Mark 3
1 Once again Jesus entered the synagogue, and a man with a withered hand was there.
And he entered again into the synagogue; and there was a man there which had his hand withered.
2 In order to accuse Jesus, they were watching to see if He would heal on the Sabbath.
And they watched him, whether he would heal him on the sabbath day; that they might accuse him.
3 Then Jesus said to the man with the withered hand, “Stand up among us.”
And he saith unto the man that had his hand withered, Stand forth.
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 saith unto them, Is it lawful on the sabbath day to do good, or to do harm? to save a life, or to kill? But they held their peace.
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 when he had looked round about on them with anger, being grieved at the hardening of their heart, he saith unto the man, Stretch forth thy hand. And he stretched it forth: and his hand was restored.
6 At this, the Pharisees went out and began plotting with the Herodians how they might kill Jesus.
And the Pharisees went out, and straightway with the Herodians took counsel against him, how they might destroy him.
7 So Jesus withdrew with His disciples to the sea, accompanied by a large crowd from Galilee, Judea,
And Jesus with his disciples withdrew to the sea: and a great multitude from Galilee followed: 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 beyond Jordan, and about Tyre and Sidon, a great multitude, hearing what great things he did, came unto him.
9 Jesus asked His disciples to have a boat ready for Him so that the crowd would not crush Him.
And he spake to his disciples, that a little boat should wait on him because of the crowd, lest they should throng him:
10 For He had healed so many that all who had diseases were pressing forward to touch Him.
for he had healed many; insomuch that as many as had plagues pressed upon him that they 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!”
And the unclean spirits, whensoever they beheld him, fell down before him, and cried, saying, Thou art the Son of God.
12 But He warned them sternly not to make Him known.
And he charged them much that they should not make him known.
13 Then Jesus went up on the mountain and called for those He wanted, and they came to Him.
And he goeth up into the mountain, and calleth unto him whom he himself would: and they went unto him.
14 He appointed twelve of them, whom He designated as apostles, to accompany Him, to be sent out to preach,
And he appointed twelve, that they might be with him, and that he might send them forth to preach,
15 and to have authority to drive out demons.
and to have authority to cast out devils:
16 These are the twelve He appointed: Simon (whom He named Peter),
and Simon he surnamed Peter;
17 James son of Zebedee and his brother John (whom He named Boanerges, meaning “Sons of Thunder”),
and James the [son] of Zebedee, and John the brother of James; and them he surnamed 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 Cananaean,
19 and Judas Iscariot, who betrayed Jesus.
and Judas Iscariot, which also betrayed him. And he cometh into a house.
20 Then Jesus went home, and once again a crowd gathered, so that He and His disciples could not even eat.
And the multitude cometh together again, so that they could not so much as eat 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 heard it, they went out to lay hold on him: for they said, He is beside himself.
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 which came down from Jerusalem said, He hath Beelzebub, and, By the prince of the devils casteth he out the devils.
23 So Jesus called them together and began to speak to them in parables: “How can Satan drive out Satan?
And he called them unto him, and said unto them in parables, How can Satan cast out Satan?
24 If a kingdom is divided against itself, it cannot stand.
And if a kingdom be divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand.
25 If a house is divided against itself, it cannot stand.
And if a house be divided against itself, that house will not be able to stand.
26 And if Satan is divided and rises against himself, he cannot stand; his end has come.
And if Satan hath risen up against himself, and is divided, he cannot stand, but hath 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 can enter into the house of the strong [man], and spoil his goods, except he first bind the strong [man]; and then he will spoil his house.
28 Truly I tell you, the sons of men will be forgiven all sins and blasphemies, as many as they utter.
Verily I say unto you, All their sins shall be forgiven unto the sons of men, and their blasphemies wherewith soever they shall blaspheme:
30 Jesus made this statement because they were saying, “He has an unclean spirit.”
because they said, He hath an unclean spirit.
31 Then Jesus’ mother and brothers came and stood outside. They sent someone in to summon Him,
And there come his mother and his brethren; and, standing without, they sent unto him, calling him.
32 and a crowd was sitting around Him. “Look,” He was told, “Your mother and brothers are outside, asking for You.”
And a multitude was sitting about him; and they say unto him, Behold, thy mother and thy brethren without seek for thee.
33 But Jesus replied, “Who are My mother and My brothers?”
And he answereth them, and saith, Who is my mother and my brethren?
34 Looking at those seated in a circle around Him, He said, “Here are My mother and My brothers!
And looking round on them which sat round about him, he saith, Behold, my mother and my brethren!
35 For whoever does the will of God is My brother and sister and mother.”
For whosoever shall do the will of God, the same is my brother, and sister, and mother.
