Mark 3
1 On another occasion Jesus went in to a synagogue, where there was a man whose hand was withered.
And he entered again into the synagogue, and a man was there who had a withered hand.
2 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.
And they watched him whether he would heal him on the sabbath day, so that they might accuse him.
3 ‘Stand out in the middle,’ Jesus said to the man with the withered hand;
And he says to the man who had a withered hand, Stand up in the midst.
4 and to the people he said, ‘Is it allowable to do good at the Sabbath – or harm? To save a life, or destroy it?’
And he says to them, Is it permitted to do good on the sabbath day or to do harm, to save life or to kill? But they were silent.
5 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.
And having looked around on them with anger, being grieved at the callousness of their heart, he says to the man, Stretch forth thy hand. And he stretched it out, and his hand was restored as the other.
6 Immediately on leaving the synagogue, the Pharisees and the Herodians united in laying a plot against Jesus, to put him to death.
And the Pharisees having gone out, they straightaway were making a plot with the Herodians against him, how they might destroy him.
7 Then Jesus went away with his disciples to the sea, followed by a great number of people from Galilee.
And Jesus withdrew with his disciples to the sea, and a great multitude from Galilee followed him.
8 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.
And from Judea, and from Jerusalem, and from Idumaea, and beyond the Jordan, and around Tyre and Sidon, a great multitude, having heard how many things he did, came to him.
9 So Jesus told his disciples to keep a small boat close by, so that the crowd would not crush him.
And he spoke to his disciples that a small boat would stay by him because of the crowd, lest they should throng him.
10 For he had cured many of them, and so people kept crowding around him, so all who were sick might touch him.
For he healed many, so as to press upon him, so that as many as had afflictions might touch him.
11 The foul spirits, too, whenever they caught sight of him, flung themselves down before him, and screamed out, ‘You are the Son of God’!
And the unclean spirits, whenever they saw him, fell down before him, and cried out, saying, Thou are the Son of God.
12 But he repeatedly warned them not to make him known.
And he chided them much that they should not make him known.
13 Jesus made his way up the hill, and called those whom he wished; and they went to him.
And he goes up onto the mountain, and calls in those whom he himself wanted, and they went to him.
14 He appointed twelve – whom he also named “apostles” – so that they might be with him, and that he might send them out as his messengers, to preach,
And he appointed twelve men, so that they might be with him, and that he might send them forth to preach,
15 and with power to drive out demons.
and to have authority to heal diseases and to cast out demons.
16 So he appointed the Twelve – Peter (which was the name that Jesus gave to Simon),
And he added to Simon the name Peter;
17 James, the son of Zebedee, and his brother John (to whom he gave the name of Boanerges, which means the Thunderers),
and James the son of Zebedee, and John the brother of James, and he added to them the name Boanerges, which is, Sons of thunder;
18 Andrew, Philip, Bartholomew, Matthew, Thomas, James the son of Alphaeus, Thaddaeus, Simon the Zealot,
and Andrew, and Philip, and Bartholomew, and Matthew, and Thomas, and James the son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus, and Simon the Canaanite,
19 and Judas Iscariot, the man who betrayed him.
and Judas Iscariot, who also betrayed him. And they come to a house.
20 Jesus went into a house; and again a crowd collected, so that they were not even able to eat their food.
And the multitude comes together again, so as for them, no, not even to be able to eat bread.
21 When his relatives heard of it, they went to take charge of him, for they said that he was out of his mind.
And when those with him heard it, they went out to grasp him, for they said, He is beside himself.
22 The teachers of the Law, who had come down from Jerusalem, said, ‘He has Beelzebul in him! He drives the demons out by the help of their chief.’
And the scholars who came down from Jerusalem said, He has Beelzebub, and, By the ruler of the demons he casts out the demons.
23 So Jesus called them to him, and answered them in parables, ‘How can Satan drive out Satan?
And having summoned them, he said to them in parables, How can Satan cast out Satan?
24 When a kingdom is divided against itself, it cannot last;
And if a kingdom be divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand.
25 and when a household is divided against itself, it will not be able to last.
And if a house be divided against itself, that house cannot stand.
26 So, if Satan is in revolt against himself and is divided, he cannot last – his end has come!
And if Satan has rise up against himself, and is divided, he cannot stand, but has an end.
27 ‘No man who has broken into a strong man’s house can carry off his goods, without first tying him up; and not until then will he plunder his house.
But no man, having enter into the house of the strong man, can plunder his goods unless he first binds the strong man, and then he may plunder his house.
28 I tell you that people will be forgiven everything – their sins, and all the slanders that they utter;
Truly I say to you, that all the sins will be forgiven the sons of men, and the blasphemies, as many as they may blaspheme.
30 This was said in reply to the charge that he had a foul spirit in him.
because they said, He has an unclean spirit.
31 His mother and his brothers came, and stood outside, and sent to ask him to come to them.
Then his brothers and mother come, and standing outside, they sent to him, calling him.
32 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.’
And a multitude was sitting around him, and they said to him, Behold, thy mother, and thy brothers, and thy sisters, outside seek for thee.
33 ‘Who is my mother? And my brothers?’ was his reply.
And he answered them, saying, Who is my mother and my brothers?
34 Then he looked around on the people sitting in a circle round him, and said, ‘Here are my mother and my brothers!
And having looked around at those who sat about him, he says, Behold, my mother and my brothers.
35 Whoever does the will of God is my brother and sister and mother.’
For whoever may do the will of God, the same is my brother and sister and mother.
