Mark 3
1 Once again Jesus entered the synagogue, and a man with a withered hand was there.
At another time, when He went to the synagogue, there was a man there with one arm shrivelled up.
2 In order to accuse Jesus, they were watching to see if He would heal on the Sabbath.
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 Then Jesus said to the man with the withered hand, “Stand up among us.”
"Come forward," said He to the man with the shrivelled arm.
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.
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 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.
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 At this, the Pharisees went out and began plotting with the Herodians how they might kill Jesus.
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 So Jesus withdrew with His disciples to the sea, accompanied by a large crowd from Galilee, Judea,
Accordingly Jesus withdrew with His disciples to the Lake, and a vast crowd of people from Galilee followed Him;
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 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 Jesus asked His disciples to have a boat ready for Him so that the crowd would not crush 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 had healed so many that all who had diseases were pressing forward to 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 when the unclean spirits saw Him, they fell down before Him and cried out, “You 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 But He warned them sternly not to make Him known.
But He many a time checked them, forbidding them to say who He was.
13 Then Jesus went up on the mountain and called for those He wanted, and they came to Him.
Then He went up the hill; and those whom He Himself chose He called, and they came 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 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 drive out demons.
with authority to expel the demons.
16 These are the twelve He appointed: Simon (whom He named Peter),
These twelve were Simon (to whom He gave the surname of Peter),
17 James son of Zebedee and his brother John (whom He named Boanerges, meaning “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 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 Cananaean,
19 and Judas Iscariot, who betrayed Jesus.
and Judas Iscariot, the man who also betrayed 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. But again the crowd assembled, so that there was no opportunity for them even to snatch a meal.
21 When His family heard about this, they went out to take custody of Him, saying, “He is out of His mind.”
Hearing of this, His relatives came to seize Him by force, for they said, "He is 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 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 So Jesus called them together and began to speak to them in parables: “How can Satan drive 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 If a kingdom is divided against itself, it cannot stand.
For if civil war breaks out in a kingdom, nothing can make that kingdom last;
25 If a house is divided against itself, it cannot stand.
and if a family splits into parties, that family cannot continue.
26 And if Satan is divided and rises against himself, he cannot stand; his end has come.
So if Satan has risen in arms and has made war upon himself, stand he cannot, but meets his 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.
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 tell you, the sons of men will be forgiven all sins and blasphemies, as many as they utter.
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 Jesus made this statement because they were saying, “He has an unclean spirit.”
This was because they said, "He is possessed by a foul spirit."
31 Then Jesus’ mother and brothers came and stood outside. They sent someone in to summon 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 crowd was sitting around Him. “Look,” He was told, “Your mother and brothers are outside, asking for You.”
Now a crowd was sitting round Him; so they tell Him, "Your mother and your brothers and sisters are outside, inquiring for you."
33 But Jesus replied, “Who are My mother and My brothers?”
"Who are my mother and my brothers?" He replied.
34 Looking at those seated in a circle around Him, He said, “Here are 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 does the will of God 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."
