Mark 3
1 On another occasion Jesus went in to a synagogue, where there was a man whose hand was withered.
And he entered again into the synagogue, and there was a man there who had his hand withered.
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 watched him, whether he would heal him on the Sabbath day, 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 with 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 on the Sabbath day to do good, or to do harm? To save a life, or to kill?" But they were 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 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.
6 Immediately on leaving the synagogue, the Pharisees and the Herodians united in laying a plot against Jesus, to put him to death.
And the Pharisees went out, and immediately conspired with the Herodians against him, 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.
And Jesus withdrew to the sea with his disciples, and a large crowd followed from Galilee, and from 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 beyond the Jordan, and those from around Tyre and Sidon. A large crowd, when they heard what great things he did, came to him.
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 should stay near him because of the crowd, so that they would not press on 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 had healed many, so that as many as had diseases pressed on him that they might 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, whenever they saw him, fell down before him, and shouted, saying, "You are the Son of God."
12 But he repeatedly warned them not to make him known.
And he sternly warned them that they should not make him known.
13 Jesus made his way up the hill, and called those whom he wished; and they went to him.
And he went up into the mountain, and called to himself those whom he wanted, and they went 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 appointed twelve, that they might be with him, and that he might send them out to preach,
15 and with power to drive out demons.
to have authority to heal sicknesses and to cast out demons.
16 So he appointed the Twelve – Peter (which was the name that Jesus gave to Simon),
And he appointed the twelve. And to Simon he gave 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 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);
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 the son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus, and Simon the Zealot;
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 he came into a house, and the crowd came together again, so that they could not so much as 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 family heard it, they went out to take charge of him: for they said, "He is out of his mind."
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 came down from Jerusalem said, "He has Beelzebul," and, "By the prince of the demons he casts out the demons."
23 So Jesus called them to him, and answered them in parables, ‘How can Satan drive out Satan?
And so he summoned them, and said to them in parables, "How can Satan cast out Satan?
24 When a kingdom is divided against itself, it cannot last;
And if a kingdom is divided against itself, that kingdom cannot 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 will not be 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, and is divided, he will not be able to stand, but has an 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.
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.
28 I tell you that people will be forgiven everything – their sins, and all the slanders that they utter;
Truly I tell you, all human sins will be forgiven, including their blasphemies with which they may blaspheme;
30 This was said in reply to the charge that he had a foul spirit in him.
because 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 his brothers came, 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 a crowd was sitting around him, and they told him, "Look, your mother and your brothers are outside looking for you."
33 ‘Who is my mother? And my brothers?’ was his reply.
And he answered them, saying, "Who are 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 sat around him, he said, "Look, my mother and my brothers.
35 Whoever does the will of God is my brother and sister and mother.’
For whoever does the will of God, the same is my brother, and my sister, and mother."
