Mark 3
1 And he entered again into the synagogue, and there was there a man having the hand withered,
Again Jesus walked into the synagogue and there was a man with a withered hand.
2 and they were watching him, whether on the sabbaths he will heal him, that they might accuse him.
Some people watched him closely to see if he would heal him on the Sabbath so that they could accuse him.
3 And he saith to the man having the hand withered, 'Rise up in the midst.'
Jesus said to the man with the withered hand, “Get up and stand here in the middle of everyone.”
4 And he saith to them, 'Is it lawful on the sabbaths to do good, or to do evil? life to save, or to kill?' but they were silent.
Then he said to the people, “Is it lawful to do good on the Sabbath day or to do harm; to save a life or to kill?” But they were silent.
5 And having looked round upon them with anger, being grieved for the hardness of their heart, he saith to the man, 'Stretch forth thy hand;' and he stretched forth, and his hand was restored whole as the other;
He looked around at them with anger, and he was grieved by their hardness of heart, and he said to the man, “Stretch out your hand.” He stretched it out, and his hand was restored.
6 and the Pharisees having gone forth, immediately, with the Herodians, were taking counsel against him how they might destroy him.
The Pharisees went out and immediately began to plot with the Herodians as to how they might put him to death.
7 And Jesus withdrew with his disciples unto the sea, and a great multitude from Galilee followed him, and from Judea,
Then Jesus, with his disciples, went to the sea, and a great crowd of people followed from Galilee and from Judea
8 and from Jerusalem, and from Idumea and beyond the Jordan; and they about Tyre and Sidon — a great multitude — having heard how great things he was doing, came unto him.
and from Jerusalem and from Idumea and beyond the Jordan and around Tyre and Sidon. When they heard about the things he was doing, a great crowd came to him.
9 And he said to his disciples that a little boat may wait on him, because of the multitude, that they may not press upon him,
He asked his disciples to have a small boat ready for him because of the crowd, so that they would not crush him.
10 for he did heal many, so that they threw themselves on him, in order to touch him — as many as had plagues;
For he healed many, so that everyone who had afflictions eagerly approached him in order to touch him.
11 and the unclean spirits, when they were seeing him, were falling down before him, and were crying, saying — 'Thou art the Son of God;'
Whenever the unclean spirits saw him, they fell down before him and cried out, and they said, “You are the Son of God.”
12 and many times he was charging them that they might not make him manifest.
He strictly ordered them not to make him known.
13 And he goeth up to the mountain, and doth call near whom he willed, and they went away to him;
He went up on the mountain, and he called for those he wanted, 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 the twelve (whom he named apostles) so that they might be with him and he might send them to proclaim the message,
15 and to have power to heal the sicknesses, and to cast out the demons.
and to have authority to cast out demons.
16 And he put on Simon the name Peter;
Then he appointed the twelve: Simon, to whom he gave the name 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 son of Zebedee, and John the brother of James, to whom he gave the name 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 Cananite,
and Andrew, Philip, Bartholomew, Matthew, Thomas, James son of Alphaeus, Thaddaeus, Simon the Zealot,
19 and Judas Iscariot, who did also deliver him up; and they come into a house.
and Judas Iscariot, who would betray him.
20 And come together again doth a multitude, so that they are not able even to eat bread;
Then he went home, and the crowd came together again, so that they could not even eat bread.
21 and his friends having heard, went forth to lay hold on him, for they said that he was beside himself,
When his family heard about it, they went out to seize him, for they said, “He is out of his mind.”
22 and the scribes who [are] from Jerusalem having come down, said — 'He hath Beelzeboul,' and — 'By the ruler of the demons he doth cast out the demons.'
The scribes who came down from Jerusalem said, “He is possessed by Beelzebul” and “By the ruler of the demons he drives out demons.”
23 And, having called them near, in similes he said to them, 'How is the Adversary able to cast out the Adversary?
Jesus called them to him and said to them in parables, “How can Satan cast out Satan?
24 and if a kingdom against itself be divided, that kingdom cannot be made to stand;
If a kingdom is divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand.
25 and if a house against itself be divided, that house cannot be made to stand;
If a house is divided against itself, that house will not be able to stand.
26 and if the Adversary did rise against himself, and hath been divided, he cannot be made to stand, but hath an end.
If Satan has risen up against himself and is divided, he is not able to stand, but has come to an end.
27 'No one is able the vessels of the strong man — having entered into his house — to spoil, if first he may not bind the strong man, and then his house he will spoil.
But no one can enter into the house of a strong man and steal his belongings without tying up the strong man first, and then he will plunder his house.
28 'Verily I say to you, that all the sins shall be forgiven to the sons of men, and evil speakings with which they might speak evil,
Truly I say to you, all sins of the sons of men will be forgiven, even all the blasphemies which they utter,
30 because they said, 'He hath an unclean spirit.'
Jesus said this because they were saying, “He has an unclean spirit.”
31 Then come do his brethren and mother, and standing without, they sent unto him, calling him,
Then his mother and his brothers came and stood outside. They sent for him, summoning him.
32 and a multitude was sitting about him, and they said to him, 'Lo, thy mother and thy brethren without do seek thee.'
A crowd was sitting around him and they said to him, “Your mother and your brothers are outside, and they are looking for you.”
33 And he answered them, saying, 'Who is my mother, or my brethren?'
He answered them, “Who are my mother and my brothers?”
34 And having looked round in a circle to those sitting about him, he saith, 'Lo, my mother and my brethren!
He looked around at those who were sitting in a circle around him and said, “See, here are my mother and my brothers!
35 for whoever may do the will of God, he is my brother, and my sister, and mother.'
For whoever does the will of God, that person is my brother, and sister, and mother.”
