Mark 3
1 And He entered again into the synagogue, and there was there a man having the hand withered,
At another time, when He went to the synagogue, there was a man there with one arm shrivelled up.
2 and they were watching Him, whether on the Sabbaths He will heal him, that they might accuse Him.
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 And He says to the man having the hand withered, “Rise up in the midst.”
"Come forward," said He to the man with the shrivelled arm.
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 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 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;
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 and the Pharisees having gone forth, immediately, with the Herodians, were taking counsel against Him how they might destroy Him.
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 And Jesus withdrew with His disciples to the sea, and a great multitude from Galilee followed Him, and from Judea,
Accordingly Jesus withdrew with His disciples to the Lake, and a vast crowd of people from Galilee followed Him;
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.
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 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 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 healed many, so that they threw themselves on Him, in order to touch Him—as many as had plagues;
For He had cured many of the people, so that all who had any ailments pressed upon Him, 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 foul spirits, whenever they saw Him, threw themselves down at His feet, screaming out: "You are the Son of God."
12 and many times He was charging them that they might not make Him apparent.
But He many a time checked them, forbidding them to say who He was.
13 And He goes up to the mountain, and calls near whom He willed, and they went away to Him;
Then He went up the hill; and those whom He Himself chose He called, 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 of them, that they might be with Him, and that He might also send them to proclaim His Message,
15 and to have power to heal the sicknesses, and to cast out the demons.
with authority to expel the demons.
16 And He put on Simon the name Peter;
These twelve were Simon (to whom He gave the surname of 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 Zabdi and John the brother of James (these two He surnamed 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, Philip, Bartholomew, Matthew, Thomas, James the son of Alphaeus, Thaddaeus, Simon the Cananaean,
19 and Judas Iscariot, who also delivered Him up; and they come into a house.
and Judas Iscariot, the man who also betrayed Him.
20 And a multitude comes together again, so that they are not even able to eat bread;
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 and those alongside Him having heard, went forth to lay hold on Him, for they said that He was beside Himself,
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 [are] from Jerusalem having come down, said, “He has Beelzebul,” and, “By the ruler of the demons He casts out the 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 And having called them near, He said to them in allegories, “How is Satan able to cast 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 And if a kingdom is divided against itself, that kingdom cannot be made to stand;
For if civil war breaks out in a kingdom, nothing can make that kingdom last;
25 and if a house is divided against itself, that house cannot be made to stand;
and if a family splits into parties, that family cannot continue.
26 and if Satan rose against himself, and has been divided, he cannot be made to stand, but has an end.
So if Satan has risen in arms and has made war upon himself, stand he cannot, but meets his 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.
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 say to you that all sins will be forgiven to the sons of men, and slanders with which they might have slandered,
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 because they said, He has an unclean spirit.”
This was because they said, "He is possessed by a foul spirit."
31 Then His brothers and mother come, and standing outside, they sent to Him, calling 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 multitude was sitting around Him, and they said to Him, “Behold, Your mother and Your brothers seek You outside.”
Now a crowd was sitting round Him; so they tell Him, "Your mother and your brothers and sisters are outside, inquiring for you."
33 And He answered them, saying, “Who is My mother, or My brothers?”
"Who are my mother and my brothers?" He replied.
34 And having looked around in a circle to those sitting around Him, He says, “Behold, 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 may do the will of God, he is My brother, and My 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."
