Mark 3
1 He entered again into the synagogue, and there was a man there whose hand was withered.
On another occasion Jesus went in to a synagogue, where there was a man whose hand was withered.
2 They watched him, whether he would heal him on the Sabbath day, 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 He said to the man whose hand was withered, “Stand up.”
‘Stand out in the middle,’ Jesus said to the man with the withered hand;
4 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.
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 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 as healthy as the other.
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 The Pharisees went out, and immediately conspired with the Herodians against him, how they might 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 Jesus withdrew to the sea with his disciples; and a great multitude followed him from Galilee, from Judea,
Then Jesus went away with his disciples to the sea, followed by a great number of people from Galilee.
8 from Jerusalem, from Idumaea, beyond the Jordan, and those from around Tyre and Sidon. A great multitude, hearing what great things he did, came to 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 He spoke to his disciples that a little boat should stay near him because of the crowd, so that they wouldn’t press on him.
So Jesus told his disciples to keep a small boat close by, so that the crowd would not crush 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 them, and so people kept crowding around him, so all who were sick might touch him.
11 The unclean spirits, whenever they saw him, fell down before him and cried, “You are 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 He sternly warned them that they should not make him known.
But he repeatedly warned them not to make him known.
13 He went up into the mountain and called to himself those whom he wanted, and they went to him.
Jesus made his way up the hill, and called those whom he wished; and they went to him.
14 He appointed twelve, that they might be with him, and that he might send them out to preach
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 heal sicknesses and to cast out demons:
and with power to drive out demons.
16 Simon (to whom he gave the name Peter);
So he appointed the Twelve – Peter (which was the name that Jesus gave to Simon),
17 James the son of Zebedee; and John, the brother of James, (whom he called Boanerges, which means, 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 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 Zealot,
19 and Judas Iscariot, who also betrayed him. Then he came into a house.
and Judas Iscariot, the man who betrayed him.
20 The multitude came 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 When his friends heard it, they went out to seize him; for they said, “He is insane.”
When his relatives heard of it, they went to take charge of him, for they said that he was out of his mind.
22 The scribes who came down from Jerusalem said, “He has Beelzebul,” and, “By the prince of the demons he casts 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 He summoned them and said to them in parables, “How can Satan cast out Satan?
So Jesus called them to him, and answered them in parables, ‘How can Satan drive out Satan?
24 If a kingdom is divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand.
When a kingdom is divided against itself, it cannot last;
25 If a house is divided against itself, that house cannot stand.
and when a household is divided against itself, it will not be able to last.
26 If Satan has risen up against himself, and is divided, he can’t stand, but has an end.
So, if Satan is in revolt against himself and is divided, he cannot last – his end has come!
27 But no one can enter into the house of the strong man to plunder unless he first binds the strong man; then he will plunder his house.
‘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 “Most certainly I tell you, all sins of the descendants of man will be forgiven, including their blasphemies with which they may blaspheme;
I tell you that people will be forgiven everything – their sins, and all the slanders that they utter;
30 —because they said, “He has an unclean spirit.”
This was said in reply to the charge that he had a foul spirit in him.
31 His mother and his brothers came, and standing outside, they sent to him, calling him.
His mother and his brothers came, and stood outside, and sent to ask him to come to them.
32 A multitude was sitting around him, and they told him, “Behold, your mother, your brothers, and your sisters are outside looking for you.”
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 He answered them, “Who are my mother and my brothers?”
‘Who is my mother? And my brothers?’ was his reply.
34 Looking around at those who sat around him, he said, “Behold, my mother and my brothers!
Then he looked around on the people sitting in a circle round him, and said, ‘Here are my mother and my brothers!
35 For whoever does the will of God is my brother, my sister, and mother.”
Whoever does the will of God is my brother and sister and mother.’
