1At that season Yeshua went on the sabbath day through the grainfields; and his disciples were hungry and began to pluck ears and to eat. 2But the Pharisees, when they saw it, said to him, Behold, your disciples do that which it is not lawful to do on the sabbath. 3But he said to them, Have you not read what David did, when he was hungry, and those who were with him; 4how he entered into the house of God, and ate the showbread, which it was not lawful for him to eat, nor for those who were with him, but only for the priests? 5Or have you not read in the Torah, that on the sabbath day the priests in the temple profane the sabbath, and are guiltless? 6But I say to you, that one greater than the temple is here. 7But if you had known what this means, I desire mercy, and not sacrifice, you would not have condemned the guiltless. 8For the Son of man is lord of the sabbath. 9And he departed from there, and went into their synagogue: 10and behold, a man having a withered hand. And they asked him, saying, Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath day? that they might accuse him. 11And he said to them, What man shall there be among you, who has one sheep, and if this falls into a pit on the sabbath day, will he not lay hold on it, and lift it out? 12How much then is a man of more value than a sheep! Therefore it is lawful to do good on the sabbath day. 13Then he says to the man, Stretch forth your hand. And he stretched it forth; and it was restored whole, as the other. 14But the Pharisees went out, and took counsel against him, how they might destroy him. 15And Yeshua perceiving it withdrew from there: and many followed him; and he healed them all, 16and charged them that they should not make him known: 17that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through Isaiah the prophet, saying, 18Behold, my servant whom I have chosen; My beloved in whom my soul is well pleased: I will put my Spirit on him, And he shall declare judgment to the Gentiles. 19He shall not strive, nor cry aloud; Neither shall anyone hear his voice in the streets. 20A bruised reed he shall not break, And smoking flax he shall not quench, Until he sends forth judgment to victory. 21And in his name the Gentiles shall hope. 22Then one possessed with a demon, blind and mute, was brought to him: and he healed him, so that the mute man spoke and saw. 23And all the multitudes were amazed, and said, Can this be the son of David? 24But when the Pharisees heard it, they said, This man does not cast out demons, but by Beelzebub the prince of the demons. 25And knowing their thoughts he said to them, Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation; and every city or house divided against itself shall not stand: 26and if Satan casts out Satan, he is divided against himself; how then shall his kingdom stand? 27And if I by Beelzebub cast out demons, by whom do your sons cast them out? therefore they shall be your judges. 28But if I by the Spirit of God cast out demons, then the kingdom of God has come upon you. 29Or how can one enter into the house of the strong man, and spoil his goods, unless he first binds the strong man? and then he will spoil his house. 30He who is not with me is against me; and he who does not gather with me scatters. 31Therefore I say to you, Every sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven to men; but the blasphemy against the Spirit shall not be forgiven. 32And whoever speaks a word against the Son of man, it shall be forgiven him; but whoever speaks against the Holy Spirit, it shall not be forgiven him, neither in this world, nor in that which is to come. 33Either make the tree good, and its fruit good; or make the tree corrupt, and its fruit corrupt: for the tree is known by its fruit. 34You offspring of vipers, how can you, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks. 35The good man out of his good treasure brings forth good things: and the evil man out of his evil treasure brings forth evil things. 36And I say to you, that for every idle word that men speak, they shall give account of it in the day of judgment. 37For by your words you shall be justified, and by your words you shall be condemned. 38Then some of the scribes and Pharisees answered him, saying, Teacher, we want to see a sign from you. 39But he answered and said to them, An evil and adulterous generation seeks after a sign; and there shall no sign be given to it but the sign of Jonah the prophet: 40for as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the whale; so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth. 41The men of Nineveh shall stand up in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: for they repented at the preaching of Jonah; and behold, a greater than Jonah is here. 42The queen of the south shall rise up in the judgment with this generation, and shall 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. 43But the unclean spirit, when he has gone out of the man, passes through waterless places, seeking rest, and does not find it. 44Then he says, I will return into my house from which I came out; and when he has come, he finds it empty, swept, and garnished. 45Then he goes, and takes with himself seven other spirits more evil than himself, and they enter in and dwell there: and the last state of that man becomes worse than the first. Even so shall it be also to this evil generation. 46While he was yet speaking to the multitudes, behold, his mother and his brothers stood outside, seeking to speak to him. 47And one said to him, Behold, your mother and your brothers stand outside, seeking to speak to you. 48But he answered and said to him who told him, Who is my mother? and who are my brothers? 49And he stretched forth his hand towards his disciples, and said, Behold, my mother and my brothers! 50For whoever does the will of my Father who is in heaven, he is my brother, and sister, and mother.