Mark 3
1 And He entered again into the synagogue, and there was there a man having the hand withered,
Another time He went into the synagogue, and there was a man there with a withered hand.
2 and they were watching Him, whether on the Sabbaths He will heal him, that they might accuse Him.
So they watched Him closely, whether He would heal him on the Sabbath, so that they might accuse Him.
3 And He says to the man having the hand withered, “Rise up in the midst.”
Well, He says to the man with the withered hand, “Come out in the middle!”
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.
Then He said to them: “Is it lawful on the Sabbath to do good or to do evil, to save life or to kill?” But they remained 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;
After looking around at them with anger, being grieved at the hardness of their hearts, He says to the man, “Stretch out your hand!” So he stretched, 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.
Then the Pharisees went straight out, and with the Herodians started hatching a plot 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 with His disciples to the sea; and a large crowd from Galilee followed Him—also 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 Idumea and beyond Jordan; even those around Tyre and Sidon. A huge crowd came to Him, having heard the sorts of things He kept doing.
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,
So He told His disciples that a small boat should be kept ready for Him because of the crowd, lest they should press in on Him.
10 for He healed many, so that they threw themselves on Him, in order to touch Him—as many as had plagues;
Because He had healed many, so that as many as had afflictions were pushing toward Him so as to 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”;
And the unclean spirits—whenever one saw Him, he would fall down before Him and cry out, saying, “You are the son of God!”
12 and many times He was charging them that they might not make Him apparent.
And He kept giving them strict orders 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 on the mountain and summoned those whom He wanted, and they came 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.
—also to have authority to heal sicknesses and to cast out demons:
16 And He put on Simon the name Peter;
namely Peter (a name He gave to Simon);
17 and James of Zebedee, and John the brother of James, and He put on them names—Boanerges, that is, “Sons of thunder”;
James son of Zebedee, and John the brother of James (and a name He gave to them was Boanerges, that is, ‘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, Phillip, Bartholomew, Matthew, Thomas, James son of Alphaeus, Thaddaeus, Simon the Cananite;
19 and Judas Iscariot, who also delivered Him up; and they come into a house.
and Judas Iscariot, who also betrayed Him.
20 And a multitude comes together again, so that they are not even able to eat bread;
Then they went into a house; and again a multitude gathered, so that they were not even able to eat bread.
21 and those alongside Him having heard, went forth to lay hold on Him, for they said that He was beside Himself,
Well upon hearing this His family came to apprehend Him, because they were saying, “He is out of his mind!”
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.”
Then some scribes who had come down from Jerusalem started saying, “He has Beelzebul,” and “It is by the ruler of the demons that he casts out demons.”
23 And having called them near, He said to them in allegories, “How is Satan able to cast out Satan?
So summoning them He started saying 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;
And if a household is divided against itself, that household cannot stand.
26 and if Satan rose against himself, and has been divided, he cannot be made to stand, but has an end.
And if Satan has risen up against himself and become divided, he cannot stand, but is finished.
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.
No one can plunder the strong man's goods, invading his house, unless he first binds the strong man—then he may plunder the 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,
“Assuredly I say to you: all the sins of the sons of men can be forgiven, including whatever blasphemies they may utter;
30 because they said, He has an unclean spirit.”
—because they were saying, “He has an unclean spirit.”
31 Then His brothers and mother come, and standing outside, they sent to Him, calling Him,
Then His brothers and His mother 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 crowd was sitting around Him; so they said to Him, “Look, your mother and your brothers and your sisters are outside asking for you.”
33 And He answered them, saying, “Who is My mother, or My brothers?”
He answered them saying, “Who is my mother or my brothers?”
34 And having looked around in a circle to those sitting around Him, He says, “Behold, My mother and My brothers!
And looking around at those seated in a circle 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.”
Because whoever does the will of God, the same is my brother, my sister, my mother.”
