Mark 3
3
The Man with a Paralysed Hand
(Mt 12.9–14; Lk 6.6–11)
1Then Jesus went back to the synagogue, where there was a man who had a paralysed hand. 2Some people were there who wanted to accuse Jesus of doing wrong; so they watched him closely to see whether he would heal the man on the Sabbath. 3Jesus said to the man, “Come up here to the front.” 4Then he asked the people, “What does our Law allow us to do on the Sabbath? To help or to harm? To save someone's life or to destroy it?”
But they did not say a thing. 5Jesus was angry as he looked round at them, but at the same time he felt sorry for them, because they were so stubborn and wrong. Then he said to the man, “Stretch out your hand.” He stretched it out, and it became well again. 6So the Pharisees left the synagogue and met at once with some members of Herod's party, and they made plans to kill Jesus.
A Crowd by the Lake
7Jesus and his disciples went away to Lake Galilee, and a large crowd followed him. They had come from Galilee, from Judea, 8from Jerusalem, from the territory of Idumea, from the territory on the east side of the Jordan, and from the region round the cities of Tyre and Sidon. All these people came to Jesus because they had heard of the things he was doing. 9#Mk 4.1; Lk 5.1–3The crowd was so large that Jesus told his disciples to get a boat ready for him, so that the people would not crush him. 10He had healed many people, and all those who were ill kept pushing their way to him in order to touch him. 11And whenever the people who had evil spirits in them saw him, they would fall down before him and scream, “You are the Son of God!”
12Jesus sternly ordered the evil spirits not to tell anyone who he was.
Jesus Chooses the Twelve Apostles
(Mt 10.1–4; Lk 6.12–16)
13Then Jesus went up a hill and called to himself the men he wanted. They came to him, 14and he chose twelve, whom he named apostles. “I have chosen you to be with me,” he told them. “I will also send you out to preach, 15and you will have authority to drive out demons.”
16These are the twelve he chose: Simon (Jesus gave him the name Peter); 17James and his brother John, the sons of Zebedee (Jesus gave them the name Boanerges, which means “Men of Thunder”); 18Andrew, Philip, Bartholomew, Matthew, Thomas, James son of Alphaeus, Thaddaeus, Simon the Patriot, 19and Judas Iscariot, who betrayed Jesus.
Jesus and Beelzebul
(Mt 12.22–32; Lk 11.14–23; 12.10)
20Then Jesus went home. Again such a large crowd gathered that Jesus and his disciples had no time to eat. 21When his family heard about it, they set out to take charge of him, because people were saying, “He's gone mad!”
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Mt 9.34; 10.25 Some teachers of the Law who had come from Jerusalem were saying, “He has Beelzebul in him! It is the chief of the demons who gives him the power to drive them out.”
23So Jesus called them to him and spoke to them in parables: “How can Satan drive out Satan? 24If a country divides itself into groups which fight each other, that country will fall apart. 25If a family divides itself into groups which fight each other, that family will fall apart. 26So if Satan's kingdom divides into groups, it cannot last, but will fall apart and come to an end.
27 “No one can break into a strong man's house and take away his belongings unless he first ties up the strong man; then he can plunder his house.
28 “I assure you that people can be forgiven all their sins and all the evil things they may say. # 3.28 evil things they may say ; or evil things they may say against God. 29#Lk 12.10But whoever says evil things against the Holy Spirit will never be forgiven, because he has committed an eternal sin.” 30(Jesus said this because some people were saying, “He has an evil spirit in him.”)
Jesus' Mother and Brothers
(Mt 12.46–50; Lk 8.19–21)
31Then Jesus' mother and brothers arrived. They stood outside the house and sent in a message, asking for him. 32A crowd was sitting round Jesus, and they said to him, “Look, your mother and your brothers and sisters are outside, and they want you.”
33Jesus answered, “Who is my mother? Who are my brothers?” 34He looked at the people sitting round him and said, “Look! Here are my mother and my brothers! 35Whoever does what God wants him to do is my brother, my sister, my mother.”
