Jesus heals on the Sabbath
1Another time Jesus went into the synagogue, and a man with a shrivelled hand was there. 2Some of them were looking for a reason to accuse Jesus, so they watched him closely to see if he would heal him on the Sabbath. 3Jesus said to the man with the shrivelled hand, ‘Stand up in front of everyone.’
4Then Jesus asked them, ‘Which is lawful on the Sabbath: to do good or to do evil, to save life or to kill?’ But they remained silent.
5He looked around at them in anger and, deeply distressed at their stubborn hearts, said to the man, ‘Stretch out your hand.’ He stretched it out, and his hand was completely restored. 6Then the Pharisees went out and began to plot with the Herodians how they might kill Jesus.
Crowds follow Jesus
7Jesus withdrew with his disciples to the lake, and a large crowd from Galilee followed. 8When they heard all he was doing, many people came to him from Judea, Jerusalem, Idumea, and the regions across the Jordan and around Tyre and Sidon. 9Because of the crowd he told his disciples to have a small boat ready for him, to keep the people from crowding him. 10For he had healed many, so that those with diseases were pushing forward to touch him. 11Whenever the impure spirits saw him, they fell down before him and cried out, ‘You are the Son of God.’ 12But he gave them strict orders not to tell others about him.
Jesus appoints the Twelve
13Jesus went up on a mountainside and called to him those he wanted, and they came to him. 14He appointed twelve3:14 Some manuscripts twelve – designating them apostles – that they might be with him and that he might send them out to preach 15and to have authority to drive out demons.
16These are the twelve he appointed:
Simon (to whom he gave the name Peter),
17James son of Zebedee and his brother John (to them he gave the name Boanerges, which means ‘sons of thunder’),
18Andrew,
Philip,
Bartholomew,
Matthew,
Thomas,
James son of Alphaeus,
Thaddaeus,
Simon the Zealot
19and Judas Iscariot, who betrayed him.
Jesus accused by his family and by teachers of the law
20Then Jesus entered a house, and again a crowd gathered, so that he and his disciples were not even able to eat. 21When his family3:21 Or his associates heard about this, they went to take charge of him, for they said, ‘He is out of his mind.’
22And the teachers of the law who came down from Jerusalem said, ‘He is possessed by Beelzebul! By the prince of demons he is driving out demons.’
23So Jesus called them over to him and began to speak to them in parables: ‘How can Satan drive out Satan? 24If a kingdom is divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand. 25If a house is divided against itself, that house cannot stand. 26And if Satan opposes himself and is divided, he cannot stand; his end has come. 27In fact, no-one can enter a strong man’s house without first tying him up. Then he can plunder the strong man’s house. 28Truly I tell you, people can be forgiven all their sins and every slander they utter, 29but whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit will never be forgiven; they are guilty of an eternal sin.’
30He said this because they were saying, ‘He has an impure spirit.’
31Then Jesus’ mother and brothers arrived. Standing outside, they sent someone in to call him. 32A crowd was sitting round him, and they told him, ‘Your mother and brothers are outside looking for you.’
33‘Who are my mother and my brothers?’ he asked.
34Then he looked at those seated in a circle round him and said, ‘Here are my mother and my brothers! 35Whoever does God’s will is my brother and sister and mother.’
Yesu Sa Yare Homeda
1Yesu baa Kapernaum no, ɔkɔɔ hyiadan mu bio. Oduu hɔ no, ohuu ɔbarima bi a ne nsa baako awu. 2Na saa da no yɛ Homeda enti na Yesu atamfo no retetɛw no ahwɛ sɛ ɔbɛsa ɔbarima no yare ana. Na wɔabɔ wɔn tirim sɛ, sɛ ɔsa no yare a wɔbɛkyere no! 3Yesu ka kyerɛɛ ɔbarima no se ommegyina nnipa no anim.
4Ɔdan ne ho kyerɛɛ nʼatamfo no bisaa wɔn se, “Eye sɛ obi yɛ papa Homeda? Anaasɛ ɛyɛ da a wɔde yɛ bɔne? Ɛyɛ da a wɔde gye nkwa anaa wɔma obi nkwa hwere no” Nanso wɔammua no.
5Ɔde abufuw hwɛɛ wɔn hyiae. Ɛhaw no sɛ wonni ahummɔbɔ mma nnipa enti ɔka kyerɛɛ ɔbarima no se, “Teɛ wo nsa no mu.” Ɔteɛɛ mu na amono mu hɔ ara, ne nsa no yɛɛ yiye. 6Farisifo no kohyiaa Herodefo no ne wɔn susuw ɔkwan a wɔbɛfa so akum Yesu no ho.
