¹ At that time Jesus went on the sabbath day through the corn; and his disciples were a hungred, and began to pluck the ears of corn, and to eat. ² But when the Pharisees saw it, they said to him, See, your disciples do that which is not lawful to do on the sabbath day. ³ But he said to them, Have you not read what David did, when he was a hungred, and they that were with him; ⁴ How he entered into+ the house of God, and did eat the showbread+ , which was not lawful for him to eat, neither for them which were with him, but only for the priests? ⁵ Or have you not read in the law, how that on the sabbath days the priests in the temple profane the sabbath, and are blameless? ⁶ But I say to you, That in this place is one greater than the temple. ⁷ But if you had known what this means, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice, you would not have condemned the guiltless. ⁸ For the Son of man is Lord even of the sabbath day. ⁹ And when he was departed from there, he went into their synagogue: ¹⁰ And, see, there was a man which had his hand withered. And they asked him, saying, Is it lawful+ to heal on the sabbath days? that they might accuse him. ¹¹ And he said to them, What man will there be among you, that will have one sheep, and if it fall into a pit on the sabbath day, will he not lay hold on it, and lift it out? ¹² How much then is a man better than a sheep? why it is lawful to do well on the sabbath days. ¹³ Then said he to the man, Stretch forward your hand. And he stretched it forward; and it was restored whole, like as the other. ¹⁴ Then the Pharisees went out, and held a council against him, how they might destroy him. ¹⁵ But when Jesus knew it, he withdrew himself from there: and great multitudes followed him, and he healed them all; ¹⁶ And charged them that they should not make him known: ¹⁷ That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Isaiah the prophet, saying, ¹⁸ See my servant, who I have chosen; my beloved, in who my soul is well pleased: I will put my spirit on him, and he will show judgment to the Gentiles. ¹⁹ He will not strive, nor cry; neither will any man hear his voice in the streets. ²⁰ A bruised reed will he not break, and smoking flax will he not quench, till+ he send forward judgment to victory. ²¹ And in his name will the Gentiles trust. ²² Then was brought to him one possessed with a devil, blind, and dumb: and he healed him, so much that the blind and dumb both spoke and saw. ²³ And all the people were amazed, and said, Is not this the son of David? ²⁴ But when the Pharisees heard it, they said, This fellow does not cast out devils, but by Beelzebub the prince of the devils. ²⁵ And Jesus knew their thoughts, and said to them, Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation; and every city or house divided against itself will not stand: ²⁶ And if Satan cast out Satan, he is divided against himself; how will then his kingdom stand? ²⁷ And if I by Beelzebub cast out devils, by who do your children cast them out? therefore+ they will be your judges. ²⁸ But if I cast out devils by the Spirit of God, then the kingdom of God is come to you. ²⁹ Or else how can one enter into a strong man's house, and spoil his goods, except he first bind the strong man? and then he will spoil his house. ³⁰ He that is not with me is against me; and he that gathers not with me scatters abroad. ³¹ why+ I say to you, All manner of sin and blasphemy will be forgiven to men: but the blasphemy against the Holy Ghost will not be forgiven to men. ³² And whoever+ speaks a word against the Son of man, it will be forgiven him: but whoever+ speaks against the Holy Ghost, it will not be forgiven him, neither in this world, neither in the world to come. ³³ Either make the tree good, and his fruit good; or else make the tree corrupt, and his fruit corrupt: for the tree is known by his fruit. ³⁴ O generation of vipers, how can you, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks. ³⁵ A good man out of the good treasure of the heart brings forward good things: and an evil man out of the evil treasure brings forward evil things. ³⁶ But I say to you, That every idle word that+ men will speak, they will give account of it+ in the day of judgment. ³⁷ For by your words you will be justified, and by your words you will be condemned. ³⁸ Then certain of the scribes and of the Pharisees answered, saying, Master, we would see a sign from you. ³⁹ But he answered and said to them, An evil and adulterous generation seeks after a sign; and there will no sign be given to it, but the sign of the prophet Jonas: ⁴⁰ For as Jonas was three days and three nights in the whale's belly; so will the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth. ⁴¹ The men of Nineveh will rise in judgment with this generation, and will condemn it: because they repented at the preaching of Jonas; and, see, a greater than Jonas is here. ⁴² The queen of the south will rise up in the judgment with this generation, and will condemn it: for she came from the uttermost parts of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and, see, a greater than Solomon is here. ⁴³ + When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he walks through dry places, seeking rest, and finds none. ⁴⁴ Then he said, I will return into my house from where I came out; and when he is come, he finds it empty, swept, and garnished. ⁴⁵ Then goes he, and takes with himself seven other spirits more wicked than himself, and they enter in and dwell there: and the last state of that man is worse than the first. Even so will it be also to this wicked generation. ⁴⁶ While he yet talked to the people, see, his mother and his brothers stood without, desiring to speak with him. ⁴⁷ Then one said to him, See, your mother and your brothers stand without, desiring to speak with you. ⁴⁸ But he answered and said to him that told him, Who is my mother? and who are my brothers? ⁴⁹ And he stretched See his hand toward his disciples, and said, See my mother and my brothers! ⁵⁰ For whoever+ will do the will of my Father which is in heaven, the same is my brother, and sister, and mother.