Mark 3
1 On another occasion Jesus went in to a synagogue, where there was a man whose hand was withered.
And again, he entered into the synagogue. And there was a man there who had a withered hand.
2 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.
And they observed him, to see if he would cure on the Sabbaths, so that they might accuse him.
3 ‘Stand out in the middle,’ Jesus said to the man with the withered hand;
And he said to the man who had the withered hand, “Stand up in the middle.”
4 and to the people he said, ‘Is it allowable to do good at the Sabbath – or harm? To save a life, or destroy it?’
And he said to them: “Is it lawful to do good on the Sabbaths, or to do evil, to give health to a life, or to destroy?” But they remained silent.
5 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.
And looking around at them with anger, being very saddened over the blindness of their hearts, he said to the man, “Extend your hand.” And he extended it, and his hand was restored to him.
6 Immediately on leaving the synagogue, the Pharisees and the Herodians united in laying a plot against Jesus, to put him to death.
Then the Pharisees, going out, immediately took counsel with the Herodians against him, as to how they might destroy him.
7 Then Jesus went away with his disciples to the sea, followed by a great number of people from Galilee.
But Jesus withdrew with his disciples to the sea. And a great crowd followed him from Galilee and Judea,
8 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.
and from Jerusalem, and from Idumea and across the Jordan. And those around Tyre and Sidon, upon hearing what he was doing, came to him in a great multitude.
9 So Jesus told his disciples to keep a small boat close by, so that the crowd would not crush him.
And he told his disciples that a small boat would be useful to him, because of the crowd, lest they press upon him.
10 For he had cured many of them, and so people kept crowding around him, so all who were sick might touch him.
For he healed so many, that as many of them as had wounds would rush toward him in order to touch him.
11 The foul spirits, too, whenever they caught sight of him, flung themselves down before him, and screamed out, ‘You are the Son of God’!
And the unclean spirits, when they saw him, fell prostrate before him. And they cried out, saying,
12 But he repeatedly warned them not to make him known.
“You are the Son of God.” And he strongly admonished them, lest they make him known.
13 Jesus made his way up the hill, and called those whom he wished; and they went to him.
And ascending onto a mountain, he called to himself those whom he willed, and they came to him.
14 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,
And he acted so that the twelve would be with him, and so that he might send them out to preach.
15 and with power to drive out demons.
And he gave them authority to cure infirmities, and to cast out demons:
16 So he appointed the Twelve – Peter (which was the name that Jesus gave to Simon),
and he imposed on Simon the name Peter;
17 James, the son of Zebedee, and his brother John (to whom he gave the name of Boanerges, which means the Thunderers),
and also he imposed on James of Zebedee, and John the brother of James, the name ‘Boanerges,’ that is, ‘Sons of Thunder;’
18 Andrew, Philip, Bartholomew, Matthew, Thomas, James the son of Alphaeus, Thaddaeus, Simon the Zealot,
and Andrew, and Philip, and Bartholomew, and Matthew, and Thomas, and James of Alphaeus, and Thaddeus, and Simon the Canaanite,
19 and Judas Iscariot, the man who betrayed him.
and Judas Iscariot, who also betrayed him.
20 Jesus went into a house; and again a crowd collected, so that they were not even able to eat their food.
And they went to a house, and the crowd gathered together again, so much so that they were not even able to eat bread.
21 When his relatives heard of it, they went to take charge of him, for they said that he was out of his mind.
And when his own had heard of it, they went out to take hold of him. For they said: “Because he has gone mad.”
22 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.’
And the scribes who had descended from Jerusalem said, “Because he has Beelzebub, and because by the prince of demons does he cast out demons.”
23 So Jesus called them to him, and answered them in parables, ‘How can Satan drive out Satan?
And having called them together, he spoke to them in parables: “How can Satan cast out Satan?
24 When a kingdom is divided against itself, it cannot last;
For if a kingdom is divided against itself, that kingdom is not able to stand.
25 and when a household is divided against itself, it will not be able to last.
And if a house is divided against itself, that house is not able to stand.
26 So, if Satan is in revolt against himself and is divided, he cannot last – his end has come!
And if Satan has risen up against himself, he would be divided, and he would not be able to stand; instead he reaches the end.
27 ‘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.
No one is able to plunder the goods of a strong man, having entered into the house, unless he first binds the strong man, and then he shall plunder his house.
28 I tell you that people will be forgiven everything – their sins, and all the slanders that they utter;
Amen I say to you, that all sins will be forgiven the sons of men, and the blasphemies by which they will have blasphemed.
30 This was said in reply to the charge that he had a foul spirit in him.
For they said: “He has an unclean spirit.”
31 His mother and his brothers came, and stood outside, and sent to ask him to come to them.
And his mother and brothers arrived. And standing outside, they sent to him, calling him.
32 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.’
And the crowd was sitting around him. And they said to him, “Behold, your mother and your brothers are outside, seeking you.”
33 ‘Who is my mother? And my brothers?’ was his reply.
And responding to them, he said, “Who is my mother and my brothers?”
34 Then he looked around on the people sitting in a circle round him, and said, ‘Here are my mother and my brothers!
And looking around at those who were sitting all around him, he said: “Behold, my mother and my brothers.
35 Whoever does the will of God is my brother and sister and mother.’
For whoever has done the will of God, the same is my brother, and my sister and mother.”
