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¹ On one nex' Sabbath, Jesus gone ta da synagogue. A man was dere wit a cripple han'. ² Da Pharisees was watchin' ta see if Jesus was gonna heal dis man on da Sabbath so dey cud catch Him doin' wrong. ³ So Jesus tell da man wit he cripple han', "Get up an' stan' in fronta erryone!" So da man get up.

⁴ Jesus aks da people, "Do da laws God gee Moses make it right ta do good or evil, ta eeda save people or let dem die on da Sabbath?" But dey jus' stay quiet an' een say nuttin'. ⁵ So Jesus get mad. He was sad dat dey was stubborn an' didn't wan' help. So He tell da man, "Stretch out ya han'!" When da man do dat, he cripple han' was heal.

⁶ So da Pharisees leave ta make one plan wit da Herodians ta see how dey ga kill Jesus.

⁷ Den Jesus an' He disciples gone ta da sea an' a big crowd uh people was followin' Him. Dese people come from Galilee, Judea, ⁸ Jerusalem, Idumea, da udda side uh da Jordan River an' from places roun' by Tyre an' Sidon, cuz dey hear 'bout all He was doin'.

⁹ Jesus tell He disciples ta get a boat ready fa Him cuz He didn' wan' da people ta rush up on Him. ¹⁰ He heal so much people dat erryone who was sick was rushin' ta touch Him.

¹¹ Some people had demons an' when da demons see Him dey fall down in fronta Him an' shout out, "You is da Son uh God". ¹² Jesus warn da demons strong strong ta not say who He is.

¹³ Now Jesus gon up da mountain an' call da people He did wan' ta go wit' Him. ¹⁴ He choose twelve uh dem (who He did call apostles) ta be wit' Him, an' fa Him ta sen' dem out ta preach. ¹⁵ He even gee dem da power ta cast out demons.

¹⁶ Dis was da name uh He twelve apostles: Simon (who He name Peter), ¹⁷ James da son uh Zebedee, an' he brudda John (who Jesus did name Boanerges, what mean men who was like tunda'); ¹⁸ he call Andrew, Phillip, Bartholomew, Matthew, Thomas, James da son uh Alpheaus, Thaddaeus, Simon da Zealot ¹⁹ an' Judas Iscariot, who backstab Him.

²⁰ Den Jesus an' He disciples gone home an' da people follow Him dere too, ta da point dat Him an' He disciples een had time ta eat.

²¹ When He family hear 'bout dis, dey gone ta take Him home wit dem cuz dey was sayin', "He crazy."

²² Da scribes who did come from Jerusalem say, "Jesus possess by Beelzebul" an' "Da ruler uh da demons gee Jesus da power ta cast demons out."

²³ Jesus call dem ova an' talk ta dem in parables, "How cud Satan cast out Satan? ²⁴ If da people livin' in a kingdom fight wit' each udda, dey een ga survive like dat. ²⁵ If a family fight wit each udda, dey een ga stay togedda. ²⁶ An' if Satan an' he demons fight each udda, he ga get destroy. ²⁷ But no one cud go ta da house uh a strong man an' take from him unless he get tie up first. Das da only way anyone cud tief from him.

²⁸ Ta tell da trute, God ga fagive all da sin what people do, even when dey talk bad 'bout Him, ²⁹ but whoeva talk bad 'bout da Holy Spirit een ga neva get fagive. Dey ga foreva be guity uh sin.

³⁰ Jesus had ta tell dem dis cuz dey was sayin', "He gat demons in Him!"

³¹ Den Jesus' mudda an' bruddas come an' was standin' outside. Dey sen' fa Him ta come outside ta dem. ³² A bunch uh people was sittin' roun' Jesus, an' dey say, "Ya mudda, bruddas an' sistas outside lookin' fa you." ³³ Jesus ask dem, "Who is my mudda an' my bruddas?" ³⁴ He look at da people sittin' roun' Him an' say, "Yall is my mudda an' my bruddas! ³⁵ Anyone who do what God wan' him ta do is my brudda, my sista an' my mudda."