< Mark 3 >

1 And he entered again into the synagogue; and there was there a man having his hand dried up.
Again he went into a synagogue where there was a man with his hand withered.
2 And they watched him if he would heal him on the sabbath, that they might accuse him.
And they kept watching Jesus to see whether he would cure him on the Sabbath; so as to have some charge to bring against him.
3 And he says to the man who had his hand dried up, Rise up [and come] into the midst.
"Stand up," Jesus said to the man with the withered hand, "and come forward."
4 And he says to them, Is it lawful on the sabbath to do good or to do evil, to save life or to kill? But they were silent.
Then he asked them. "Is it lawful to do good on the Sabbath Day, or to do harm? to save a life, or to destroy it?"
5 And looking round upon them with anger, distressed at the hardening of their heart, he says to the man, Stretch out thy hand. And he stretched [it] out, and his hand was restored.
They were silent. Then looking around upon them with anger, and deeply grieved by the hardening of their hearts, he said to the man, "Stretch out your hand!" He stretched it out, and the hand was at once completely restored.
6 And the Pharisees going out straightway with the Herodians took counsel against him, how they might destroy him.
As soon as they came out, the Pharisees plotted against him with the Herodians, in order to destroy him.
7 And Jesus withdrew with his disciples to the sea; and a great multitude from Galilee followed him, and from Judaea,
Then Jesus withdrew to the sea with his disciples; and a great crowd of people from Galilee followed.
8 and from Jerusalem, and from Idumaea and beyond the Jordan; and they of around Tyre and Sidon, a great multitude, having heard what things he did, came to him.
From Judea, too, and Jerusalem, and Idumea, and from beyond Jordan, and from the district of Tyre and Sidon, they came to him a vast multitude, because they heard what he was doing.
9 And he spoke to his disciples, in order that a little ship should wait upon him on account of the crowd, that they might not press upon him.
So he directed his disciples to keep a little boat in readiness for him, because of the crowd, to prevent their crushing him.
10 For he healed many, so that they beset him that they might touch him, as many as had plagues.
For he had healed so many that all the people who had ailments pressed upon him so as to touch him.
11 And the unclean spirits, when they beheld him, fell down before him, and cried saying, Thou art the Son of God.
And whenever the unclean spirits beheld him, they threw themselves down at his feet, screaming out, "You are the Son of God."
12 And he rebuked them much, that they might not make him manifest.
But over and over, he strictly forbade them to make him known.
13 And he goes up into the mountain, and calls whom he himself would, and they went to him.
Then he went up the hillside and called to him those whom he chose, and they came to him.
14 And he appointed twelve that they might be with him, and that he might send them to preach,
Twelve of them whom he also called "Apostles," he appointed to be with him, and also that he might send them out to preach,
15 and to have power [to heal diseases, and] to cast out demons.
and to have authority to cast out demons.
16 And he gave to Simon the surname of Peter;
There was Simon, whom he surnamed Peter,
17 and James the [son] of Zebedee, and John the brother of James, and he gave them the surname of Boanerges, that is, Sons of thunder;
and James(them 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 Cananaean,
and Andrew, and Philip, and Bartholomew, and Matthew, and Thomas, and Jamesthe son of Alphaeus, and Thaddeus, and Simon the Zealot,
19 and Judas Iscariote, who also delivered him up. And they come to [the] house.
and Judas Iscariot who betrayed him.
20 And again a crowd comes together, so that they cannot even eat bread.
Then he went into a house, but again such a multitude assembled that they could not get their food.
21 And his relatives having heard [of it] went out to lay hold on him, for they said, He is out of his mind.
When his relatives heard of it, they came to take possession of him, for they said, "He is out of his mind."
22 And the scribes who had come down from Jerusalem said, He has Beelzebub, and, By the prince of the demons he casts out demons.
The Scribes also who had come down from Jerusalem, said, "He is Beelzebub," and, "He casts out demons by the power of the Prince of the demons."
23 And having called them to [him], he said to them in parables, How can Satan cast out Satan?
So when he had called them to him he spoke to them in parables. "How," said he, "can Satan cast out Satan?
24 And if a kingdom has become divided against itself, that kingdom cannot subsist.
If a kingdom be divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand;
25 And if a house has become divided against itself, that house cannot subsist.
if a household be divided against itself, that household cannot stand;
26 And if Satan rise up against himself, and is divided, he cannot subsist, but has an end.
and if Satan has revolted against himself, and is divided, he cannot stand. Nay, he meets his end!
27 But no one can, having entered into his house, plunder the goods of the strong [man] unless he first bind the strong [man], and then he will plunder his house.
"Indeed, no one can enter the strong man’s house and carry off his property without first binding the strong man; then he can plunder his house.
28 Verily I say unto you, that all sins shall be forgiven to the sons of men, and all the injurious speeches [with] which they may speak injuriously;
In solemn truth I tell you that the sons of men shall be forgiven all their sins and all the blasphemies they may utter,
29 but whosoever shall speak injuriously against the Holy Spirit, to eternity has no forgiveness; but lies under the guilt of an everlasting sin; (aiōn g165, aiōnios g166)
but he who blasphemes against the Holy Spirit is never forgiven. Nay, he is in the grasp of an eternal sin." (aiōn g165, aiōnios g166)
30 — because they said, He has an unclean spirit.
Because they kept saying, "He has an unclean spirit."
31 And his brethren and his mother come, and standing without sent to him calling him.
Then his mother and his brothers came up, and standing outside, they sent a messenger to him to call him.
32 And a crowd sat around him. And they said to him, Behold, thy mother and thy brethren seek thee without.
Now a crowd was sitting round him and they told him, "See! your mother and your brothers and sisters are outside, wanting to see you."
33 And he answered them, saying, Who is my mother or my brethren?
"Who are my mother and my brothers?" he replied.
34 And looking around in a circuit at those that were sitting around him, he says, Behold my mother and my brethren:
Then, with a glance at those who were in the circle sitting around him, he added.
35 for whosoever shall do the will of God, he is my brother, and sister, and mother.
"Here are my mother and my brothers! Whoever does the will of God, that one is my brother and sister and mother."

< Mark 3 >