Mark 3
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Jesus Heals on the Sabbath
1Jesus went into the synagogue again and noticed a man with a deformed hand. 2Since it was the Sabbath, Jesus’ enemies watched him closely. If he healed the man’s hand, they planned to accuse him of working on the Sabbath.
3Jesus said to the man with the deformed hand, “Come and stand in front of everyone.” 4Then he turned to his critics and asked, “Does the law permit good deeds on the Sabbath, or is it a day for doing evil? Is this a day to save life or to destroy it?” But they wouldn’t answer him.
5He looked around at them angrily and was deeply saddened by their hard hearts. Then he said to the man, “Hold out your hand.” So the man held out his hand, and it was restored! 6At once the Pharisees went away and met with the supporters of Herod to plot how to kill Jesus.
Crowds Follow Jesus
7Jesus went out to the lake with his disciples, and a large crowd followed him. They came from all over Galilee, Judea, 8Jerusalem, Idumea, from east of the Jordan River, and even from as far north as Tyre and Sidon. The news about his miracles had spread far and wide, and vast numbers of people came to see him.
9Jesus instructed his disciples to have a boat ready so the crowd would not crush him. 10He had healed many people that day, so all the sick people eagerly pushed forward to touch him. 11And whenever those possessed by evil#3:11 Greek unclean; also in 3:30. spirits caught sight of him, the spirits would throw them to the ground in front of him shrieking, “You are the Son of God!” 12But Jesus sternly commanded the spirits not to reveal who he was.
Jesus Chooses the Twelve Apostles
13Afterward Jesus went up on a mountain and called out the ones he wanted to go with him. And they came to him. 14Then he appointed twelve of them and called them his apostles.#3:14 Some manuscripts do not include and called them his apostles. They were to accompany him, and he would send them out to preach, 15giving them authority to cast out demons. 16These are the twelve he chose:
Simon (whom he named Peter),
17James and John (the sons of Zebedee, but Jesus nicknamed them “Sons of Thunder”#3:17 Greek whom he named Boanerges, which means Sons of Thunder.),
18Andrew,
Philip,
Bartholomew,
Matthew,
Thomas,
James (son of Alphaeus),
Thaddaeus,
Simon (the zealot#3:18 Greek the Cananean, an Aramaic term for Jewish nationalists.),
19Judas Iscariot (who later betrayed him).
Jesus and the Prince of Demons
20One time Jesus entered a house, and the crowds began to gather again. Soon he and his disciples couldn’t even find time to eat. 21When his family heard what was happening, they tried to take him away. “He’s out of his mind,” they said.
22But the teachers of religious law who had arrived from Jerusalem said, “He’s possessed by Satan,#3:22 Greek Beelzeboul; other manuscripts read Beezeboul; Latin version reads Beelzebub. the prince of demons. That’s where he gets the power to cast out demons.”
23Jesus called them over and responded with an illustration. “How can Satan cast out Satan?” he asked. 24“A kingdom divided by civil war will collapse. 25Similarly, a family splintered by feuding will fall apart. 26And if Satan is divided and fights against himself, how can he stand? He would never survive. 27Let me illustrate this further. Who is powerful enough to enter the house of a strong man and plunder his goods? Only someone even stronger—someone who could tie him up and then plunder his house.
28 “I tell you the truth, all sin and blasphemy can be forgiven, 29but anyone who blasphemes the Holy Spirit will never be forgiven. This is a sin with eternal consequences.” 30He told them this because they were saying, “He’s possessed by an evil spirit.”
The True Family of Jesus
31Then Jesus’ mother and brothers came to see him. They stood outside and sent word for him to come out and talk with them. 32There was a crowd sitting around Jesus, and someone said, “Your mother and your brothers#3:32 Some manuscripts add and sisters. are outside asking for you.”
33Jesus replied, “Who is my mother? Who are my brothers?” 34Then he looked at those around him and said, “Look, these are my mother and brothers. 35Anyone who does God’s will is my brother and sister and mother.”
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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.
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