Maqus (Mark) — 3
YAHUSHA Heals on the Shabbat
1 Then 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤔𐤏_YAHUSHA went into the congregation again and noticed a man with a deformed hand.
2 Since it was the Shabbat, 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤔𐤏_YAHUSHA’s enemies watched Him closely. If he healed the man’s hand, they planned to accuse Him of working on the Shabbat.
3 So 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤔𐤏_YAHUSHA said to the man with the deformed hand, “Come and stand in front of everyone.”
4 Then he turned to his critics and asked, “Does the law permit good deeds on the Shabbat, or is it a day for doing evil? Is this a day to save life or to destroy it?” But they would not answer Him.
5 And 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤔𐤏_YAHUSHA looked around at them angrily and was deeply saddened by their hard hearts, then 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤔𐤏_YAHUSHA said to the man, “Stretch out your hand.” So the man stretches out his hand, and the hand was restored!
6 At once the Pharisees went away and met with the supporters of Harud to plot how to kill 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤔𐤏_YAHUSHA.
Crowds Follow YAHUSHA
7 And 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤔𐤏_YAHUSHA went out to the lake with his Talmidym, and a large crowd followed Him. They came from all over Galily, Yahudah,
8 Yahushalam, Idumaa, from east of the Yurdan River, and even from as far north as Tyra and Sidun. The news about 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤔𐤏_YAHUSHA‘s miracles had spread far and wide, and vast numbers of people came to see Him.
9 And 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤔𐤏_YAHUSHA instructed His Talmidym to have a boat ready so the crowd would not crush him.
10 For 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤔𐤏_YAHUSHA had healed many people that day, so all the sick people eagerly pushed forward to touch 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤔𐤏_YAHUSHA.
11 And whenever those possessed by evil spirits saw 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤔𐤏_YAHUSHA, the spirits would throw them to the ground in front of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤔𐤏_YAHUSHA and cried out, “You are the Son of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄_YAHUAH!”
12 But 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤔𐤏_YAHUSHA sternly commanded the spirits not to reveal who He was.
YAHUSHA Chooses the Twelve Shaliach
13 Afterward 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤔𐤏_YAHUSHA went up on a mountain and called out the ones he wanted to go with him. And they came to 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤔𐤏_YAHUSHA.
14 Then 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤔𐤏_YAHUSHA appointed twelve of them and called them his Shaliach (apostles). They were to accompany 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤔𐤏_YAHUSHA, and he would send them out to preach,
15 giving them authority to cast out demons.
16 These are the twelve he chose:
Simun (whom he named Kafa),
17 Ya'aqub and Yahukanun (the sons of Zabadyahu, but 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤔𐤏_YAHUSHA nicknamed them “Sons of Thunder”),
18 Andraw, Philip, Barthulumaw, Mattatyahu, Thomas, Ya'aqub (son of Alphaus), Thaddaus, Simon (the zalut),
19 Yudas Iscariot (who later betrayed 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤔𐤏_YAHUSHA).
YAHUSHA and the Prince of Demons
20 One time 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤔𐤏_YAHUSHA entered a house, and the crowds began to gather again. Soon 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤔𐤏_YAHUSHA and His Talmidym could not even find time to eat.
21 When 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤔𐤏_YAHUSHA‘s family heard what was happening, They went to get him because people said he was crazy.
22 But the teachers of religious law who had arrived from Yahushalam said, “He’s possessed by Ha'shatan, the prince of demons. That is where he gets the power to cast out demons.”
23 And 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤔𐤏_YAHUSHA called them over and responded with an illustration. “How can ha'shatan cast out ha'shatan?”.
24 “A kingdom divided by civil war will collapse.
25 Similarly, a family splintered by feuding will fall apart.
26 And if ha'shatan is divided and fights against himself, how can he stand? He would never survive.
27 Let me illustrate this further. Who is powerful enough to enter the house of a strong man like ha'shatan and plunder his goods? Only someone even stronger, someone who could tie him up and then plunder his house.
28 “I tell you the truth, all sin and blasphemy can be forgiven,
29 but anyone who blasphemes against the RUACH Ha'Qadash will never be forgiven. This is a sin with eternal consequences.”
30 For 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤔𐤏_YAHUSHA told them this because they were saying, “He is possessed by an evil spirit.”
The True Family of YAHUSHA
31 Then 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤔𐤏_YAHUSHA’s mother and brothers came to see Him. They stood outside and sent word for 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤔𐤏_YAHUSHA to come out and talk with them.
32 There was a crowd sitting around 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤔𐤏_YAHUSHA, and someone said, “Your mother and your brothers are outside asking for you.”
33 And 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤔𐤏_YAHUSHA replied, “Who is my mother? Who are my brothers?”
34 Then 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤔𐤏_YAHUSHA looked at those around him and said, “Look, these are my mother and brothers.
35 Anyone who does 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄_YAHUAH’s will is my brother and sister and mother.”