Mark 3
1 And He entered again into the synagogue, and there was there a man having the hand withered,
He entered again into the synagogue, and there was a man there whose hand was withered.
2 and they were watching Him, whether on the Sabbaths He will heal him, that they might accuse Him.
They watched him, whether he would heal him on the Sabbath day, that they might accuse him.
3 And He says to the man having the hand withered, “Rise up in the midst.”
He said to the man whose hand was withered, “Stand up.”
4 And He says to them, “Is it lawful on the Sabbaths to do good, or to do evil? To save life, or to kill?” But they were silent.
He said to them, “Is it lawful on the Sabbath day to do good or to do harm? To save a life or to kill?” But they were silent.
5 And having looked around on them with anger, being grieved for the hardness of their heart, He says to the man, “Stretch forth your hand”; and he stretched forth, and his hand was restored whole as the other;
When he had looked around at them with anger, being grieved at the hardening of their hearts, he said to the man, “Stretch out your hand.” He stretched it out, and his hand was restored as healthy as the other.
6 and the Pharisees having gone forth, immediately, with the Herodians, were taking counsel against Him how they might destroy Him.
The Pharisees went out, and immediately conspired with the Herodians against him, how they might destroy him.
7 And Jesus withdrew with His disciples to the sea, and a great multitude from Galilee followed Him, and from Judea,
Jesus withdrew to the sea with his disciples; and a great multitude followed him from Galilee, from Judea,
8 and from Jerusalem, and from Idumea and beyond the Jordan; and they around Tyre and Sidon—a great multitude—having heard how He was doing great things, came to Him.
from Jerusalem, from Idumaea, beyond the Jordan, and those from around Tyre and Sidon. A great multitude, hearing what great things he did, came to him.
9 And He said to His disciples that a little boat may wait on Him, because of the multitude, that they may not press on Him,
He spoke to his disciples that a little boat should stay near him because of the crowd, so that they would not press on him.
10 for He healed many, so that they threw themselves on Him, in order to touch Him—as many as had plagues;
For he had healed many, so that as many as had diseases pressed on him that they might touch him.
11 and the unclean spirits, when they were seeing Him, were falling down before Him, and were crying, saying, “You are the Son of God”;
The unclean spirits, whenever they saw him, fell down before him and cried, “You are the Son of God!”
12 and many times He was charging them that they might not make Him apparent.
He sternly warned them that they should not make him known.
13 And He goes up to the mountain, and calls near whom He willed, and they went away to Him;
He went up into the mountain and called to himself those whom he wanted, and they went to him.
14 and He appointed twelve, that they may be with Him, and that He may send them forth to preach,
He appointed twelve, that they might be with him, and that he might send them out to preach
15 and to have power to heal the sicknesses, and to cast out the demons.
and to have authority to heal sicknesses and to cast out demons:
16 And He put on Simon the name Peter;
Simon (to whom he gave the name Peter);
17 and James of Zebedee, and John the brother of James, and He put on them names—Boanerges, that is, “Sons of thunder”;
James the son of Zebedee; and John, the brother of James, (whom he called Boanerges, which means, Sons of Thunder);
18 and Andrew, and Philip, and Bartholomew, and Matthew, and Thomas, and James of Alpheus, and Thaddeus, and Simon the Zealot,
Andrew; Philip; Bartholomew; Matthew; Thomas; James, the son of Alphaeus; Thaddaeus; Simon the Zealot;
19 and Judas Iscariot, who also delivered Him up; and they come into a house.
and Judas Iscariot, who also betrayed him. Then he came into a house.
20 And a multitude comes together again, so that they are not even able to eat bread;
The multitude came together again, so that they could not so much as eat bread.
21 and those alongside Him having heard, went forth to lay hold on Him, for they said that He was beside Himself,
When his friends heard it, they went out to seize him; for they said, “He is insane.”
22 and the scribes who [are] from Jerusalem having come down, said, “He has Beelzebul,” and, “By the ruler of the demons He casts out the demons.”
The scribes who came down from Jerusalem said, “He has Beelzebul,” and, “By the prince of the demons he casts out the demons.”
23 And having called them near, He said to them in allegories, “How is Satan able to cast out Satan?
He summoned them and said to them in parables, “How can Satan cast out Satan?
24 And if a kingdom is divided against itself, that kingdom cannot be made to stand;
If a kingdom is divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand.
25 and if a house is divided against itself, that house cannot be made to stand;
If a house is divided against itself, that house cannot stand.
26 and if Satan rose against himself, and has been divided, he cannot be made to stand, but has an end.
If Satan has risen up against himself, and is divided, he cannot stand, but has an end.
27 No one is able to spoil the vessels of the strong man, having entered into his house, if first he may not bind the strong man, and then he will spoil his house.
But no one can enter into the house of the strong man to plunder unless he first binds the strong man; then he will plunder his house.
28 Truly I say to you that all sins will be forgiven to the sons of men, and slanders with which they might have slandered,
“Most certainly I tell you, all sins of the descendants of man will be forgiven, including their blasphemies with which they may blaspheme;
30 because they said, He has an unclean spirit.”
—because they said, “He has an unclean spirit.”
31 Then His brothers and mother come, and standing outside, they sent to Him, calling Him,
His mother and his brothers came, and standing outside, they sent to him, calling him.
32 and a multitude was sitting around Him, and they said to Him, “Behold, Your mother and Your brothers seek You outside.”
A multitude was sitting around him, and they told him, “Behold, your mother, your brothers, and your sisters are outside looking for you.”
33 And He answered them, saying, “Who is My mother, or My brothers?”
He answered them, “Who are my mother and my brothers?”
34 And having looked around in a circle to those sitting around Him, He says, “Behold, My mother and My brothers!
Looking around at those who sat around him, he said, “Behold, my mother and my brothers!
35 For whoever may do the will of God, he is My brother, and My sister, and mother.”
For whoever does the will of God is my brother, my sister, and mother.”
