¹At that very appointed-time Jesus went through the grainfields on the Sabbaths; and his disciples were hungry, and they began to pluck the heads of grain and to eat.

²And the Pharisees, when they had seen it, said to Him: Behold, your disciples are doing what it is not lawful to do on the Sabbath.

³Then He said to them: Surely you have read what David did when he was hungry, he himself and those with him?

⁴How he entered into the house of God and they ate the loaves of the presentation, which was not lawful for him to eat, nor for those with him, except for the priests alone?

⁵Or surely you have read in the law that on the Sabbath the priests in the temple profane the Sabbath and are guiltless?

⁶However, I say to you that here is a greater than the temple.

⁷However, if you had known what this is: I desire compassion and not sacrifice, then you would not have condemned the guiltless.

⁸For the Son of Man is lord also of the Sabbath.

⁹And when He had departed from there, He went into their synagogue.

¹⁰And behold, a man was there having a withered hand; and they asked Him, saying: Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbaths? so that they may accuse Him.

¹¹Then He said to them: Who among you will be a man who will have one sheep, and if it shall fall on the Sabbaths into a pit, will not take hold of it and raise it up?

¹²How much more valuable, therefore, is a man than a sheep? Therefore it is lawful to do good on the Sabbaths.

¹³Then He says to the man: Stretch out your hand. And he stretched it out, and it was restored, sound as the other.

¹⁴Now the Pharisees, having gone out, held a counsel against Him, how they may destroy Him.

¹⁵And Jesus, when He had known it, withdrew from there, and great multitudes followed Him, and He healed them all.

¹⁶And He warned them that they may not make Him known —

¹⁷so that might be fulfilled that which had been spoken through Isaiah the prophet, saying:

¹⁸Behold my servant whom I have chosen, my beloved in whom my being has found delight. I will put my Spirit upon Him, and He will proclaim justice to the nations.

¹⁹He will not quarrel nor will he cry out, nor will anyone hear his voice in the streets.

²⁰A bruised reed He will not break, and a smoldering wick He will not quench, until He shall lead justice to victory.

²¹And in his name the nations will hope.

²²Then was brought to Him one being demonised, blind and mute, and He healed him, so that the blind and mute man both to speak and to see.

²³And all the crowds were amazed and were saying: Surely this is not ever the Son of David?

²⁴And the Pharisees, having heard it, said: This man does not cast out the demons except by Beelzebul, prince of the demons.

²⁵Now Jesus, knowing their thoughts, said to them: Every kingdom having been divided against itself is brought to desolation, and every city or house having been divided against itself will not stand.

²⁶And if the adversary casts out the adversary, he is divided against himself; then how will his kingdom stand?

²⁷And if I myself cast out the demons by Beelzebul, by whom do your sons cast them out? On account of this they themselves will be your judges.

²⁸However, if I myself cast out the demons by the Spirit of God, then the kingdom of God has come upon you.

²⁹Or how is anyone able to enter into the house of the strong man and to plunder his goods, unless first he shall bind the strong man? And then he will rob his house.

³⁰The one not being with Me is against Me, and the one not gathering with Me scatters.

³¹Because of this I say to you: every sin and blasphemy will be forgiven to men, however the blasphemy against the Spirit will not be forgiven to the men.

³²And whoever shall speak a word against the Son of Man, it will be forgiven to him; now whoever shall speak against the Holy Spirit, it will not be forgiven to him, neither in this present age nor in the one who comes.

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

³⁴Offspring of vipers, how are you able to speak good things, being evil? for out of the overflow of the heart the mouth speaks.

³⁵The good man out of the good treasure of his heart puts forth good things, and the evil man out of his evil treasure puts forth evil things.

³⁶Now I say to you that every careless word that the men will speak, they will give an account of it in the day of judgment.

³⁷For by your words you will be justified, and by your words you will be condemned.

³⁸Then some of the scribes and Pharisees answered to him, saying: Teacher, we wish to see a sign from You.

³⁹And He answered and said to them: A generation evil and adulterous seeks for a sign; and a sign will not be given to it except the sign of Jonah the prophet.

⁴⁰For just as Jonah was in the belly of the great fish three days and three nights, so will the Son of Man be in the heart of the land three days and three nights.

⁴¹The men of Nineveh will stand up in the judgment with this generation and will condemn it, for they repented at the preaching of Jonah; and behold, a greater than Jonah here.

⁴²The queen of the south will rise up in the judgment with this generation and will condemn it, for she came from the ends of the land to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and behold, a greater than Solomon here.

⁴³Now when the unclean spirit may go out from the man, it passes through waterless places seeking rest, and finds none.

⁴⁴Then it says: I will return to my house from where I came out. And having come, it finds it unoccupied, and swept, and ordered.

⁴⁵Then it goes and takes with itself seven other spirits more evil than itself, and having entered in, they dwell there; and the last of that man becomes worse than the first. So it will be also to this evil generation.

⁴⁶Now while He is speaking to the crowds, behold, his mother and his brothers had been standing outside, seeking to speak to Him.

⁴⁷Now someone said to Him: Behold, your mother and your brothers have stood outside, seeking to speak to You.

⁴⁸And He answered and said to the one telling Him: Who is my mother and who are my brothers?

⁴⁹And when He had stretched out his hand to his disciples, He said: Behold my mother and my brothers.

⁵⁰For whoever does the will of my Father who is in the heavens, he himself is My brother and sister and mother.