Mark 3
3
A Mitzvah on Shabbat
1Yeshua entered the synagogue again, and a man with a withered hand was there.
2Now some were carefully watching Him, to see if He would heal him on Shabbat, so that they might accuse Him.
3He said to the man with the withered hand, “Stand up here in the center.”
4Then He said to them, “Is it permitted on Shabbat to do good or to do evil, to save a life or to kill?” But they kept silent.
5After looking around at them with anger, grieved by their hardness of heart, He says to the man, “Stretch out your hand.” And he stretched it out, and his hand was restored.
6The Pharisees went out right away with the Herodians and began plotting against Him, how they might destroy Him.
Crowds Clamor for Yeshua
7Yeshua withdrew to the sea with His disciples, and a large crowd from the Galilee followed. From Judea,
8and from Jerusalem, and from Idumea, and beyond the Jordan, and around Tyre and Sidon, a great number, hearing all He was doing, came to Him.
9He told His disciples to have a small boat ready for Him because of the crowd, so that they wouldn’t mob Him.
10For He had healed many, so that all those afflicted fell down before Him in order to touch Him.
11And the unclean spirits, whenever they saw Him, would fall down before Him and cry out, “You are Ben-Elohim!”
12But Yeshua strictly ordered them not to make Him known.
Appointing the Twelve
13Now He climbs up on the mountain and calls those He Himself wanted, and they came to Him.
14He appointed twelve (whom He also named emissaries), so that they might be with Him and He might send them to proclaim the Good News,
15and to have power to drive out demons.
16And He appointed the Twelve: to Simon He gave the name Peter;
17to Jacob and his brother John, the sons of Zebedee, He gave the name Boanerges, which is Sons of Thunder;
18and Andrew, Philip, Bartholomew, Matthew, Thomas, Jacob the son of Alphaeus, Thaddaeus, Simon the Zealot;
19and Judah from Kriot, who also betrayed Him.
Binding the Strong Man
20Then He comes into a house, and again a crowd gathers so they couldn’t even eat.
21When His family heard about this, they went out to take hold of Him; for they were saying, “He’s out of His mind!”
22The Torah scholars who came down from Jerusalem said, “He’s possessed by beelzebul,” and, “By the ruler of demons He drives out demons.”
23He called them and began speaking to them in parables: “How can satan drive out satan?
24If a kingdom is divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand.
25And if a house is divided against itself, that house will not be able to stand.
26And if satan has risen up against himself and is divided, he cannot stand but his end has come.
27“But no one can enter a strong man’s house to ransack his property, unless he first ties up the strong man. Then he will thoroughly plunder his house.
28Amen, I tell you, all things will be forgiven the sons of men, the sins and whatever blasphemies they utter;
29but whoever slanders the Ruach ha-Kodesh never has release, but is guilty of an eternal sin!”
30For they were saying, “He has an unclean spirit.”
A Spiritual Family Begins
31Then His mother and brothers come. Standing outside, they sent word to Him, summoning Him.
32A crowd was sitting around Him, and they tell Him, “Look, Your mother and Your brothers are outside looking for You.”
33Answering them, He said, “Who are My mother and My brothers?”
34Looking at those sitting in a circle around Him, He said, “Here are My mother and My brothers!
35For whoever does the will of God, he is My brother and sister and mother.”
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Mark 3
3
A Man with a Withered Hand
1 # For ver. 1-6, see Matt. 12:9-14; Luke 6:6-11 Again #ch. 1:29he entered the synagogue, and a man was there with a withered hand. 2And #Luke 14:1; 20:20; [Luke 11:54; John 8:6]they watched Jesus,#3:2 Greek him to see whether he would heal him on the Sabbath, so that they might accuse him. 3And he said to the man with the withered hand, “Come here.” 4And he said to them, #[Luke 14:3]“Is it lawful on the Sabbath to do good or to do harm, to save life or to kill?” But they were silent. 5And he #ver. 34; ch. 5:32; 10:23; [ch. 10:21] looked around at them with anger, grieved at #ch. 6:52; Rom. 11:25; Eph. 4:18 their hardness of heart, and said to the man, “Stretch out your hand.” #[1 Kgs. 13:4]He stretched it out, and his hand was restored. 6#See Matt. 12:14 The Pharisees went out and immediately #See Matt. 12:14 held counsel with #ch. 12:13; Matt. 22:16; [ch. 8:15]the Herodians against him, how to destroy him.
