Mark 3
1 And he entered again into the synagogue; and there was a man there which had a withered hand.
On another occasion Jesus went in to a Synagogue, where there was a man whose hand was withered.
2 And they watched him, whether he would heal him on the Sabbath day; that they might accuse him.
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 And he saith unto the man which had the withered hand, Stand forth.
“Stand out in the middle,” Jesus said to the man with the withered hand;
4 And he saith unto them, Is it lawful to do good on the Sabbath days, or to do evil? to save life, or to kill? But they held their peace.
and to the people he said: “Is it allowable to do good on the Sabbath — or harm? to save a life, or destroy it?”
5 And when he had looked round about on them with anger, being grieved for the hardness of their hearts, he saith unto the man, Stretch forth thine hand. And he stretched it out: and his hand was restored whole as the other.
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 And the Pharisees went forth, and straightway took counsel with the Herodians against him, how they might destroy him.
Immediately on leaving the Synagogue, the Pharisees and the Herodians united in laying a plot against Jesus, to put him to death.
7 But Yahushua withdrew himself with his disciples to the sea: and a great multitude from Galilee followed him, and from Judaea,
Then Jesus went away with his disciples to the Sea, followed by a great number of people from Galilee.
8 And from Jerusalem, and from Idumaea, and from beyond Jordan; and they about Tyre and Sidon, a great multitude, when they had heard what great things he did, came unto him.
And 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 And he spake to his disciples, that a small ship should wait on him because of the multitude, lest they should throng him.
So Jesus told his disciples to keep a small boat close by, for fear the crowd should crush him.
10 For he had healed many; insomuch that they pressed upon him for to touch him, as many as had plagues.
For he had cured many of them, and so people kept crowding upon him, that all who were afflicted might touch him.
11 And unclean spirits, when they saw him, fell down before him, and cried, saying, Thou art the Son of Elohim.
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 And he straitly charged them that they should not make him known.
But he repeatedly warned them not to make him known.
13 And he goeth up into a mountain, and calleth unto him whom he would: and they came unto him.
And Jesus made his way up the hill, and called those whom he wished; and they went to him.
14 And he ordained twelve, that they should be with him, and that he might send them forth to preach,
And he appointed twelve — whom he also named ‘Apostles’ — that they might be with him, and that he might send them out as his Messengers, to preach,
15 And to have power to heal sicknesses, and to cast out devils:
and with power to drive out demons.
16 And Simon he surnamed Kepha;
So he appointed the Twelve — Peter (which was the name that Jesus gave to Simon),
17 And James the son of Zebedee, and John the brother of James; and he surnamed them Boanerges, which is, The sons of thunder:
James, the son of Zebediah, and his brother John (to whom he gave the name of Boanerges, which means the Thunderers),
18 And Andrew, and Philip, and Bartholomew, and Matthew, and Thomas, and James the son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus, and Simon the Canaanite,
Andrew, Philip, Bartholomew, Matthew, Thomas, James the son of Alphaeus, Thaddaeus, Simon the Zealot,
19 And Judas Iscariot, which also betrayed him: and they went into an house.
and Judas Iscariot, the man that betrayed him.
20 And the multitude cometh together again, so that they could not so much as eat bread.
Jesus went into a house; and again a crowd collected, so that they were not able even to eat their food.
21 And when his friends heard of it, they went out to lay hold on him: for they said, He is beside himself.
When his relations heard of it, they went to take charge of him, for they said that he was out of his mind.
22 And the scribes which came down from Jerusalem said, He hath Beelzebub, and by the prince of the devils casteth he out devils.
And the Teachers of the Law, who had come down from Jerusalem, said: “He has Baal-zebub in him, and he drives the demons out by the help of Baal-zebub, their chief.”
23 And he called them unto him, and said unto them in parables, How can Satan cast out Satan?
So Jesus called them to him, and answered them in parables: “How can Satan drive out Satan?
24 And if a kingdom be divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand.
When a kingdom is divided against itself, it cannot last;
25 And if a house be divided against itself, that house cannot stand.
and when a household is divided against itself, it will not be able to last.
26 And if Satan rise up against himself, and be divided, he cannot stand, but hath an end.
So, if Satan is in revolt against himself and is divided, he cannot last — his end has come!
27 No man can enter into a strong man's house, and spoil his goods, except he will first bind the strong man; and then he will spoil his house.
“No man who has got into a strong man’s house can carry off his goods, without first securing him; and not till then will he plunder his house.
28 Verily I say unto you, All sins shall be forgiven unto the sons of men, and blasphemies wherewith soever they shall blaspheme:
I tell you that men will be forgiven everything — their sins, and all the slanders that they utter;
30 Because they said, He hath an unclean spirit.
This was said in reply to the charge that he had a foul spirit in him.
31 There came then his brethren and his mother, and, standing without, sent unto him, calling him.
And his mother and his brothers came, and stood outside, and sent to ask him to come to them.
32 And the multitude sat about him, and they said unto him, Behold, thy mother and thy brethren without seek for thee.
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 And he answered them, saying, Who is my mother, or my brethren?
“Who is my mother? and my brothers?” was his reply.
34 And he looked round about on them which sat about him, and said, Behold my mother and my brethren!
Then he looked around on the people sitting in a circle round him, and said: “Here are my mother and my brothers!
35 For whosoever shall do the will of YHWH, the same is my brother, and my sister, and mother.
Whoever does the will of God is my brother and sister and mother.”
