Mark 3

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

1 And he entered again into the synagogue; and there was a man there which had a withered hand.

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

2 And they watched him, whether he would heal him on the sabbath day; that they might accuse him.

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

3 And he saith unto the man which had the withered hand, Stand forth.

4 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.

4 And he saith unto them, Is it lawful to do good on the sabbath days, or to do evil? to save life, or to kill? But they held their peace.

5 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.

5 And when he had looked round about on them with anger, being grieved for the hardness of their hearts, he saith unto the man, Stretch forth thine hand. And he stretched it out: and his hand was restored whole as the other.

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

6 And the Pharisees went forth, and straightway took counsel with the Herodians against him, how they might destroy him.

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

7 But Jesus withdrew himself with his disciples to the sea: and a great multitude from Galilee followed him, and from Judæa,

8 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.

8 And from Jerusalem, and from Idumaea, and from beyond Jordan; and they about Tyre and Sidon, a great multitude, when they had heard what great things he did, came unto him.

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

9 And he spake to his disciples, that a small ship should wait on him because of the multitude, lest they should throng him.

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

10 For he had healed many; insomuch that they pressed upon him for to touch him, as many as had plagues.

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

11 And unclean spirits, when they saw him, fell down before him, and cried, saying, Thou art the Son of God.

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

12 And he straitly charged them that they should not make him known.

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

13 And he goeth up into a mountain, and calleth unto him whom he would: and they came unto him.

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

14 And he ordained twelve, that they should be with him, and that he might send them forth to preach,

15 and to have authority to drive out demons.

15 And to have power to heal sicknesses, and to cast out devils:

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

16 And Simon he surnamed Peter;

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

17 And James the son of Zebedee, and John the brother of James; and he surnamed them Boanerges, which is, The sons of thunder:

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

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

19 and Judas Iscariot, who betrayed Jesus.

19 And Judas Iscariot, which also betrayed him: and they went into an house.

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

20 And the multitude cometh together again, so that they could not so much as eat bread.

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

21 And when his friends heard of it, they went out to lay hold on him: for they said, He is beside himself.

22 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.”

22 And the scribes which came down from Jerusalem said, He hath Beelzebub, and by the prince of the devils casteth he out devils.

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

23 And he called them unto him, and said unto them in parables, How can Satan cast out Satan?

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

24 And if a kingdom be divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand.

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

25 And if a house be divided against itself, that house cannot stand.

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

26 And if Satan rise up against himself, and be divided, he cannot stand, but hath an end.

27 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.

27 No man can enter into a strong man’s house, and spoil his goods, except he will first bind the strong man; and then he will spoil his house.

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

28 Verily I say unto you, All sins shall be forgiven unto the sons of men, and blasphemies wherewith soever they shall blaspheme:

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

29 But he that shall blaspheme against the Holy Ghost hath never forgiveness, but is in danger of eternal damnation:

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

30 Because they said, He hath an unclean spirit.

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

31 There came then his brethren and his mother, and, standing without, sent unto him, calling him.

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

32 And the multitude sat about him, and they said unto him, Behold, thy mother and thy brethren without seek for thee.

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

33 And he answered them, saying, Who is my mother, or my brethren?

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

34 And he looked round about on them which sat about him, and said, Behold my mother and my brethren!

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

35 For whosoever shall do the will of God, the same is my brother, and my sister, and mother.