Mark 3
1 Once again Jesus entered the synagogue, and a man with a withered hand was there.
On another occasion Jesus went in to a synagogue, where there was a man whose hand was withered.
2 In order to accuse Jesus, they were watching to see if He would heal on the Sabbath.
And they watched Jesus closely, to see if he would cure the man on the Sabbath, so that they might have a charge to bring against him.
3 Then Jesus said to the man with the withered hand, “Stand up among us.”
‘Stand out in the middle,’ Jesus said to the man with the withered hand;
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 to the people he said, ‘Is it allowable to do good at the Sabbath – or harm? To save a life, or destroy it?’
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.
As they remained silent, Jesus looked round at them in anger, grieving at the hardness of their hearts, and said to the man, ‘Stretch out your hand.’ The man stretched it out; and his hand had become sound.
6 At this, the Pharisees went out and began plotting with the Herodians how they might kill Jesus.
Immediately on leaving the synagogue, the Pharisees and the Herodians united in laying a plot against Jesus, to put him to death.
7 So Jesus withdrew with His disciples to the sea, accompanied by a large crowd from Galilee, Judea,
Then Jesus went away with his disciples to the sea, followed by a great number of people from Galilee.
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.
A great number, hearing of all that he was doing, came to him from Judea, from Jerusalem, from Edom, from beyond the Jordan, and from the country round Tyre and Sidon.
9 Jesus asked His disciples to have a boat ready for Him so that the crowd would not crush Him.
So Jesus told his disciples to keep a small boat close by, so that the crowd would not crush him.
10 For He had healed so many that all who had diseases were pressing forward to touch Him.
For he had cured many of them, and so people kept crowding around him, so all who were sick might touch him.
11 And when the unclean spirits saw Him, they fell down before Him and cried out, “You are the Son of God!”
The foul spirits, too, whenever they caught sight of him, flung themselves down before him, and screamed out, ‘You are the Son of God’!
12 But He warned them sternly not to make Him known.
But he repeatedly warned them not to make him known.
13 Then Jesus went up on the mountain and called for those He wanted, and they came to Him.
Jesus made his way up the hill, and called those whom he wished; 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,
He appointed twelve – whom he also named “apostles” – so that they might be with him, and that he might send them out as his messengers, to preach,
15 and to have authority to drive out demons.
and with power to drive out demons.
16 These are the twelve He appointed: Simon (whom He named Peter),
So he appointed the Twelve – Peter (which was the name that Jesus gave to Simon),
17 James son of Zebedee and his brother John (whom He named Boanerges, meaning “Sons of Thunder”),
James, the son of Zebedee, and his brother John (to whom he gave the name of Boanerges, which means the Thunderers),
18 Andrew, Philip, Bartholomew, Matthew, Thomas, James son of Alphaeus, Thaddaeus, Simon the Zealot,
Andrew, Philip, Bartholomew, Matthew, Thomas, James the son of Alphaeus, Thaddaeus, Simon the Zealot,
19 and Judas Iscariot, who betrayed Jesus.
and Judas Iscariot, the man who betrayed him.
20 Then Jesus went home, and once again a crowd gathered, so that He and His disciples could not even eat.
Jesus went into a house; and again a crowd collected, so that they were not even able to eat their food.
21 When His family heard about this, they went out to take custody of Him, saying, “He is out of His mind.”
When his relatives heard of it, they went to take charge of him, for they said that he was out of his mind.
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.”
The teachers of the Law, who had come down from Jerusalem, said, ‘He has Beelzebul in him! He drives the demons out by the help of their chief.’
23 So Jesus called them together and began to speak to them in parables: “How can Satan drive out Satan?
So Jesus called them to him, and answered them in parables, ‘How can Satan drive out Satan?
24 If a kingdom is divided against itself, it cannot stand.
When a kingdom is divided against itself, it cannot last;
25 If a house is divided against itself, it cannot stand.
and when a household is divided against itself, it will not be able to last.
26 And if Satan is divided and rises against himself, he cannot stand; his end has come.
So, if Satan is in revolt against himself and is divided, he cannot last – his end has come!
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.
‘No man who has broken into a strong man’s house can carry off his goods, without first tying him up; and not until then will he plunder his house.
28 Truly I tell you, the sons of men will be forgiven all sins and blasphemies, as many as they utter.
I tell you that people will be forgiven everything – their sins, and all the slanders that they utter;
30 Jesus made this statement because they were saying, “He has an unclean spirit.”
This was said in reply to the charge that he had a foul spirit in him.
31 Then Jesus’ mother and brothers came and stood outside. They sent someone in to summon Him,
His mother and his brothers came, and stood outside, and sent to ask him to come to them.
32 and a crowd was sitting around Him. “Look,” He was told, “Your mother and brothers are outside, asking for You.”
There was a crowd sitting round Jesus, and some of them said to him, ‘Look, your mother and your brothers are outside, asking for you.’
33 But Jesus replied, “Who are My mother and My brothers?”
‘Who is my mother? And my brothers?’ was his reply.
34 Looking at those seated in a circle around Him, He said, “Here are My mother and My brothers!
Then he looked around on the people sitting in a circle round him, and said, ‘Here are my mother and my brothers!
35 For whoever does the will of God is My brother and sister and mother.”
Whoever does the will of God is my brother and sister and mother.’
