Mark 3
3
Jesus Heals on the Sabbath
1Another time Jesus went into the synagogue, and a man with a shriveled hand was there. 2Some of them were looking for a reason to accuse Jesus, so they watched him closely to see if he would heal him on the Sabbath. 3Jesus said to the man with the shriveled hand, “Stand up in front of everyone.”
4Then Jesus asked them, “Which is lawful on the Sabbath: to do good or to do evil, to save life or to kill?” But they remained silent.
5He looked around at them in anger and, deeply distressed at their stubborn hearts, said to the man, “Stretch out your hand.” He stretched it out, and his hand was completely restored. 6Then the Pharisees went out and began to plot with the Herodians how they might kill Jesus.
Crowds Follow Jesus
7Jesus withdrew with his disciples to the lake, and a large crowd from Galilee followed. 8When they heard about all he was doing, many people came to him from Judea, Jerusalem, Idumea, and the regions across the Jordan and around Tyre and Sidon. 9Because of the crowd he told his disciples to have a small boat ready for him, to keep the people from crowding him. 10For he had healed many, so that those with diseases were pushing forward to touch him. 11Whenever the impure spirits saw him, they fell down before him and cried out, “You are the Son of God.” 12But he gave them strict orders not to tell others about him.
Jesus Appoints the Twelve
13Jesus went up on a mountainside and called to him those he wanted, and they came to him. 14He appointed twelve#3:14 Some manuscripts twelve—designating them apostles— that they might be with him and that he might send them out to preach 15and to have authority to drive out demons. 16These are the twelve he appointed: Simon (to whom he gave the name Peter), 17James son of Zebedee and his brother John (to them he gave the name Boanerges, which means “sons of thunder”), 18Andrew, Philip, Bartholomew, Matthew, Thomas, James son of Alphaeus, Thaddaeus, Simon the Zealot 19and Judas Iscariot, who betrayed him.
Jesus Accused by His Family and by Teachers of the Law
20Then Jesus entered a house, and again a crowd gathered, so that he and his disciples were not even able to eat. 21When his family#3:21 Or his associates heard about this, they went to take charge of him, for they said, “He is out of his mind.”
22And the teachers of the law who came down from Jerusalem said, “He is possessed by Beelzebul! By the prince of demons he is driving out demons.”
23So Jesus called them over to him and began to speak to them in parables: “How can Satan drive out Satan? 24If a kingdom is divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand. 25If a house is divided against itself, that house cannot stand. 26And if Satan opposes himself and is divided, he cannot stand; his end has come. 27In fact, no one can enter a strong man’s house without first tying him up. Then he can plunder the strong man’s house. 28Truly I tell you, people can be forgiven all their sins and every slander they utter, 29but whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit will never be forgiven; they are guilty of an eternal sin.”
30He said this because they were saying, “He has an impure spirit.”
31Then Jesus’ mother and brothers arrived. Standing outside, they sent someone in to call him. 32A crowd was sitting around him, and they told him, “Your mother and brothers are outside looking for you.”
33 “Who are my mother and my brothers?” he asked.
34Then he looked at those seated in a circle around him and said, “Here are my mother and my brothers! 35Whoever does God’s will is my brother and sister and mother.”
Currently Selected:
Mark 3: NIV
Highlight
Share
Copy
Want to have your highlights saved across all your devices? Sign up or sign in
The Holy Bible, New International Version® NIV®
Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.®
Used by Permission of Biblica, Inc.® All rights reserved worldwide.
Mark 3
3
Mark 3
1¶ And he entered again into the synagogue, and there was a man there who had a withered hand.
2And they watched him, whether he would heal him on the sabbath day, that they might accuse him.
3So he said unto the man who had the withered hand, Stand forth.
4And he said unto them, Is it lawful to do good on the sabbath days or to do evil? to save the person or to kill them? But they were silent.
5And looking round about on them with anger, being grieved for the blindness of their hearts, he said unto the man, Stretch forth thine hand. And he stretched it out and his hand was restored whole as the other.
6And as the Pharisees went forth, they took counsel with the Herodians against him, to kill him.
7But Jesus withdrew himself with his disciples to the sea, and a great multitude from Galilee followed him, and from Judaea
8and from Jerusalem and from Idumaea and from beyond Jordan. And those who dwell around Tyre and Sidon, a great multitude, hearing what great things he did, came unto him.
9And he spoke to his disciples that a small ship should wait on him because of the multitude, lest they should throng him.
10For he had healed many, insomuch that as many as had plagues pressed upon him to touch him.
11And the unclean spirits, when they saw him, fell down before him and cried out, saying, Thou art the Son of God.
12And he straitly charged them that they should not make him known.
13¶ And he went up to the mountain and called unto himself whom he would, and they came unto him.
14And he established twelve, that they should be with him, and that he might send them forth to preach
15and to have power to heal sicknesses and to cast out devils:
16Simon, whom he gave the name Peter;
17and James the son of Zebedee and John the brother of James, whom he surnamed them Boanerges, which is The sons of thunder;
18and Andrew and Philip and Bartholomew and Matthew and Thomas and James the son of Alphaeus and Thaddaeus and Simon the Canaanite
19and Judas Iscariot, who also betrayed him; and they came home.
20And the multitude came together again, so that they could not so much as eat bread.
21And when his friends and family heard of it, they went out to lay hold on him; for they said, He is beside himself.
22¶ But the scribes who had come down from Jerusalem said that he had Beelzebub and that by the prince of the devils he cast out devils.
23And he called them unto him and said unto them in parables, How can Satan cast out Satan?
24If a kingdom is divided against itself, that kingdom cannot remain.
25And if a house is divided against itself, that house cannot remain.
26And if Satan rises up against himself and is divided, he cannot remain, but has an end.
27No 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.
28Verily I say unto you, All sins shall be forgiven unto the sons of men and whatever blasphemies with which they shall blaspheme,
29but whosoever shall blaspheme against the Holy Spirit shall never have forgiveness but is obligated to eternal judgment,
30because they said, He has an unclean spirit.
31¶ There came then his brethren and his mother, and, standing without, sent unto him, calling him.
32The multitude was sitting all around him, and they said unto him, Behold, thy mother and thy brothers and sisters seek thee without.
33And he answered them, saying, Who is my mother or my brethren?
34And looking round about on those who sat about him, he said, Behold my mother and my brethren!
35For whosoever doeth the will of God, the same is my brother and my sister and my mother.
Currently Selected:
:
Highlight
Share
Copy
Want to have your highlights saved across all your devices? Sign up or sign in
The Jubilee Bible 2000 (JUB) by Ransom Press International