Mark 3
1 And he entered again into the synagogue; and there was a man there which had a withered hand.
Another time He went into the synagogue, and there was a man there with a withered hand.
2 And they watched him, whether he would heal him on the sabbath day; that they might accuse him.
So they watched Him closely, whether He would heal him on the Sabbath, so that they might accuse Him.
3 And he says to the man which had the withered hand, Stand forth.
Well, He says to the man with the withered hand, “Come out in the middle!”
4 And he says to 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.
Then He said to them: “Is it lawful on the Sabbath to do good or to do evil, to save life or to kill?” But they remained silent.
5 And when he had looked round about on them with anger, being grieved for the hardness of their hearts, he says to the man, Stretch forth your hand. And he stretched it out: and his hand was restored whole as the other.
After looking around at them with anger, being grieved at the hardness of their hearts, He says to the man, “Stretch out your hand!” So he stretched, and his hand was restored as healthy as the other!
6 And the Pharisees went forth, and straightway took counsel with the Herodians against him, how they might destroy him.
Then the Pharisees went straight out, and with the Herodians started hatching a plot against Him, how they might destroy Him.
7 But Jesus withdrew himself with his disciples to the sea: and a great multitude from Galilee followed him, and from Judaea,
Jesus withdrew with His disciples to the sea; and a large crowd from Galilee followed Him—also from Judea,
8 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 to him.
from Jerusalem, from Idumea and beyond Jordan; even those around Tyre and Sidon. A huge crowd came to Him, having heard the sorts of things He kept doing.
9 And he spoke to his disciples, that a small ship should wait on him because of the multitude, lest they should throng him.
So He told His disciples that a small boat should be kept ready for Him because of the crowd, lest they should press in on Him.
10 For he had healed many; so that they pressed on him for to touch him, as many as had plagues.
Because He had healed many, so that as many as had afflictions were pushing toward Him so as to touch Him.
11 And unclean spirits, when they saw him, fell down before him, and cried, saying, You are the Son of God.
And the unclean spirits—whenever one saw Him, he would fall down before Him and cry out, saying, “You are the son of God!”
12 And he straightly charged them that they should not make him known.
And He kept giving them strict orders that they should not make Him known.
13 And he goes up into a mountain, and calls to him whom he would: and they came to him.
He went up on the mountain and summoned those whom He wanted, and they came to Him.
14 And he ordained twelve, that they should be with him, and that he might send them forth to preach,
He appointed twelve, that they might be with Him and that He might send them out to preach
15 And to have power to heal sicknesses, and to cast out devils:
—also to have authority to heal sicknesses and to cast out demons:
16 And Simon he surnamed Peter;
namely Peter (a name He gave to Simon);
17 And James the son of Zebedee, and John the brother of James; and he surnamed them Boanerges, which is, The sons of thunder:
James son of Zebedee, and John the brother of James (and a name He gave to them was Boanerges, that is, ‘Sons of thunder’);
18 And Andrew, and Philip, and Bartholomew, and Matthew, and Thomas, and James the son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus, and Simon the Canaanite,
Andrew, Phillip, Bartholomew, Matthew, Thomas, James son of Alphaeus, Thaddaeus, Simon the Cananite;
19 And Judas Iscariot, which also betrayed him: and they went into an house.
and Judas Iscariot, who also betrayed Him.
20 And the multitude comes together again, so that they could not so much as eat bread.
Then they went into a house; and again a multitude gathered, so that they were not even able to eat bread.
21 And when his friends heard of it, they went out to lay hold on him: for they said, He is beside himself.
Well upon hearing this His family came to apprehend Him, because they were saying, “He is out of his mind!”
22 And the scribes which came down from Jerusalem said, He has Beelzebub, and by the prince of the devils casts he out devils.
Then some scribes who had come down from Jerusalem started saying, “He has Beelzebul,” and “It is by the ruler of the demons that he casts out demons.”
23 And he called them to him, and said to them in parables, How can Satan cast out Satan?
So summoning them He started saying to them in parables: “How can Satan cast out Satan?
24 And if a kingdom be divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand.
If a kingdom is divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand.
25 And if a house be divided against itself, that house cannot stand.
And if a household is divided against itself, that household cannot stand.
26 And if Satan rise up against himself, and be divided, he cannot stand, but has an end.
And if Satan has risen up against himself and become divided, he cannot stand, but is finished.
27 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.
No one can plunder the strong man's goods, invading his house, unless he first binds the strong man—then he may plunder the house.
28 Truly I say to you, All sins shall be forgiven to the sons of men, and blasphemies with which soever they shall blaspheme:
“Assuredly I say to you: all the sins of the sons of men can be forgiven, including whatever blasphemies they may utter;
30 Because they said, He has an unclean spirit.
—because they were saying, “He has an unclean spirit.”
31 There came then his brothers and his mother, and, standing without, sent to him, calling him.
Then His brothers and His mother came, and standing outside they sent to Him, calling Him.
32 And the multitude sat about him, and they said to him, Behold, your mother and your brothers without seek for you.
A crowd was sitting around Him; so they said to Him, “Look, your mother and your brothers and your sisters are outside asking for you.”
33 And he answered them, saying, Who is my mother, or my brothers?
He answered them saying, “Who is my mother or my brothers?”
34 And he looked round about on them which sat about him, and said, Behold my mother and my brothers!
And looking around at those seated in a circle around Him He said: “Behold my mother and my brothers!
35 For whoever shall do the will of God, the same is my brother, and my sister, and mother.
Because whoever does the will of God, the same is my brother, my sister, my mother.”
