¹ AT that time Jesus walked through corn-fields on a sabbath-day; and his disciples were hungry, and began to pluck the ears of corn, and to eat.

² But when the Pharisees saw it, they said to him, Behold, thy disciples do a thing that it is not lawful to do on the sabbath.

³ And he said unto them, Have ye not read what David did, when he was hungry, and they who were with him?

⁴ how they went into the house of God, and did eat the loaves of shew-bread, of which it was not lawful for him or those who were with him to eat, but for the priests alone?

⁵ Or have ye not read in the law, that on the sabbaths the priests in the temple profane the sabbath, and are not culpable?

⁶ Now I tell you, That one greater than the temple is here.

⁷ But if ye had known what that meant, I desire mercy and not sacrifice; ye would not have condemned the innocent.

⁸ For the Son of man is Lord also of the sabbath.

⁹ And going on from thence, he came into their synagogue;

¹⁰ and, behold a man was there who had a withered hand. And they asked him, saying, Is it lawful to heal on sabbath days? that they might accuse him.

¹¹ Then he said to them; What man of you is there who hath one sheep, and if it fall into a pit on the sabbath, doth he not lay hold on him, and lift him out?

¹² Of how much more value then is a man than a sheep? Wherefore it is lawful to do good on the sabbath days.

¹³ Then saith he to the man, Stretch out thy hand; and he stretched it out, and it was restored, sound as the other.

¹⁴ Then the Pharisees went out, and held a consultation against him, how they might make away with him.

¹⁵ But Jesus knew it, and retired from thence, and great multitudes followed him, and he healed them all,

¹⁶ and charged them that they should not make him known.

¹⁷ That what was spoken by Isaiah the prophet might be fulfilled, saying,

¹⁸ “Behold, my servant, whom I have chosen, my beloved, in whom my soul delighteth: I will put my Spirit upon him, and he shall proclaim judgment for the heathen.

¹⁹ He shall not contend, nor be clamorous; neither shall any man in the streets hear his voice.

²⁰ A bruised reed shall he not break down, and smoking flax shall he not quench, until he break forth in judgment for victory.

²¹ And in his name shall the Gentiles hope.”

²² Then was brought to him a demoniac, blind and dumb; and he cured him, so as to enable the blind and dumb both to speak and see.

²³ And all the multitudes were lost in amazement, and they said, Is not this the son of David?

²⁴ But the Pharisees hearing them, said, This fellow casteth not out devils, but by Beelzebub, the prince of the devils.

²⁵ But Jesus knowing their thoughts, said unto them, Every kingdom divided against itself will be desolated; and every city, or family, divided against itself cannot subsist:

²⁶ so if Satan cast out Satan; he is divided against himself; how then can his kingdom subsist?

²⁷ And if I by Beelzebub cast out devils, by whom do your sons cast them out? therefore shall they be your judges.

²⁸ But if I by the Spirit of God cast out the devils, then truly the kingdom of God is come unto you.

²⁹ Else how can one enter into a strong man’s house and plunder his goods, except he first bind the strong man, and then will he plunder his goods?

³⁰ He that is not with me, is against me; and he that associates not with me, scattereth abroad.

³¹ Therefore I say unto you, All sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven to men; but the blasphemy against the Spirit shall not be forgiven to men.

³² And whosoever may speak a word against the Son of man, it shall be forgiven him: but whosoever shall speak against the Holy Ghost, it shall not be forgiven him, neither in this world, nor in the world to come.

³³ Either make the tree good, and its fruit good; or make the tree corrupt, and its fruit corrupt: for the tree is known by the fruit.

³⁴ Ye broods of vipers, how can ye speak good things, yourselves being wicked? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.

³⁵ A good man out of the good treasure of his heart bringeth forth good things: and a wicked man out of the evil treasure of his heart bringeth forth evil things.

³⁶ But I tell you, That every idle word which men speak, for it shall they give an account in the day of judgment.

³⁷ For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned.

³⁸ Then certain of the scribes and Pharisees addressed him, saying, Master, we desire to see a sign from thee.

³⁹ But he answered and said unto them, A wicked and adulterous generation seeketh a sign; and no sign shall be given it, but the sign of Jonah the prophet:

⁴⁰ for as Jonah was in the belly of the whale three days and three nights; so shall the Son of man be in the heart of the earth three days and three nights.

⁴¹ The men of Nineveh shall rise up in judgment against this generation, and condemn it: for they repented on the preaching of Jonah; and behold, a greater than Jonah is here.

⁴² The queen of the South shall rise up in judgment against the men of this generation, and condemn it: for she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and behold, a greater than Solomon is here.

⁴³ When the unclean spirit is indeed gone out of a man, he traverses through places destitute of water, in search of rest, but cannot find it.

⁴⁴ Then he saith, I will return to my mansion, whence I came; and on his arrival, he findeth it unoccupied, swept, and furnished.

⁴⁵ Then goeth he, and taketh 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. So shall it also be with this wicked generation.

⁴⁶ And while he was yet speaking to the multitudes, behold, his mother and his brethren stood without, desiring to speak to him.

⁴⁷ And a person said unto him, Behold, thy mother and thy brethren stand without, desiring to speak to thee.

⁴⁸ But he answered and said to him that told him, Who is my mother? and who are my brethren?

⁴⁹ And stretching out his hand towards his disciples, he said, Behold my mother and my brethren.

⁵⁰ For whosoever shall do the will of my Father who is in heaven, the same is my brother, and sister, and mother.