Mark 3
1 On another occasion Jesus went in to a synagogue, where there was a man whose hand was withered.
At another time, when He went to the synagogue, there was a man there with one arm shrivelled up.
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.
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 “Stand out in the middle,” Jesus said to the man with the withered hand;
"Come forward," said He to the man with the shrivelled arm.
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?”
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 As they remained silent, Jesus looked around 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.
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 Immediately on leaving the synagogue, the Pharisees and the Herodians united in laying a plot against Jesus, to put him to death.
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 Then Jesus went away with his disciples to the sea, followed by a great number of people from Galilee.
Accordingly Jesus withdrew with His disciples to the Lake, and a vast crowd of people 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 around Tyre and Sidon.
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 So Jesus told his disciples to keep a small boat close by, so that the crowd would not crush 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 cured many of them, and so people kept crowding around him, so all who were sick 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 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 foul spirits, whenever they saw Him, threw themselves down at His feet, screaming out: "You are the Son of God."
12 But he repeatedly warned them not to make him known.
But He many a time checked them, forbidding them to say who He was.
13 Jesus made his way up the hill, and called those whom he wished; 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 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,
He appointed twelve of them, that they might be with Him, and that He might also send them to proclaim His Message,
15 and with power to drive out demons.
with authority to expel the demons.
16 So he appointed the Twelve – Peter (which was the name that Jesus gave to Simon),
These twelve were Simon (to whom He gave the surname of Peter),
17 James, the son of Zebedee, and his brother John (to whom he gave the name of Boanerges, which means the Thunderers),
James the son of Zabdi and John the brother of James (these two He surnamed Boanerges, that is 'Sons of Thunder'),
18 Andrew, Philip, Bartholomew, Matthew, Thomas, James the son of Alphaeus, Thaddaeus, Simon the Zealot,
Andrew, Philip, Bartholomew, Matthew, Thomas, James the son of Alphaeus, Thaddaeus, Simon the Cananaean,
19 and Judas Iscariot, the man who betrayed him.
and Judas Iscariot, the man who also betrayed Him.
20 Jesus went into a house; and again a crowd collected, so that they were not even able to eat their food.
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 When his relatives heard of it, they went to take charge of him, for they said that he was 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 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.”
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 So Jesus called them to him, and answered them in parables, “How can Satan drive 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 When a kingdom is divided against itself, it cannot last;
For if civil war breaks out in a kingdom, nothing can make that kingdom last;
25 and when a household is divided against itself, it will not be able to last.
and if a family splits into parties, that family cannot continue.
26 So, if Satan is in revolt against himself and is divided, he cannot last – his end has come!
So if Satan has risen in arms and has made war upon himself, stand he cannot, but meets his 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.
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 I tell you that people will be forgiven everything – their sins, and all the slanders that they utter;
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 This was said in reply to the charge that he had a foul spirit in him.
This was because they said, "He is possessed by a foul spirit."
31 His mother and his brothers came, and stood outside, and sent to ask him to come to them.
By this time His mother and His brothers arrive, and standing outside they send a message to Him to call Him.
32 There was a crowd sitting around Jesus, and some of them said to him, “Look, your mother and your brothers are outside, asking 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 “Who is my mother? And my brothers?” was his reply.
"Who are my mother and my brothers?" He replied.
34 Then he looked around on the people sitting in a circle around him, and said, “Here are my mother and my brothers!
And, fixing His eyes on the people who were sitting round Him in a circle, He said,
35 Whoever does the will of God is my brother and 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."