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Mark 3
3
A Man with a Withered Hand Healed
1 And he entered into the synagogue again, and a man who had a withered hand was there. 2And they were watching him closely to see if he would heal him on the Sabbath, in order that they could accuse him. 3And he said to the man who had the withered hand, “Come into the middle.” 4And he said to them, “Is it permitted on the Sabbath to do good or to do evil, to save life or to kill?” But they were silent. 5And looking around at them with anger, grieved at the hardness of their hearts, he said to the man, “Stretch out your#Literally “the”; the Greek article is used here as a possessive pronoun hand.” And he stretched it#*Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation out, and his hand was restored. 6And the Pharisees went out immediately with the Herodians and began to conspire#Literally “began to give counsel”; the imperfect tense has been translated as ingressive (“began to”) against him with regard to how they could destroy him.
Jesus Heals Crowds by the Sea
7And Jesus went away with his disciples to the sea,#That is, the Sea of Galilee and a great crowd from Galilee followed him.#*Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation And from Judea 8and from Jerusalem and from Idumea and the other side of the Jordan and around Tyre and Sidon a great crowd came to him because they#*Here “because” is supplied as a component of the participle (“heard”) which is understood as causal heard all that he was doing. 9And he told his disciples that a small boat should stand ready for him because of the crowd, so that they would not press upon him. 10For he had healed many, so that all those who were suffering from diseases#Literally “had suffering” pressed about him in order that they could touch him. 11And the unclean spirits, whenever they saw him, were falling down before him and crying out, saying, “You are the Son of God!” 12And he warned them strictly that they should not make him known.
The Selection of the Twelve Apostles
13And he went up on the mountain and summoned those whom he wanted, and they came to him. 14And he appointed twelve,#Some manuscripts add “whom he also named apostles” so that they would be with him and so that he could send them out to preach 15and to have authority to expel demons. 16And he appointed the twelve.#Most Greek manuscripts omit the phrase “and he appointed the twelve” And to Simon he gave the name Peter, 17and James the son of Zebedee and John the brother of James (and he gave to them the name Boanerges, that is, “Sons of Thunder”), 18and Andrew, and Philip, and Bartholomew, and Matthew, and Thomas, and James the son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus, and Simon the Zealot,#Literally “the Cananean,” but according to BDAG 507 s.v., this term has no relation at all to the geographical terms for Cana or Canaan, but is derived from the Aramaic term for “enthusiast, zealot” (see Luke 6:15; Acts 1:13) 19and Judas Iscariot, who also betrayed him.
A House Divided Cannot Stand
20And he went home, and the crowd gathered again, so that they were not even able to eat a meal. 21And when#*Here “when” is supplied as a component of the participle (“heard”) which is understood as temporal his family#Literally those “close to him” heard this,#*Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation they went out to restrain him, for they were saying, “He has lost his mind!”
22And the scribes who had come down from Jerusalem were saying, “He is possessed by Beelzebul!” and “By the ruler of the demons he expels the demons!” 23And he called them to himself and#*Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“called”) has been translated as a finite verb was speaking to them in parables, “How can Satan expel Satan? 24And if a kingdom is divided against itself, that kingdom is not able to 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 is not able to stand, but is at an end! 27But no one is able to enter into the house of a strong man and#*Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“enter”) has been translated as a finite verb plunder his property unless he first ties up the strong man, and then he can thoroughly plunder his house.
28“Truly I say to you that all the sins and the blasphemies will be forgiven the sons of men, however much they blaspheme. 29But whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit does not have forgiveness forever,#Literally “for the age” but is guilty of an eternal sin”—30because they were saying, “He has an unclean spirit.”
Jesus’ Mother and Brothers
31And his mother and his brothers arrived, and standing outside, they sent word to him to summon him. 32And a crowd was sitting around him, and they told him, “Behold, your mother and your brothers#Some manuscripts add “and your sisters” are outside looking for you.” 33And he answered them and#*Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“answered”) has been translated as a finite verb said, “Who is my mother or#Some manuscripts have “and” my brothers?” 34And looking around at those who were sitting around him in a circle, he said, “Behold, my mother and my brothers! 35For whoever does the will of God, this person is my brother and sister and mother.”
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