Mark 3
3
Jesus Heals on the Sabbath Day
1Another time Jesus went into the synagogue, and a man with a weak and twisted hand was there. 2The Pharisees who were there watched Jesus closely because they wanted to accuse him of doing something wrong. They waited to see if he would heal the man on the Sabbath day. 3Jesus said to the man with the weak and twisted hand, “Stand up front here.”
4Then Jesus asked everyone, “What does the Law say we should do on the Sabbath day? Should we do good, or should we do evil? Should we save life, or should we kill?” But no one said anything.
5Jesus looked around at all of them angrily. He was upset because their hearts were so stubborn. Then he said to the man, “Stretch out your hand.” When he stretched it out, his hand became as good as new. 6But the Pharisees went out and began to make plans with the Herodians to kill Jesus.
Crowds Follow Jesus
7Jesus went off to the Sea of Galilee with his disciples, and a large crowd from Galilee followed him. 8When people heard about everything he was doing, many others also came to him from Judea, Jerusalem, Idumea, and the areas east of the Jordan River and around Tyre and Sidon. 9Because the crowd was so big, Jesus told his disciples to get a small boat ready for him so the people wouldn’t crush him. 10Jesus had healed many people, so those who were still sick were pushing forward to try to touch him. 11Whenever evil spirits saw him, they fell down in front of him and shouted, “You are the Son of God!” 12But Jesus ordered them not to tell anyone about him.
Jesus Appoints 12 Disciples
13Jesus went up on a mountainside and called those he wanted, and they went to him. 14He chose 12 of them to work closely with him. He chose them so he could send them out to preach 15and to have authority to drive out demons.
16These are the 12 he chose:
Simon (Jesus gave him the name Peter),
17James, son of Zebedee, and his brother John (Jesus gave them the name Boanerges, which means Sons of Thunder),
18Andrew,
Philip,
Bartholomew,
Matthew,
Thomas,
James, the son of Alphaeus,
Thaddaeus,
Simon the Zealot,
19and Judas Iscariot, who later handed Jesus over to his enemies.
The Teachers of the Law Accuse Jesus
20Jesus went into another house, and such a large crowd gathered there that he and his disciples weren’t even able to eat. 21When his family heard about this, they came to get him, because they thought, “He’s out of his mind.”
22Some teachers of the law who had come down from Jerusalem said, “He is controlled by Beelzebul! He’s driving out demons by the power of the prince of demons.”
23So Jesus called them over and gave them an illustration. He said, “How can Satan drive out Satan? 24If a kingdom fights against itself, it can’t stand. 25If a family is divided, it can’t stand. 26And if Satan fights against himself and his agents are divided, he can’t last. That’s the end of him. 27You know, you can’t just walk into a strong man’s house. You have to tie him up first. Then you can steal things from him. 28Truly I tell you, people can be forgiven for every kind of sin and insult, 29but anyone who says that the Holy Spirit is evil will never be forgiven. Their guilt will last forever.”
30Jesus said this because the teachers of the law were saying, “He has an evil spirit.”
Jesus’ Mother and Brothers
31Then Jesus’ mother and brothers arrived. They stood outside and sent someone in to get him. 32A crowd was sitting around Jesus and they told him, “Your mother and your brothers are outside looking for you.”
33Jesus responded, “Who is my mother? And who are my brothers?”
34Then he looked at the people sitting in a circle around him and said, “Here is my mother! Here are my brothers! 35Anyone who does what God wants is my brother and sister and mother.”
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Mark 3
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The Man with the Paralyzed Hand
1Now # Mt 12:9-14; Lk 6:6-11 He entered the synagogue # Mk 1:21,39; Jms 2:2 again, and a man was there who had a paralyzed # Mk 4:6; 5:29; 9:18; 11:20-21 hand. 2In order to accuse # Rv 12:10 Him, they were watching Him closely # Lk 6:7; 14:1; 20:20 to see whether He would heal # Ac 8:7 him on the Sabbath. # Mk 2:23; Lk 13:10; 14:3 3He told the man with the paralyzed hand, “Stand before us.” # Lit Rise up in the middle 4Then He said to them, “Is it lawful # Jn 18:31 on the Sabbath to do what is good # Ps 34:14; Lk 18:18 or to do what is evil, # Ps 34:12-16; 1Pt 3:17 to save life # Php 2:12; Jms 5:20 or to kill? ” # Lk 20:15 But they were silent. # Lk 1:20; 19:40 5After looking around at them with anger # Jms 1:19 and sorrow at the hardness # Ex 7:13; Rm 11:25 of their hearts, He told the man, “Stretch out your hand.” So he stretched it out, and his hand was restored. # Mk 8:25 6Immediately the Pharisees # Mk 7:3 went out and started plotting # Mt 12:14; Mk 15:1 with the Herodians # Mt 22:16; Mk 12:13 against Him, how they might destroy # Mk 11:18; Jn 5:18; 6:27 Him.