A Great Crowd Follows Jesus
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Matt. 12:15 Jesus withdrew with his disciples to the sea, and #Matt. 4:25; Luke 6:17a great crowd followed, from Galilee and Judea 8and Jerusalem and #Isa. 34:5; Ezek. 35:15 Idumea and from beyond the Jordan and from around #See Matt. 11:21Tyre and Sidon. When the great crowd heard all that he was doing, they came to him. 9And he told his disciples to #ch. 6:32, 45 (Gk.); 8:10 (Gk.) have a boat ready for him because of the crowd, lest they #ch. 5:24, 31crush him, 10for #See Matt. 4:23 he had healed many, so that all who had #ch. 5:29, 34 diseases pressed around him #ch. 6:56; Matt. 9:20, 21; 14:36; Luke 6:19to touch him. 11#ch. 1:26, 34; Luke 4:41 And whenever the unclean spirits saw him, they #Luke 8:28 fell down before him and cried out, “You are #See Matt. 14:33the Son of God.” 12And #See Matt. 12:16he strictly ordered them not to make him known.
The Twelve Apostles
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Matt. 10:1; Luke 6:12, 13; [ch. 6:7-13; Luke 9:1, 2] And he went up on the mountain and called to him those #John 13:18; 15:16, 19whom he desired, and they came to him. 14#[See ver. 13 above]And he appointed twelve (whom he also named apostles) so that they might be with him and he might send them out to preach 15#[See ver. 13 above]and have authority to cast out demons. 16He appointed the twelve: #For ver. 16-19, see Matt. 10:2-4; Luke 6:14-16; Acts 1:13 Simon (to whom #Matt. 16:18; John 1:42he gave the name Peter); 17#Matt. 4:21James the son of Zebedee and John the brother of James (to whom he gave the name Boanerges, that is, Sons of Thunder); 18Andrew, and Philip, and Bartholomew, and #Matt. 9:9Matthew, and Thomas, and James the son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus, and Simon the Zealot,#3:18 Greek kananaios, meaning zealot 19and Judas Iscariot, who betrayed him.
20Then he went #ch. 7:17; 9:28 home, and the crowd gathered again, #ch. 6:31so that they could not even eat. 21#[John 7:5] And when #[ver. 31] his family heard it, they went out to seize him, for they were saying, “He #2 Cor. 5:13; [John 10:20; Acts 26:24]is out of his mind.”
Blasphemy Against the Holy Spirit
22And #ch. 7:1; Matt. 15:1 the scribes who came down from Jerusalem were saying, #Matt. 9:34; 12:24; Luke 11:15; [Matt. 10:25]; See John 7:20“He is possessed by Beelzebul,” and “by the prince of demons he casts out the demons.” 23#For ver. 23-27, see Matt. 12:25-29; Luke 11:17-22And he called them to him and said to them in parables, “How can Satan cast out Satan? 24If a kingdom is divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand. 25And if a house is divided against itself, that house will not be able to stand. 26And if Satan has risen up against himself and is divided, he cannot stand, but is coming to an end. 27But #Isa. 49:24 no one can enter a strong man’s house and plunder his goods, unless he first binds the strong man. #[Isa. 53:12]Then indeed he may plunder his house.
28 # For ver. 28-30, see Matt. 12:31, 32; [Luke 12:10; Heb. 6:4-6; 10:26; 1 John 5:16] “Truly, I say to you, all sins will be forgiven the children of man, and whatever blasphemies they utter, 29but whoever #[Acts 7:51; Heb. 10:29]blasphemes against the Holy Spirit never has forgiveness, but is guilty of an eternal sin”— 30for they were saying, “He has an unclean spirit.”
Jesus’ Mother and Brothers
31 # For ver. 31-35, see Matt. 12:46-50; Luke 8:19-21 And his mother and his #ch. 6:3; Matt. 13:55; John 2:12; 7:3, 5, 10; Acts 1:14; 1 Cor. 9:5; Gal. 1:19brothers came, and standing outside they sent to him and called him. 32And a crowd was sitting around him, and they said to him, “Your mother and your brothers#3:32 Other manuscripts add and your sisters are outside, seeking you.” 33And he answered them, “Who are my mother and my brothers?” 34And #ver. 5looking about at those who sat around him, he said, “Here are my mother and my brothers! 35#[John 15:14; Heb. 2:11] For whoever #Matt. 7:21; [Luke 11:28]does the will of God, he is my brother and sister and mother.”
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