Mark 3

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Jesus Heals on the Sabbath

¹Once again Jesus entered the synagogue, and a man with a withered hand was there.

¹And He entered into the synagogue again, and a man having a withered hand was there.

²In order to accuse Jesus, they were watching to see if He would heal on the Sabbath.

²And they were watching Him, whether He will heal him on the Sabbaths, so that they might accuse Him.

³Then Jesus said to the man with the withered hand, “Stand up among us.”

³And He says to the man having the withered hand, “Arise into the midst.”

⁴And 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.

⁴And He says to them, “Is it lawful on the Sabbaths to do good or to do evil, to save life or to kill?” But they were silent.

⁵Jesus 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.

⁵And having looked around at them with anger, being grieved at the hardness of their heart, He says to the man, “Stretch out your hand.” And he stretched it out, and his hand was restored.

⁶At this, the Pharisees went out and began plotting with the Herodians how they might kill Jesus.

⁶And the Pharisees, having gone out, immediately were taking counsel with the Herodians against Him, how they might destroy Him.

Jesus Heals the Multitudes

⁷So Jesus withdrew with His disciples to the sea, accompanied by a large crowd from Galilee, Judea,

⁷And Jesus withdrew with His disciples to the sea, and a great multitude from Galilee followed, and from Judea,

⁸Jerusalem, 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.

⁸and from Jerusalem, and from Idumea, and beyond the Jordan, and around Tyre and Sidon. A great multitude, having heard how much He was doing, came to Him.

⁹Jesus asked His disciples to have a boat ready for Him so that the crowd would not crush Him.

⁹And He spoke to His disciples so that a boat may wait on Him because of the crowd, so that they might not press upon Him.

¹⁰For He had healed so many that all who had diseases were pressing forward to touch Him.

¹⁰For He healed many, so as for as many as had afflictions to fall upon Him so that they might touch Him.

¹¹And when the unclean spirits saw Him, they fell down before Him and cried out, “You are the Son of God!”

¹¹And the unclean spirits, when they were seeing Him, were falling down before Him and crying out, saying, “You are the Son of God!”

¹²But He warned them sternly not to make Him known.

¹²And He was warning them much that they should not make Him known.

The Twelve Apostles

¹³Then Jesus went up on the mountain and called for those He wanted, and they came to Him.

¹³And He goes up onto the mountain, and He summons those whom He Himself was wanting, and they went away to Him.

¹⁴He appointed twelve of them, whom He designated as apostles,^a to accompany Him, to be sent out to preach,

¹⁴And He appointed twelve, whom also He named apostles, that they might be with Him and that He might send them to preach

¹⁵and to have authority^a to drive out demons.

¹⁵and to have authority to cast out demons.

¹⁶These are the twelve He appointed:^a Simon (whom He named Peter),

¹⁶And He appointed the Twelve: And to Simon He added the name Peter,

¹⁷James son of Zebedee and his brother John ( whom He named Boanerges, meaning “Sons of Thunder”),

¹⁷and James the son of Zebedee and John the brother of James, and He added to them the name Boanerges, which is Sons of Thunder,

¹⁸Andrew, Philip, Bartholomew, Matthew, Thomas, James son of Alphaeus, Thaddaeus, Simon the Zealot,^a

¹⁸and Andrew, and Philip, and Bartholomew, and Matthew, and Thomas, and James the son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus, and Simon the Cananean,

¹⁹and Judas Iscariot, who betrayed Jesus.^a

¹⁹and Judas Iscariot, who also betrayed Him.

A House Divided

²⁰Then Jesus went home,^a and once again a crowd gathered, so that He and His disciples could not even eat.

²⁰And He comes to a house and a crowd comes together again, so that not even are they able to eat bread.

²¹When His family heard about this, they went out to take custody of Him, saying, “He is out of His mind.”

²¹And having heard, those belonging to Him went out to seize Him; for they were saying that He was out of His mind.

²²And the scribes who had come down from Jerusalem were saying, “He is possessed by Beelzebul,”^a and, “By the prince of the demons He drives out demons.”

²²And the scribes, those from Jerusalem, having come down, were saying, “He has Beelzebul,” and, “By the ruler of the demons He casts out the demons.”

²³So Jesus called them together and began to speak to them in parables: “How can Satan drive out Satan?

²³And having summoned them, He was saying to them in parables, “How is Satan able to cast out Satan?

²⁴If a kingdom is divided against itself, it cannot stand.

²⁴And if a kingdom may be divided against itself, that kingdom is not able to stand.

²⁵If a house is divided against itself, it cannot stand.

²⁵And if a house may be divided against itself, that house will not be able to stand.

²⁶And if Satan is divided and rises against himself, he cannot stand; his end has come.

²⁶And if Satan rose up against himself and was divided, he is not able to stand, but he has an end.

²⁷Indeed, 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.

²⁷But no one is able, having entered into the house of the strong man, to plunder his goods, unless first he should bind the strong man. And then he will plunder his house.

The Unpardonable Sin

²⁸Truly I tell you, the sons of men will be forgiven all sins and blasphemies, as many as they utter.

²⁸Truly I say to you that all sins and blasphemies will be forgiven the sons of men, as many as they may blaspheme.

²⁹But whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit will never be forgiven; he is guilty of eternal sin.”

²⁹But whoever may blaspheme in regard to the Holy Spirit does not have forgiveness to the age, but is guilty of eternal sin.”

³⁰Jesus made this statement because they were saying, “He has an unclean spirit.”

³⁰For they were saying, “He has an unclean spirit.”

Jesus’ Mother and Brothers

³¹Then Jesus’ mother and brothers came and stood outside. They sent someone in to summon Him,

³¹And His mother and His brothers come, and standing outside, they sent to Him, calling Him.

³²and a crowd was sitting around Him. “Look,” He was told, “Your mother and brothers^a are outside, asking for You.”

³²And a crowd was sitting around Him, and they say to Him, “Behold, Your mother and Your brothers outside seek You.”

³³But Jesus replied, “Who are My mother and My brothers?”

³³And answering them, He says, “Who are My mother and My brothers?”

³⁴Looking at those seated in a circle around Him, He said, “Here are My mother and My brothers!

³⁴And having looked around at those sitting around Him in a circle, He says, “Behold, My mother and My brothers!

³⁵For whoever does the will of God is My brother and sister and mother.”

³⁵For whoever shall do the will of God, this is My brother and sister and mother.”