Mark 3
1 Once again Jesus entered the synagogue, and a man with a withered hand was there.
And he went again into the Synagogue; and there was a man there whose hand was dead.
2 In order to accuse Jesus, they were watching to see if He would heal on the Sabbath.
And they were watching him to see if he would make him well on the Sabbath day, so that they might have something against him.
3 Then Jesus said to the man with the withered hand, “Stand up among us.”
And he said to the man, Get up and come forward.
4 And He asked them, “Which is lawful on the Sabbath: to do good or to do evil, to save life or to destroy it?” But they were silent.
And he said to them, Is it right to do good on the Sabbath or to do evil? to give life or to put to death? But they said nothing.
5 Jesus looked around at them with anger and sorrow at their hardness of heart. Then He said to the man, “Stretch out your hand.” So he stretched it out, and it was restored.
And looking round on them he was angry, being sad because of their hard hearts; and he said to the man, Put out your hand. And he put it out, and his hand was made well.
6 At this, the Pharisees went out and began plotting with the Herodians how they might kill Jesus.
And the Pharisees went out, and straight away made designs with the Herodians about how they might put him to death.
7 So Jesus withdrew with His disciples to the sea, accompanied by a large crowd from Galilee, Judea,
And Jesus went away with his disciples to the sea, and a great number from Galilee came after him: and from Judaea,
8 Jerusalem, Idumea, the region beyond the Jordan, and the vicinity of Tyre and Sidon. The large crowd came to Him when they heard what great things He was doing.
And from Jerusalem, and from Idumaea, and the other side of Jordan, and the country about Tyre and Sidon, a great number, hearing what great things he did, came to him.
9 Jesus asked His disciples to have a boat ready for Him so that the crowd would not crush Him.
And he made a request to his disciples to have a little boat ready for him, so that he might not be crushed by the people;
10 For He had healed so many that all who had diseases were pressing forward to touch Him.
For he had made such a great number well that all those who were diseased were falling down before him for the purpose of touching him.
11 And when the unclean spirits saw Him, they fell down before Him and cried out, “You are the Son of God!”
And the unclean spirits, whenever they saw him, went down before him, crying out, and saying, You are the Son of God.
12 But He warned them sternly not to make Him known.
And he gave them special orders not to say who he was.
13 Then Jesus went up on the mountain and called for those He wanted, and they came to Him.
And he went up into the mountain, and sent for those whom it was his pleasure to have with him: and they went to him.
14 He appointed twelve of them, whom He designated as apostles, to accompany Him, to be sent out to preach,
And he took twelve to be with him, so that he might send them out as preachers,
15 and to have authority to drive out demons.
And give them the power of driving out evil spirits:
16 These are the twelve He appointed: Simon (whom He named Peter),
To Simon he gave the second name of Peter;
17 James son of Zebedee and his brother John (whom He named Boanerges, meaning “Sons of Thunder”),
And to James, the son of Zebedee, and John, the brother of James, he gave the second name of Boanerges, which is, Sons of thunder:
18 Andrew, Philip, Bartholomew, Matthew, Thomas, James son of Alphaeus, Thaddaeus, Simon the Zealot,
And Andrew, and Philip, and Bartholomew, and Matthew, and Thomas, and James, the son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus, and Simon the Zealot;
19 and Judas Iscariot, who betrayed Jesus.
And Judas Iscariot, who was false to him.
20 Then Jesus went home, and once again a crowd gathered, so that He and His disciples could not even eat.
And he went into a house. And the people came together again, so that they were not even able to take bread.
21 When His family heard about this, they went out to take custody of Him, saying, “He is out of His mind.”
And when his friends had news of it, they went out to get him, saying, He is off his head.
22 And the scribes who had come down from Jerusalem were saying, “He is possessed by Beelzebul,” and, “By the prince of the demons He drives out demons.”
And the scribes who came down from Jerusalem, said, He has Beelzebub, and, By the ruler of evil spirits he sends evil spirits out of men.
23 So Jesus called them together and began to speak to them in parables: “How can Satan drive out Satan?
And turning to them, he said to them in the form of a story, How is it possible for Satan to put out Satan?
24 If a kingdom is divided against itself, it cannot stand.
If there is division in a kingdom, that kingdom will come to destruction;
25 If a house is divided against itself, it cannot stand.
And if there is division in a house, that house will come to destruction;
26 And if Satan is divided and rises against himself, he cannot stand; his end has come.
And if Satan is at war with himself, and there is division in him, he will not keep his place but will come to an end.
27 Indeed, no one can enter a strong man’s house to steal his possessions unless he first ties up the strong man. Then he can plunder his house.
But no one is able to go into the house of the strong man and take his goods, without first putting cords round the strong man, and then he will take his goods.
28 Truly I tell you, the sons of men will be forgiven all sins and blasphemies, as many as they utter.
Truly, I say to you, The sons of men will have forgiveness for all their sins and for all the evil words they say:
30 Jesus made this statement because they were saying, “He has an unclean spirit.”
Because they said, He has an unclean spirit.
31 Then Jesus’ mother and brothers came and stood outside. They sent someone in to summon Him,
And his mother and brothers came and were outside, and sent for him, requesting to see him.
32 and a crowd was sitting around Him. “Look,” He was told, “Your mother and brothers are outside, asking for You.”
And a great number were seated round him; and they said to him, See, your mother and your brothers are outside looking for you.
33 But Jesus replied, “Who are My mother and My brothers?”
And he said in answer, Who are my mother and my brothers?
34 Looking at those seated in a circle around Him, He said, “Here are My mother and My brothers!
And looking round at those who were seated about him, he said, See, my mother and my brothers!
35 For whoever does the will of God is My brother and sister and mother.”
Whoever does God's pleasure, the same is my brother, and sister, and mother.
