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for the son of man is lord even of the sabbath.'

And having departed thence, he went to their synagogue,

and lo, there was a man having the hand withered, and they questioned him, saying, `Is it lawful to heal on the sabbaths?' that they might accuse him.

And he said to them, `What man shall be of you, who shall have one sheep, and if this may fall on the sabbaths into a ditch, will not lay hold on it and raise it ?

Then saith he to the man, `Stretch forth thy hand,' and he stretched it forth, and it was restored whole as the other.

And the Pharisees having gone forth, held a consultation against him, how they might destroy him,

and Jesus having known, withdrew thence, and there followed him great multitudes, and he healed them all,

and did charge them that they might not make him manifest,

`Lo, My servant, whom I did choose, My beloved, in whom My soul did delight, I will put My Spirit upon him, and judgment to the nations he shall declare,

he shall not strive nor cry, nor shall any hear in the broad places his voice,

a bruised reed he shall not break, and smoking flax he shall not quench, till he may put forth judgment to victory,

and in his name shall nations hope.'

Then was brought to him a demoniac, blind and dumb, and he healed him, so that the blind and dumb both spake and saw.

And all the multitudes were amazed, and said, `Is this the Son of David?'

And Jesus, knowing their thoughts, said to them, `Every kingdom having been divided against itself is desolated, and no city or house having been divided against itself, doth stand,

`And if I, by Beelzeboul, do cast out the demons, your sons--by whom do they cast out? because of this they--they shall be your judges.

`But if I, by the Spirit of God, do cast out the demons, then come already unto you did the reign of God.

`He who is not with me is against me, and he who is not gathering with me, doth scatter.

Because of this I say to you, all sin and evil speaking shall be forgiven to men, but the evil speaking of the Spirit shall not be forgiven to men.

And whoever may speak a word against the Son of Man it shall be forgiven to him, but whoever may speak against the Holy Spirit, it shall not be forgiven him, neither in this age, nor in that which is coming.

`And I say to you, that every idle word that men may speak, they shall give for it a reckoning in a day of judgment;

Then answered certain of the scribes and Pharisees, saying, `Teacher, we will to see a sign from thee.'

And he answering said to them, `A generation, evil and adulterous, doth seek a sign, and a sign shall not be given to it, except the sign of Jonah the prophet;

for, as Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights, so shall the Son of Man be in the heart of the earth three days and three nights.

And while he was yet speaking to the multitudes, lo, his mother and brethren had stood without, seeking to speak to him,