Mark 3
1 On another occasion Jesus went in to a Synagogue, where there was a man whose hand was withered.
He entered again into the synagogue, and there was a man there whose hand was 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.
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;
He said to the man whose hand was withered, “Stand up.”
4 and to the people he said: “Is it allowable to do good on the Sabbath — or harm? to save a life, or destroy it?”
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.
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 as healthy as the other.
6 Immediately on leaving the Synagogue, the Pharisees and the Herodians united in laying a plot against Jesus, to put him to death.
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.
Yeshua withdrew to the sea with his disciples; and a great multitude followed him from Galilee, from Judea,
8 And 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.
from Jerusalem, from Idumaea, beyond the Jordan, and those from around Tyre and Sidon. A great multitude, hearing what great things he did, came to him.
9 So Jesus told his disciples to keep a small boat close by, for fear the crowd should crush him.
He spoke to his disciples that a little boat should stay near him because of the crowd, so that they wouldn’t press on him.
10 For he had cured many of them, and so people kept crowding upon him, that all who were afflicted 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”!
The unclean spirits, whenever they saw him, fell down before him and cried, “You are the Son of God!”
12 But he repeatedly warned them not to make him known.
He sternly warned them that they should not make him known.
13 And Jesus made his way up the hill, and called those whom he wished; and they went to him.
He went up into the mountain and called to himself those whom he wanted, and they went to him.
14 And he appointed twelve — whom he also named ‘Apostles’ — that they might be with him, and that he might send them out as his Messengers, to preach,
He appointed twelve, that they might be with him, and that he might send them out to proclaim
15 and with power to drive out demons.
and 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),
Simon (to whom he gave the name Peter);
17 James, the son of Zebediah, and his brother John (to whom he gave the name of Boanerges, which means the Thunderers),
Jacob the son of Zebedee; and Yochanan, the brother of Jacob, (whom he called Benei-Regesh, which means, Sons of Thunder);
18 Andrew, Philip, Bartholomew, Matthew, Thomas, James the son of Alphaeus, Thaddaeus, Simon the Zealot,
Andrew; Philip; Bartholomew; Matthew; Thomas; Jacob, the son of Halfai; Taddai; Simon the Zealot;
19 and Judas Iscariot, the man that betrayed him.
and Judah Iscariot, who also betrayed him. Then he came into a house.
20 Jesus went into a house; and again a crowd collected, so that they were not able even to eat their food.
The multitude came together again, so that they could not so much as eat bread.
21 When his relations heard of it, they went to take charge of him, for they said that he was out of his mind.
When his friends heard it, they went out to seize him; for they said, “He is insane.”
22 And the Teachers of the Law, who had come down from Jerusalem, said: “He has Baal-zebub in him, and he drives the demons out by the help of Baal-zebub, their chief.”
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?
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;
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.
If a house is divided against itself, that house cannot stand.
26 So, if Satan is in revolt against himself and is divided, he cannot last — his end has come!
If Satan has risen up against himself, and is divided, he can’t stand, but has an end.
27 “No man who has got into a strong man’s house can carry off his goods, without first securing him; and not till 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; then he will plunder his house.
28 I tell you that men will be forgiven everything — their sins, and all the slanders that they utter;
“Most certainly I tell you, all sins of the descendants of man 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 And his mother and his brothers came, and stood outside, and sent to ask him to come to them.
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.”
A multitude was sitting around him, and they told him, “Behold, your mother, your brothers, and your sisters are outside looking for you.”
33 “Who is my mother? and my brothers?” was his reply.
He answered them, “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!
Looking around at those who sat 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 does the will of God is my brother, my sister, and mother.”
