Mark 3
1 Jesus went to the synagogue again. A man was there who had a crippled hand.
And he entered again into the synagogue; and there was a man there which had a withered hand.
2 Some of those there were watching Jesus to see if he would heal the man on the Sabbath, because they were looking for a reason to accuse him of breaking the law.
And they watched him, whether he would heal him on the sabbath day; that they might accuse him.
3 Jesus told the man with the crippled hand, “Come and stand here in front of everyone.”
And he saith unto the man which had the withered hand, Stand forth.
4 “Is it lawful to do good on the Sabbath, or to do evil? Should you save life, or should you kill?” he asked them. But they didn't say a word.
And he saith unto them, Is it lawful to do good on the sabbath days, or to do evil? to save life, or to kill? But they held their peace.
5 He looked around at them in exasperation, very upset by their hard-hearted attitude. Then he told the man, “Hold out your hand.” The man held out his hand, and it was healed.
And when he had looked round about on them with anger, being grieved for the hardness of their hearts, he saith unto the man, Stretch forth thine hand. And he stretched [it] out: and his hand was restored whole as the other.
6 The Pharisees left, and immediately began plotting with Herod's party as to how they might kill Jesus.
And the Pharisees went forth, and straightway took counsel with the Herodians against him, how they might destroy him.
7 Meanwhile Jesus returned to the Sea, and a large crowd followed him. They were from Galilee, Judea,
But Jesus withdrew himself with his disciples to the sea: and a great multitude from Galilee followed him, and from Judæa,
8 Jerusalem, Idumea, Transjordan, and from the regions of Tyre and Sidon. So many people came to see him because they'd heard all he was doing.
And from Jerusalem, and from Idumaea, and [from] beyond Jordan; and they about Tyre and Sidon, a great multitude, when they had heard what great things he did, came unto him.
9 Jesus told his disciples to have a small boat ready in case the crowd crushed him,
And he spake to his disciples, that a small ship should wait on him because of the multitude, lest they should throng him.
10 because he had healed so many that all the sick people kept on pressing towards him so they could touch him.
For he had healed many; insomuch that they pressed upon him for to touch him, as many as had plagues.
11 Whenever the evil spirits saw him they would fall down in front of him and shout out, “You are the Son of God!”
And unclean spirits, when they saw him, fell down before him, and cried, saying, Thou art the Son of God.
12 But he commanded them not to reveal who he was.
And he straitly charged them that they should not make him known.
13 Then Jesus went away to the hill country. He called those he wanted to be with him, and they came to him.
And he goeth up into a mountain, and calleth [unto him] whom he would: and they came unto him.
14 He chose twelve to be with him, and called them apostles. They were to be with him, and he would send them out to announce the good news,
And he ordained twelve, that they should be with him, and that he might send them forth to preach,
15 and with the authority to drive out demons.
And to have power to heal sicknesses, and to cast out devils:
16 These are the twelve he chose: Simon (whom he called Peter),
And Simon he surnamed Peter;
17 James the son of Zebedee and his brother John (who he called Boanerges, meaning “sons of thunder”),
And James the [son] of Zebedee, and John the brother of James; and he surnamed them Boanerges, which is, The sons of thunder:
18 Andrew, Philip, Bartholomew, Matthew, Thomas, James the son of Alphaeus, Thaddaeus, Simon the Revolutionary,
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 (who betrayed him).
And Judas Iscariot, which also betrayed him: and they went into an house.
20 Jesus went home, but such a large crowd gathered again that he and his disciples didn't even have time to eat.
And the multitude cometh together again, so that they could not so much as eat bread.
21 When Jesus' family heard about it, they came to take him away, saying, “He's lost his senses!”
And when his friends heard [of it], they went out to lay hold on him: for they said, He is beside himself.
22 But the religious leaders from Jerusalem said, “He's possessed by Beelzebub! It's by the ruler of demons that he's driving out demons!”
And the scribes which came down from Jerusalem said, He hath Beelzebub, and by the prince of the devils casteth he out devils.
23 But Jesus called them over to him. Using illustrations he asked them, “How can Satan throw out Satan?
And he called them [unto him], and said unto them in parables, How can Satan cast out Satan?
24 A kingdom fighting itself can't continue.
And if a kingdom be divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand.
25 A household that's divided is doomed.
And if a house be divided against itself, that house cannot stand.
26 If Satan is divided and fights against himself, he won't last long—he'll soon come to an end.
And if Satan rise up against himself, and be divided, he cannot stand, but hath an end.
27 Clearly, if someone breaks into the house of a strong man and tries to take his things, he won't get far in his theft unless he ties up the strong man first.”
No man can enter into a strong man’s house, and spoil his goods, except he will first bind the strong man; and then he will spoil his house.
28 “I tell you the truth: all sins and blasphemies can be forgiven,
Verily I say unto you, All sins shall be forgiven unto the sons of men, and blasphemies wherewith soever they shall blaspheme:
30 (Jesus said this because they said, “He has an evil spirit.”)
Because they said, He hath an unclean spirit.
31 Then Jesus' mother and brothers arrived. They waited outside and sent him a message, asking him to come out.
There came then his brethren and his mother, and, standing without, sent unto him, calling him.
32 The crowd that was sitting around him told him, “Your mother and brothers are outside asking for you.”
And the multitude sat about him, and they said unto him, Behold, thy mother and thy brethren without seek for thee.
33 “Who is my mother? Who are my brothers?” he responded.
And he answered them, saying, Who is my mother, or my brethren?
34 Looking around at all those sitting there in a circle, he said, “Here is my mother! Here are my brothers!
And he looked round about on them which sat about him, and said, Behold my mother and my brethren!
35 Whoever does what God wants, they are my brother, and sister, and mother.”
For whosoever shall do the will of God, the same is my brother, and my sister, and mother.