Ministering to the Multitude
7Jesus # Mt 4:24-25; 12:15-16; Lk 6:17-19 departed with His disciples to the sea, and a large crowd followed from Galilee, # Mt 17:22 Judea, # Lk 1:5 8Jerusalem, # Mt 23:37 Idumea, beyond the Jordan, # Lk 3:3 and around Tyre # Ac 21:7 and Sidon. # Gn 49:13 The large crowd came to Him because they heard about everything He was doing. 9Then He told His disciples to have a small boat # Jn 21:8 ready for Him, so the crowd would not crush Him. 10Since He had healed # Ac 8:7 many, all who had diseases were pressing toward Him to touch # Jn 20:17 Him. 11Whenever the unclean # 2Co 6:17 spirits # Lk 11:24 saw Him, those possessed fell down # Lk 8:47 before Him and cried out, “You are the Son of God! ” # Lk 4:34,41 12And He would strongly warn # 2Tm 4:2 them not to make Him known. # Mk 1:34
The 12 Apostles
13Then # Mt 10:2-4; Lk 6:12-16 He went up the mountain # Mt 4:8 and summoned those He wanted, and they came to Him. 14He also appointed 12 — He also named them apostles # Other mss omit He also named them apostles # Ac 1:2; Jd 17 — to be with Him, to send them out to preach, # Mk 1:4 15and to have authority to # Other mss add heal diseases, and to drive out demons.
16He appointed the Twelve: # Other mss omit He appointed the Twelve # Mk 11:11; Jn 1:35-51
To Simon, # Mt 16:17 He gave the name Peter; # Ac 10:32
17and to James #Ac 12:2 the son of Zebedee, # Jn 21:2
and to his brother John, # Jn 21:7
He gave the name “Boanerges”
(that is, “Sons of Thunder” # Rv 6:1);
18Andrew; # Jn 6:8
Philip # Jn 1:43-48; 6:5,7; 12:21-22; 14:8-9 and Bartholomew;
Matthew # Ac 1:13 and Thomas; # Jn 11:16; 14:5; 20:24,26-28; 21:2
James the son of Alphaeus,
and Thaddaeus;
Simon the Zealot, # Lit the Cananaean
19and Judas Iscariot, # Iscariot is probably “a man of Kerioth,” a town in Judea. # Mk 14:10,43; Ac 1:16,25
who also betrayed Him.
A House Divided
20Then He went home, and the crowd gathered again so that they were not even able to eat. # Or eat a meal ; lit eat bread 21When His family # Jn 7:3 heard this, they set out to restrain Him, because they said, “He’s out of His mind.” # Lk 2:48; Jn 2:3-4; 7:3-5
22The scribes # Mt 2:4 who had come down from Jerusalem said, “He has Beelzebul # Mt 10:25; 12:24,27; Lk 11:15-19 in Him! ” and, “He drives out # 3Jn 10 demons # Rv 9:20; 18:2 by the ruler # Lk 12:58 of the demons! ” # Mt 9:34; 12:24; Lk 11:15
23So He summoned # Lk 18:16 them and spoke to them in parables: # Mk 12:1 “How can Satan # Mk 1:13; 4:15; 8:33 drive out Satan? # Mt 12:25-29; Lk 11:17-22 24If a kingdom # Lk 4:5 is divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand. 25If a house is divided against itself, that house cannot stand. 26And if Satan rebels against himself and is divided, he cannot stand but is finished! # Lit but he has an end
27“On the other hand, no one can enter a strong man’s house and rob his possessions unless he first ties up # Mk 15:1 the strong man. Then he will rob his house. 28I assure you: People will be forgiven for all sins # Lit All things will be forgiven the sons of men and whatever blasphemies # Mt 12:31-32; Lk 12:10 they may blaspheme. 29But whoever blasphemes # Ac 7:51 against the Holy Spirit never has forgiveness, # Heb 6:4-6; 10:26-29; 1Jn 5:16 but is guilty # Mk 14:64 of an eternal sin” # Other mss read is subject to eternal judgment # 1Jn 5:16 — 30because they were saying, “He has an unclean spirit.” # Lk 11:24
True Relationships
31Then # Mt 12:46-50; Lk 8:19-21 His mother # Mt 1:16 and His brothers # Jn 2:12 came, and standing outside, they sent word to Him and called Him. 32A crowd was sitting around Him and told Him, “Look, Your mother, Your brothers, # Mk 6:3 and Your sisters # Other mss omit and Your sisters are outside asking for You.”
33He replied to them, “Who are My mother and My brothers? ” 34And looking about at those who were sitting in a circle around Him, He said, “Here are My mother and My brothers! # Ac 9:30 35Whoever does the will of God # Rm 8:27; Gl 1:4; Eph 1:9; 1Jn 2:17 is My brother and sister and mother.”
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