Mark 3
1 And he entered again into the synagogue, and there was a man there who had his hand withered.
At another time, when He went to the synagogue, there was a man there with one arm shrivelled up.
2 And They watched him, whether he would heal him on the Sabbath day, 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 said to the man with the withered hand, "Stand up in the middle."
"Come forward," said He to the man with the shrivelled arm.
4 And 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.
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 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.
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 went out, and immediately conspired with the Herodians 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 to the sea with his disciples, and a large crowd followed from Galilee, 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 those from around Tyre and Sidon. A large crowd, when they heard what great things he did, 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 told his disciples that a small boat should stay near him because of the crowd, so that they would 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 had healed many, so that as many as had diseases pressed on him that they might touch him.
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, whenever they saw him, fell down before him, and shouted, 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 he sternly warned them that they should not make him known.
But He many a time checked them, forbidding them to say who He was.
13 And he went up into the mountain, and called to himself those whom he wanted, and they went 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 might be with him, and that he might send them out 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 to have authority to heal sicknesses and to cast out demons.
with authority to expel the demons.
16 And he appointed the twelve. And to Simon he gave the name Peter;
These twelve were Simon (to whom He gave the surname of Peter),
17 and James the son of Zebedee; and John the brother of James (and he gave them the names Boanerges, which is to say, 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 the son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus, and Simon the Zealot;
Andrew, Philip, Bartholomew, Matthew, Thomas, James the son of Alphaeus, Thaddaeus, Simon the Cananaean,
19 and Judas Iscariot, who also betrayed him.
and Judas Iscariot, the man who also betrayed Him.
20 And he came into a house, and the crowd came together again, so that they could not so much as 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 when his family heard it, they went out to take charge of him: for they said, "He is out of his mind."
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 came down from Jerusalem said, "He has Beelzebul," and, "By the prince 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 so he summoned them, and said to them in parables, "How can Satan 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 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 will not be able to stand.
and if a family splits into parties, that family cannot continue.
26 And if Satan has risen up against himself, and is divided, he will not be able 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 But no one can enter into the house of the strong man to plunder, unless he first binds the strong man; and then he will plunder 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 tell you, all human sins will be forgiven, including their blasphemies with which they may blaspheme;
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 And then his mother and his brothers came, 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 crowd was sitting around him, and they told him, "Look, your mother and your brothers are outside looking for you."
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 are my mother and my brothers?"
"Who are my mother and my brothers?" He replied.
34 And looking around at those who sat around him, he said, "Look, 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 does the will of God, the same 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."
