The choosing of the Twelve -- Their names -- The brethren of Christ.

¹⁾And he entered again into the synagogue; and there was a man there which had a withered hand.

²⁾And they watched him to see whether he would heal him on the Sabbath day; that they might accuse him.

³⁾And he said unto the man which had the withered hand, Stand forth.

⁴⁾And he said unto them, Is it lawful to do good on the Sabbath days, or to do evil? To save life, or to kill? But they held their peace.

⁵⁾And when he had looked round about on them with anger, being grieved for the hardness of their hearts, he said unto the man, Stretch forth thy hand.

⁶⁾And he stretched out his hand; and his hand was restored whole as the other.

⁷⁾And the Pharisees went forth, and straightway took counsel with the Herodians against him, how they might destroy him.

⁸⁾But Jesus withdrew himself, with his disciples, to the sea; and a great multitude from Galilee followed him, and from Judea, and from Jerusalem, and from Idumea and from beyond Jordan; and they about Tyre and Sidon, a great multitude, when they heard what great things he did, came unto him.

⁹⁾And he spake unto his disciples, that a small ship should wait on him, because of the multitude, lest they should throng him.

¹⁰⁾For he had healed many; insomuch that they pressed upon him for to touch him. As many as had plagues and unclean spirits, when they saw him, fell down before him, and cried, saying, Thou art the Son of God.

¹¹⁾And he straitly charged them that they should not make him known.

¹²⁾And he goeth up into a mountain, and calleth whom he would; and they came unto him.

¹³⁾And he ordained twelve, that they should be with him, and that he might send them forth to preach, and to have power to heal sicknesses, and to cast out devils.

¹⁴⁾And Simon he surnamed Peter; and James the son of Zebedee, and John the brother of James; and he surnamed them Boanerges, which is, The sons of thunder; and Andrew, and Philip, and Bartholomew, and Matthew, and Thomas, and James the son of Alpheus, and Thaddeus, and Simon the Canaanite, and Judas Iscariot, which also betrayed him; and they went into a house.

¹⁵⁾And the multitude cometh together again, so that they could not so much as eat bread.

¹⁶⁾And when his friends heard him speak, they went out to lay hold on him; for they said, He is beside himself.

¹⁷⁾And the scribes which came down from Jerusalem, said, He hath Beelzebub, and by the prince of the devils, he casteth out devils.

¹⁸⁾Now Jesus knew this, and he called them, and said unto them in parables, How can Satan cast out Satan? And if a kingdom be divided against itself, how can that kingdom stand?

¹⁹⁾And if a house be divided against itself, that house cannot stand. And if Satan rise up against himself and be divided, he cannot stand; but speedily hath an end.

²⁰⁾No man can enter into a strong man's house, and spoil his goods, except he will first bind the strong man, and then he will spoil his house.

²¹⁾And then came certain men unto him, accusing him, saying, Why do ye receive sinners, seeing thou makest thyself the Son of God.

²²⁾But he answered them and said, Verily I say unto you, All sins which men have committed, when they repent, shall be forgiven them; for I came to preach repentance unto the sons of men.

²³⁾And blasphemies, wherewith soever they shall blaspheme, shall be forgiven them that come unto me, and do the works which they see me do.

²⁴⁾But there is a sin which shall not be forgiven. He that shall blaspheme against the Holy Ghost, hath never forgiveness; but is in danger of being cut down out of the world. And they shall inherit eternal damnation.

²⁵⁾And this he said unto them because they said, He hath an unclean spirit.

²⁶⁾While he was yet with them, and while he was yet speaking, there came then some of his brethren, and his mother; and standing without, sent unto him, calling unto him.

²⁷⁾And the multitude sat about him, and they said unto him, Behold thy mother and thy brethren without seek for thee.

²⁸⁾And he answered them, saying, Who is my mother, or who are my brethren?

²⁹⁾And he looked round about on them which sat about him, and said, Behold my mother and my brethren!

³⁰⁾For whosoever shall do the will of God, the same is my brother, and my sister, and mother.