Mark 3
1 And he entered again into the synagogue, and there was a man there who had his hand withered.
Once again Jesus entered the synagogue, and a man with a withered hand was there.
2 And They watched him, whether he would heal him on the Sabbath day, that they might accuse him.
In order to accuse Jesus, they were watching to see if He would heal on the Sabbath.
3 And he said to the man with the withered hand, "Stand up in the middle."
Then Jesus said to the man with the withered hand, “Stand up among us.”
4 And 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 He asked them, “Which is lawful on the Sabbath: to do good or to do evil, to save life or to destroy it?” But they were silent.
5 And 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.
Jesus looked around at them with anger and sorrow at their hardness of heart. Then He said to the man, “Stretch out your hand.” So he stretched it out, and it was restored.
6 And the Pharisees went out, and immediately conspired with the Herodians against him, how they might destroy him.
At this, the Pharisees went out and began plotting with the Herodians how they might kill Jesus.
7 And Jesus withdrew to the sea with his disciples, and a large crowd followed from Galilee, and from Judea,
So Jesus withdrew with His disciples to the sea, accompanied by a large crowd from Galilee, Judea,
8 and from Jerusalem, and from Idumea, and beyond the Jordan, and those from around Tyre and Sidon. A large crowd, when they heard what great things he did, came to him.
Jerusalem, Idumea, the region beyond the Jordan, and the vicinity of Tyre and Sidon. The large crowd came to Him when they heard what great things He was doing.
9 And he told his disciples that a small boat should stay near him because of the crowd, so that they would not press on him.
Jesus asked His disciples to have a boat ready for Him 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 healed so many that all who had diseases were pressing forward to touch Him.
11 And the unclean spirits, whenever they saw him, fell down before him, and shouted, saying, "You are the Son of God."
And when the unclean spirits saw Him, they fell down before Him and cried out, “You are the Son of God!”
12 And he sternly warned them that they should not make him known.
But He warned them sternly not to make Him known.
13 And he went up into the mountain, and called to himself those whom he wanted, and they went to him.
Then Jesus went up on the mountain and called for those He wanted, and they came to Him.
14 And he appointed twelve, that they might be with him, and that he might send them out to preach,
He appointed twelve of them, whom He designated as apostles, to accompany Him, to be sent out to preach,
15 to have authority to heal sicknesses and to cast out demons.
and to have authority to drive out demons.
16 And he appointed the twelve. And to Simon he gave the name Peter;
These are the twelve He appointed: Simon (whom He named Peter),
17 and James the son of Zebedee; and John the brother of James (and he gave them the names Boanerges, which is to say, Sons of Thunder);
James son of Zebedee and his brother John (whom He named Boanerges, meaning “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 Zealot;
Andrew, Philip, Bartholomew, Matthew, Thomas, James son of Alphaeus, Thaddaeus, Simon the Zealot,
19 and Judas Iscariot, who also betrayed him.
and Judas Iscariot, who betrayed Jesus.
20 And he came into a house, and the crowd came together again, so that they could not so much as eat bread.
Then Jesus went home, and once again a crowd gathered, so that He and His disciples could not even eat.
21 And when his family heard it, they went out to take charge of him: for they said, "He is out of his mind."
When His family heard about this, they went out to take custody of Him, saying, “He is out of His mind.”
22 And the scribes who came down from Jerusalem said, "He has Beelzebul," and, "By the prince of the demons he casts out the demons."
And the scribes who had come down from Jerusalem were saying, “He is possessed by Beelzebul,” and, “By the prince of the demons He drives out demons.”
23 And so he summoned them, and said to them in parables, "How can Satan cast out Satan?
So Jesus called them together and began to speak to them in parables: “How can Satan drive out Satan?
24 And if a kingdom is divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand.
If a kingdom is divided against itself, it cannot stand.
25 And if a house is divided against itself, that house will not be able to stand.
If a house is divided against itself, it cannot stand.
26 And if Satan has risen up against himself, and is divided, he will not be able to stand, but has an end.
And if Satan is divided and rises against himself, he cannot stand; 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; and then he will plunder his house.
Indeed, no one can enter a strong man’s house to steal his possessions unless he first ties up the strong man. Then he can plunder his house.
28 Truly I tell you, all human sins will be forgiven, including their blasphemies with which they may blaspheme;
Truly I tell you, the sons of men will be forgiven all sins and blasphemies, as many as they utter.
30 because they said, "He has an unclean spirit."
Jesus made this statement because they were saying, “He has an unclean spirit.”
31 And then his mother and his brothers came, and standing outside, they sent to him, calling him.
Then Jesus’ mother and brothers came and stood outside. They sent someone in to summon Him,
32 And a crowd was sitting around him, and they told him, "Look, your mother and your brothers are outside looking for you."
and a crowd was sitting around Him. “Look,” He was told, “Your mother and brothers are outside, asking for You.”
33 And he answered them, saying, "Who are my mother and my brothers?"
But Jesus replied, “Who are My mother and My brothers?”
34 And looking around at those who sat around him, he said, "Look, my mother and my brothers.
Looking at those seated in a circle around Him, He said, “Here are My mother and My brothers!
35 For whoever does the will of God, the same is my brother, and my sister, and mother."
For whoever does the will of God is My brother and sister and mother.”
