Mark 3
1 And he entered again into the synagogue, and a man was there who had a withered hand.
At another time, when He went to the synagogue, there was a man there with one arm shrivelled up.
2 And they watched him whether he would heal him on the sabbath day, so that they might accuse him.
They closely watched Him to see whether He would cure him on the Sabbath--so as to have a charge to bring against Him.
3 And he says to the man who had a withered hand, Stand up in the midst.
"Come forward," said He to the man with the shrivelled arm.
4 And he says to them, Is it permitted to do good on the sabbath day or to do harm, to save life or to kill? But they were silent.
Then He asked them, "Are we allowed to do good on the Sabbath, or to do evil? to save a life, or to destroy one?" They remained silent.
5 And having looked around on them with anger, being grieved at the callousness of their heart, he says to the man, Stretch forth thy hand. And he stretched it out, and his hand was restored as the other.
Grieved and indignant at the hardening of their hearts, He looked round on them with anger, and said to the man, "Stretch out your arm." He stretched it out, and the arm was completely restored.
6 And the Pharisees having gone out, they straightaway were making a plot with the Herodians against him, how they might destroy him.
But no sooner had the Pharisees left the synagogue than they held a consultation with the Herodians against Jesus, to devise some means of destroying Him.
7 And Jesus withdrew with his disciples to the sea, and a great multitude from Galilee followed him.
Accordingly Jesus withdrew with His disciples to the Lake, and a vast crowd of people from Galilee followed Him;
8 And from Judea, and from Jerusalem, and from Idumaea, and beyond the Jordan, and around Tyre and Sidon, a great multitude, having heard how many things he did, came to him.
and from Judaea and Jerusalem and Idumaea and from beyond the Jordan and from the district of Tyre and Sidon there came to Him a vast crowd, hearing of all that He was doing.
9 And he spoke to his disciples that a small boat would stay by him because of the crowd, lest they should throng him.
So He gave directions to His disciples to keep a small boat in constant attendance on Him because of the throng--to prevent their crushing Him.
10 For he healed many, so as to press upon him, so that as many as had afflictions might touch him.
For He had cured many of the people, so that all who had any ailments pressed upon Him, to touch Him.
11 And the unclean spirits, whenever they saw him, fell down before him, and cried out, saying, Thou are the Son of God.
And the foul spirits, whenever they saw Him, threw themselves down at His feet, screaming out: "You are the Son of God."
12 And he chided them much that they should not make him known.
But He many a time checked them, forbidding them to say who He was.
13 And he goes up onto the mountain, and calls in those whom he himself wanted, and they went to him.
Then He went up the hill; and those whom He Himself chose He called, and they came to Him.
14 And he appointed twelve men, so that they might be with him, and that he might send them forth to preach,
He appointed twelve of them, that they might be with Him, and that He might also send them to proclaim His Message,
15 and to have authority to heal diseases and to cast out demons.
with authority to expel the demons.
16 And he added to Simon the name Peter;
These twelve were Simon (to whom He gave the surname of Peter),
17 and James the son of Zebedee, and John the brother of James, and he added to them the name Boanerges, which is, Sons of thunder;
James the son of Zabdi and John the brother of James (these two He surnamed Boanerges, that is 'Sons of Thunder'),
18 and Andrew, and Philip, and Bartholomew, and Matthew, and Thomas, and James the son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus, and Simon the Canaanite,
Andrew, Philip, Bartholomew, Matthew, Thomas, James the son of Alphaeus, Thaddaeus, Simon the Cananaean,
19 and Judas Iscariot, who also betrayed him. And they come to a house.
and Judas Iscariot, the man who also betrayed Him.
20 And the multitude comes together again, so as for them, no, not even to be able to eat bread.
And He went into a house. But again the crowd assembled, so that there was no opportunity for them even to snatch a meal.
21 And when those with him heard it, they went out to grasp him, for they said, He is beside himself.
Hearing of this, His relatives came to seize Him by force, for they said, "He is out of his mind."
22 And the scholars who came down from Jerusalem said, He has Beelzebub, and, By the ruler of the demons he casts out the demons.
The Scribes, too, who had come down from Jerusalem said, "He has Baal-zebul in him; and it is by the power of the Prince of the demons that he expels the demons."
23 And having summoned them, he said to them in parables, How can Satan cast out Satan?
So He called them to Him, and using figurative language He appealed to them, saying, "How is it possible for Satan to expel Satan?
24 And if a kingdom be divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand.
For if civil war breaks out in a kingdom, nothing can make that kingdom last;
25 And if a house be divided against itself, that house cannot stand.
and if a family splits into parties, that family cannot continue.
26 And if Satan has rise up against himself, and is divided, he cannot stand, but has an end.
So if Satan has risen in arms and has made war upon himself, stand he cannot, but meets his end.
27 But no man, having enter into the house of the strong man, can plunder his goods unless he first binds the strong man, and then he may plunder his house.
Nay, no one can go into a strong man's house and carry off his property, unless he first binds the strong man, and then he will plunder his house.
28 Truly I say to you, that all the sins will be forgiven the sons of men, and the blasphemies, as many as they may blaspheme.
In solemn truth I tell you that all their sins may be pardoned to the sons of men, and all their blasphemies, however they may have blasphemed;
30 because they said, He has an unclean spirit.
This was because they said, "He is possessed by a foul spirit."
31 Then his brothers and mother come, and standing outside, they sent to him, calling him.
By this time His mother and His brothers arrive, and standing outside they send a message to Him to call Him.
32 And a multitude was sitting around him, and they said to him, Behold, thy mother, and thy brothers, and thy sisters, outside seek for thee.
Now a crowd was sitting round Him; so they tell Him, "Your mother and your brothers and sisters are outside, inquiring for you."
33 And he answered them, saying, Who is my mother and my brothers?
"Who are my mother and my brothers?" He replied.
34 And having looked around at those who sat about him, he says, Behold, my mother and my brothers.
And, fixing His eyes on the people who were sitting round Him in a circle, He said,
35 For whoever may do the will of God, the same is my brother and sister and mother.
"Here are my mother and my brothers. For wherever there is one who has been obedient to God, there is my brother--my sister--and my mother."