Dɔm Tu Di Yesu Akyi
7Yesu ne nʼasuafo no fii hɔ kɔɔ mpoano. Nnipadɔm fifi Galilea, Yudea, Yerusalem, 8Idumea, Asubɔnten Yordan agya, Tiro ne Sidon fam nyinaa, tu dii Yesu akyi. Efisɛ na nʼanwonwade a ɔyɛ no atrɛw mmaa nyinaa enti na ebinom pɛ sɛ wɔbɛhwɛ no. 9Ɔka kyerɛɛ nʼasuafo no se, wɔmpɛ ɔkorow bi nsi nkyɛn baabi, na sɛ nnipadɔm no kyere ne so wɔ mpoano hɔ a, watena mu akɔ. 10Da no, na wasa nyarewa bebree a ne saa nti na ayarefo no ba ara na wɔreba a wɔpɛe sɛ wɔde wɔn nsa ka nʼatade. 11Bere biara a wɔn a wɔwɔ ahonhommɔne no bi behu no no, wotwa hwe fam, wosow biribiri, ka se, “Woyɛ Onyankopɔn Ba.” 12Nanso ɔbɔɔ wɔn ano se, wɔnkyerɛ onipa ko a ɔyɛ.
Yesu Paw Asuafo Dumien No
13Yeau kɔɔ bepɔw so na ɔfrɛɛ wɔn a wayi wɔn no baa ne nkyɛn. 14Oyii wɔn mu dumien a daa wɔne no bɛnantew, na wɔakɔka asɛmpa no, 15na wɔatu ahonhommɔne nso.
16Dumien a oyii wɔn no din ni:
Simon, a ɔtoo no din foforo Petro.
17Sebedeo mma Yakobo ne Yohane, a ɔtoo wɔn din Boanerges, a ase ne “aprannaa mma”.
18Wɔn a wɔka ho nso ni: Andrea,
Filipo,
Bartolomeo,
Mateo,
Toma,
Alfeo ba Yakobo,
Tadeo ne
Simon ɔmanyɛfo,
19na Yuda Iskariot a oyii no mae no.
20Ɔsan baa ofi a ɔte mu no mu no, nnipakuw bi san baa ne so bio. Ankyɛ koraa na hɔ nyinaa yɛɛ ma a onnya kwan koraa nnidi. 21Ne fifo tee asɛm a aba no, wɔkɔɔ hɔ sɛ wɔrekɔfa no akɔ wɔn fi efisɛ wɔkae se, “Ne ti mu ka no.”
Yesu Ka Nyaatwomfo Anim
22Kyerɛwsɛm no akyerɛkyerɛfo a wofi Yerusalem bae no kae se, “Beelsebul a ɔyɛ ahonhommɔne panyin no afa no, na ɔnam saa tumi no so na otu ahonhommɔne no.”
23Yesu frɛɛ wɔn kasa kyerɛɛ wɔn abebu mu se, “Ɛbɛyɛ dɛn na Satan betumi atu Satan? 24Ahenni biara a ɛne ne ho di asi no begu. 25Saa ara na ofi biara a ɛne ne ho di asi no nnyina ara ne no. 26Na sɛ Satan twa ne ho ne ne ho di asi a, ɛbɛyɛ dɛn na watumi adi nkonim? Obedi nkogu. 27Obiara ntumi nkɔ ɔhoɔdenfo fi nkɔfa ne nneɛma kwa, agye sɛ, onii no di kan kyekyere ɔhoɔdenfo no, ansa na watumi afa ne nneɛma. 28Mereka akyerɛ mo se, bɔne a onipa ayɛ biara no, wotumi de kyɛ no, na mpo obi ka abususɛm tia me a, wotumi de kyɛ no; 29nanso nea ɔka abususɛm tia Honhom Kronkron no de, wɔremfa nkyɛ no da. Ɛyɛ bɔne a ɛrempepa da.”
30Ɔkaa saa asɛm yi efisɛ na wɔka se, “Ɔwɔ honhommɔne.”
Yesu Na Ne Ne Nuanom
31Ogu so rekyerɛkyerɛ no, ne na ne ne nuanom begyinaa nnipadɔm no mu baabi somaa obi se, ɔnkɔfrɛ no mmra, na wɔne no nkasa. 32Saa bere no na nnipadɔm no atwa ne ho ahyia. Nnipa no ka kyerɛɛ Yesu se, “Wo na ne wo nuanom gyina afikyiri hɔ pɛ sɛ wɔne wo kasa.”
33Yesu bisaa wɔn se, “Hena ne me na? Hefo ne me nuanom?”
34Ɔhwɛɛ nnipadɔm no hyia kae se, “Eyinom ne me na ne me nuanom! 35Obiara a ɔbɛyɛ Onyankopɔn apɛde no, ɔno ne me nuabarima ne me nuabea ne me na.”
