8. “So the Son of Man is Lord of the Sabbath day.”
9. Jesus left there and went into their synagogue,
10. where there was a man with a crippled hand. They were looking for a reason to accuse Jesus, so they asked him, “Is it right to heal on the Sabbath day?”
11. Jesus answered, “If any of you has a sheep, and it falls into a ditch on the Sabbath day, you will help it out of the ditch.
12. Surely a human being is more important than a sheep. So it is lawful to do good things on the Sabbath day.”
13. Then Jesus said to the man with the crippled hand, “Hold out your hand.” The man held out his hand, and it became well again, like the other hand.
14. But the Pharisees left and made plans to kill Jesus.
15. Jesus knew what the Pharisees were doing, so he left that place. Many people followed him, and he healed all who were sick.
16. But Jesus warned the people not to tell who he was.
17. He did these things to bring about what Isaiah the prophet had said:
18. “Here is my servant whom I have chosen.I love him, and I am pleased with him.I will put my Spirit upon him,and he will tell of my justice to all people.
19. He will not argue or cry out;no one will hear his voice in the streets.
20. He will not break a crushed blade of grassor put out even a weak flameuntil he makes justice win the victory.
21. In him will the non-Jewish people find hope.”
22. Then some people brought to Jesus a man who was blind and could not talk, because he had a demon. Jesus healed the man so that he could talk and see.
23. All the people were amazed and said, “Perhaps this man is the Son of David!”
24. When the Pharisees heard this, they said, “Jesus uses the power of Beelzebul, the ruler of demons, to force demons out of people.”
25. Jesus knew what the Pharisees were thinking, so he said to them, “Every kingdom that is divided against itself will be destroyed. And any city or family that is divided against itself will not continue.
26. And if Satan forces out himself, then Satan is divided against himself, and his kingdom will not continue.
27. You say that I use the power of Beelzebul to force out demons. If that is true, then what power do your people use to force out demons? So they will be your judges.