see.G5119G4374G846G1139G5185G2532G2974G2532G2323G846G5620G5185G2532G2974G2532G2980G2532G99123The crowds were all amazed at what Jesus had done. "Could he be the Son of David?" they asked.G2532G3956G3793G1839G2532G3004G2076G3385G3778G5207G113824When the Pharisees heard this, they replied, "He drives out demons only because their ruler Beelzebul gives him power to do so."G1161G5330G191G2036G3778G1544G3756G1544G1140G1508G1722G954G758G114025Jesus knew what they were thinking, and so he said to them, "Any country that divides itself into groups which fight each other will not last very long. And any town or family that divides itself into groups which fight each other will fall apart.G1161G2424G1492G846G1761G2036G846G3956G932G3307G2596G1438G2049G2532G3956G4172G2228G3614G3307G2596G1438G2476G3756G247626So if one group is fighting another in Satan's kingdom, this means that it is already divided into groups and will soon fall apart!G2532G1487G4567G1544G4567G3307G1909G1438G4459G2476G3767G846G932G247627You say that I drive out demons because Beelzebul gives me the power to do so. Well, then, who gives your followers the power to drive them out? What your own followers do proves that you are wrong!G2532G1487G1473G1722G954G1544G1140G1722G5101G5216G5207G1544G5124G1223G846G2071G5216G292328No, it is not Beelzebul, but God's Spirit, who gives me the power to drive out demons, which proves that the Kingdom of God has already come upon you.G1161G1487G1473G1544G1140G1722G4151G2316G686G932G2316G5348G1909G520929"No one can break into a strong man's house and take away his belongings unless he first ties up the strong man; then he can plunder his house.G2228G4459G1410G5100G1525G1519G2478G3614G2532G1283G846G4632G3362G4412G1210G2478G2532G5119G1283G846G361430"Anyone who is not for me is really against me; anyone who does not help me gather is really scattering.G5607G3361G3326G1700G2076G2596G1700G2532G4863G3361G3326G1700G465031For this reason I tell you: people can be forgiven any sin and any evil thing they say; but whoever says evil things against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven.G1223G5124G3004G5213G3956G266G2532G988G863G444G1161G988G4151G863G3756G863G44432Anyone who says something against the Son of Man can be forgiven; but whoever says something against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven - -now or ever.G2532G3739G302G2036G3056G2596G5207G444G863G846G3739G1161G302G2036G2596G40G4151G863G3756G863G846G3777G1722G5129G165G3777G1722G319533"To have good fruit you must have a healthy tree; if you have a poor tree, you will have bad fruit. A tree is known by the kind of fruit it bears.G2228G4160G1186G2570G2532G846G2590G2570G2228G4160G1186G4550G2532G846G2590G4550G1063G1186G1097G1537G259034You snakes - -how can you say good things when you are evil? For the mouth speaks what the heart is full of.G1081G2191G4459G1410G5607G4190G2980G18G1063G1537G4051G2588G4750G298035A good person brings good things out of a treasure of good things; a bad person brings bad things out of a treasure of bad things.G18G444G1537G18G2344G2588G1544G18G2532G4190G444G1537G4190G2344G1544G419036"You can be sure that on the Judgment Day you will have to give account of every useless word you have ever spoken.G1161G3004G5213G3754G3956G692G4487G3739G1437G444G2980G591G3056G4012G846G1722G2250G292037Your words will be used to judge you - -to declare you either innocent or guilty."G1063G1537G4675G3056G1344G2532G1537G4675G3056G261338Then some teachers of the Law and some Pharisees spoke up. "Teacher," they said, "we want to see you perform a miracle."G5119G5100G1122G2532G5330G611G3004G1320G2309G1492G4592G575G467539"How evil and godless are the people of this day!" Jesus exclaimed. "You ask me for a miracle? No! The only miracle you will be given is the miracle of the prophet Jonah.G1161G611G2036G846G4190G2532G3428G1074G1934G4592G2532G3756G4592G1325G846G1508G4592G4396G249540In the same way that Jonah spent three days and nights in the big fish, so will the Son of Man spend three days and nights in the depths of the earth.G1063G5618G2495G2258G5140G2250G2532G5140G3571G1722G2785G2836G3779G5207G444G2071G5140G2250G2532G5140G3571G1722G2588G109341On the Judgment Day the people of Nineveh will stand up and accuse you, because they turned from their sins when they heard Jonah preach; and I tell you that there is something here greater than Jonah!G435G3536G450G1722G2920G3326G5026G1074G2532G2632G846G3754G3340G1519G2782G2495G2532G2400G4119G2495G560242On the Judgment Day the Queen of Sheba will stand up and accuse you, because she traveled all the way from her country to listen to King Solomon's wise teaching; and I assure you that there is something here greater than Solomon!G938G3558G1453G1722G2920G3326G5026G1074G2532G2632G846G3754G2064G1537G4009G1093G191G4678G4672G2532G2400G4119G4672G560243"When an evil spirit goes out of a person, it travels over dry country looking for a place to rest. If it can't find one,G1161G3752G169G4151G1831G575G444G1330G1223G504G5117G2212G372G2532G2147G375644it says to itself, 'I will go back to my house.' So it goes back and finds the house empty, clean, and all fixed up.G5119G3004G1994G1519G3450G3624G3606G1831G2532G2064G2147G4980G4563G2532G288545Then it goes out and brings along seven other spirits even worse than itself, and they come and live there. So when it is all over, that person is in worse shape than at the beginning. This is what will happen to the evil people of this day."G5119G4198G2532G3880G3326G1438G2033G2087G4151G4191G1438G2532G1525G2730G1563G2532G2078G1565G444G1096G5501G4413G3779G2071G2532G5026G4190G107446Jesus was still talking to the people when his mother and brothers arrived. They stood outside, asking to speak with him.G2089G846G1161G2980G3793G2400G3384G2532G846G80G2476G1854G2212G2980G84647So one of the people there said to him, "Look, your mother and brothers are standing outside, and they want to speak with you."G1161G5100G2036G846G2400G4675G3384G2532G4675G80G2476G1854G2212G2980G467148Jesus answered, "Who is my mother? Who are my brothers?"G1161G611G2036G2036G846G5101G2076G3450G3384G2532G5101G1526G3450G8049Then he pointed to his disciples and said, "Look! Here are my mother and my brothers!G2532G1614G846G5495G1909G846G3101G2036G2400G3450G3384G2532G3450G8050Whoever does what my Father in heaven wants is my brother, my sister, and my mother."G1063G3748G302G4160G2307G3450G3962G3588G1722G3772G846G2076G3450G80G2532G79G2532G3384
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