Mark 3
1 And he entered again into a synagogue, and there-was there, a man having, his hand, withered;
On another occasion Jesus went in to a synagogue, where there was a man whose hand was withered.
2 and they were narrowly watching him, whether, on the Sabbath, he would cure him, that they might accuse him.
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.
3 And he saith unto the man who hath his hand withered, Arise into the midst!
‘Stand out in the middle,’ Jesus said to the man with the withered hand;
4 and saith unto them—Is it allowed, on the Sabbath, to do good, or to do evil? To, save, life, or, to slay? but they remained silent.
and to the people he said, ‘Is it allowable to do good at the Sabbath – or harm? To save a life, or destroy it?’
5 And, looking round upon them with anger, being at the same time grieved on account of the hardening of their heart, he saith unto the man—Stretch forth thy hand! and he stretched it forth, and his hand, was restored.
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.
6 And, the Pharisees, going out straightway with the Herodians, were giving counsel against him, that they should, destroy, him.
Immediately on leaving the synagogue, the Pharisees and the Herodians united in laying a plot against Jesus, to put him to death.
7 And, Jesus, with his disciples, retired unto the sea; and, a great throng from Galilee, followed, also from Judaea,
Then Jesus went away with his disciples to the sea, followed by a great number of people from Galilee.
8 and from Jerusalem, and from Idumaea, and beyond the Jordan, and around Tyre and Zidon, a great throng, hearing whatsoever things he was doing, came unto him.
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.
9 And he spake unto his disciples that a little boat might attend him, because of the multitude, —that they might not be pressing upon him.
So Jesus told his disciples to keep a small boat close by, so that the crowd would not crush him.
10 For he cured many, so that they were besieging him, that they might touch him—as many as had plagues;
For he had cured many of them, and so people kept crowding around him, so all who were sick might touch him.
11 and the impure spirits, as soon as they beheld him, were falling down to him, and crying aloud, while he was speaking, Thou, art the Son of God!
The foul spirits, too, whenever they caught sight of him, flung themselves down before him, and screamed out, ‘You are the Son of God’!
12 and sternly was he rebuking them, lest they should make him manifest.
But he repeatedly warned them not to make him known.
13 And he goeth up into the mountain and calleth near whom, he, pleased, —and they went away unto him;
Jesus made his way up the hill, and called those whom he wished; and they went to him.
14 and he appointed a twelve, whom also he named, Apostles, —that they might be with him, and that he might be sending them forth to make proclamation,
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,
15 and to have authority to cast out the demons;
and with power to drive out demons.
16 and he appointed the twelve (and imposed a name on Simon—) Peter,
So he appointed the Twelve – Peter (which was the name that Jesus gave to Simon),
17 and James the son of Zebedee, and John the brother of James (and imposed on them a name—Boanerges, that is, sons of thunder);
James, the son of Zebedee, and his brother John (to whom he gave the name of Boanerges, which means the Thunderers),
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 Zealot,
19 and Judas Iscariot, who also delivered him up. And he cometh into a house;
and Judas Iscariot, the man who betrayed him.
20 and the multitude come together again, so that they could not so much as eat bread.
Jesus went into a house; and again a crowd collected, so that they were not even able to eat their food.
21 And they who were near to him, hearing of it, went out to secure him, —for they were saying—He is beside himself!
When his relatives heard of it, they went to take charge of him, for they said that he was out of his mind.
22 And, the Scribes who from Jerusalem had come down, were saying—He hath, Beelzebul; and—In the ruler of the demons, casteth he out the demons.
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.’
23 And, calling them near, in parables, began he to say unto them—How can, Satan, cast, Satan out?
So Jesus called them to him, and answered them in parables, ‘How can Satan drive out Satan?
24 And, if a kingdom against itself be divided, that kingdom cannot be made to stand;
When a kingdom is divided against itself, it cannot last;
25 And, if a house against itself be divided, the house shall be unable to stand;
and when a household is divided against itself, it will not be able to last.
26 And, if, Satan, hath risen up against himself, and become divided, he cannot stand, but hath an end.
So, if Satan is in revolt against himself and is divided, he cannot last – his end has come!
27 But, no one is able into the house of the mighty one to enter, and, his spoils, to carry off, unless, first the mighty one, he bind, and, then his house, will he plunder!
‘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.
28 Verily, I say unto you—All things shall be forgiven unto the sons of men, —the sins and the profanities wherewithal they shall profane;
I tell you that people will be forgiven everything – their sins, and all the slanders that they utter;
30 because they were saying—An impure spirit, he hath!
This was said in reply to the charge that he had a foul spirit in him.
31 And there come his mother and his brethren, and, standing, outside, they sent unto him, calling him.
His mother and his brothers came, and stood outside, and sent to ask him to come to them.
32 And there was sitting around him a multitude, and they say unto him—Lo! thy mother and thy brethren, outside, are seeking thee!
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.’
33 And, answering them, he saith—Who are my mother and my brethren?
‘Who is my mother? And my brothers?’ was his reply.
34 And, looking around on them who, about him, in a circle, were sitting, he saith, See! my mother and my brethren!
Then he looked around on the people sitting in a circle round him, and said, ‘Here are my mother and my brothers!
35 Whosoever shall do the will of God, the same, is my brother and sister and mother.
Whoever does the will of God is my brother and sister and mother.’
