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Mark 3

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1Once more Jesus went into a synagogue, and a man was there whose hand was withered. 2Hoping to bring a charge against Jesus, they kept a close watch on him to see whether he would heal the man on the Sabbath. 3Then Jesus told the man with the withered hand, “Get up and come out here into the middle.” 4He asked them, “On the Sabbath, is it lawful to do good or to harm, to save life or to kill?” But no one said a word. 5He looked around at them in anger, grieved at the hardness of their hearts. Then he told the man, “Stretch out your hand.” The man stretched out his hand, and it was restored.a 6The Pharisees went out and at once began plotting with the Herodians against Jesus, to find a way to destroy him.

7Jesus and his disciples withdrew to the sea. A great number of people from Galilee followed him. From Judea,b 8from Jerusalem, from Idumea, from beyond the Jordan, and from around Tyre and Sidon—a great number of people came to him when they heard about all that he was doing. 9Because of the crowd, he told his disciples to keep a small boat ready for him, so that the people would not crush him. 10For he had healed many, and so everyone who had an affliction kept pressing in on him to touch him.c 11Whenever the unclean spirits saw him, they would fall down before him and cry out, “You are the Son of God!” 12He would sternly order them not to make him known. 13Jesus went up into the hills and summoned those he himself wanted, and they came to him.d

14He appointed twelve, so that they would be with him and he could send them out to preach 15and to have authority to drive out the demons.e 16The Twelve he appointed were these: Simon, whom he named Peter;f 17James son of Zebedee and John his brother, both of whom he named Boanerges, which means Sons of Thunder; 18Andrew, Philip, Bartholomew, Matthew, Thomas, James son of Alphaeus, Thaddaeus, Simon the Zealot, 19and Judas Iscariot, who betrayed Jesus.

20Then Jesus went into a house, and once more the crowd came together, so that he and his disciples were not even able to eat. 21When his family heard of this, they set out to take hold of him, for they were saying, “He is out of his mind.”g 22The scribes who came down from Jerusalem were saying, “Beelzebul possesses him,” and, “It is by the ruler of the demons that he drives out the demons.”h 23So Jesus called them over and spoke to them in parables, saying, “How can Satan drive out Satan?

24If a kingdom becomes divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand. 25If a house becomes divided against itself, that house cannot stand. 26And if Satan has risen against himself and become divided, he cannot stand; his end has come. 27But no one can go into the strong man's house and plunder his belongings without first tying up the strong man. Then the intruder will plunder the house. 28Truly I tell you, people will be forgiven all their sins and whatever blasphemies they utter.i 29But anyone who blasphemes against the Holy Spirit will never receive forgiveness but instead is guilty of an eternal sin.”j

30He said this because they kept saying, “He has an unclean spirit.” 31Then Jesus’ mother and brothers arrived. They stood outside and sent word to him, calling for him. 32A crowd was sitting around him, and people told him, “Look, your mother and your brothers are outside asking for you.”k 33“Who are my mother and my brothers?” he answered them. 34Then he looked around at the people sitting in a circle about him. “Here are my mother and my brothers!” he said. 35“For whoever does God’s will is my brother and sister and mother.”

Notes

  1. 5aThe Byzantine text (Robinson-Pierpont) and the Textus Receptus add “healthy as the other” at the end of this verse.
  2. 7bThat is, the Sea of Galilee, a large inland lake, which Mark calls simply “the sea.”
  3. 10cThe Greek word means “scourges” or “whips”; it is used here of disease or suffering.
  4. 13dOr “onto the mountain.” The Greek has “the mountain,” which can refer to the hill country above the Sea of Galilee.
  5. 15eThe Byzantine text and the Textus Receptus read “authority to heal sicknesses and to drive out the demons.”
  6. 16fThe Byzantine text and the Textus Receptus lack “The Twelve he appointed were these” and begin, “And he gave Simon the name Peter.”
  7. 21gLiterally those from beside him. Some versions have “his friends”; the phrase can mean relatives, and his mother and brothers arrive in 3:31.
  8. 22hGreek: He has Beelzebul. Older English versions spell the name Beelzebub; the Greek texts read Beelzebul.
  9. 28iOr slanders. The Greek word covers abusive speech in general as well as speech against God; here it is set beside blasphemy against the Holy Spirit in v. 29.
  10. 29jThe Byzantine text (Robinson-Pierpont) and the Textus Receptus read eternal judgment instead of an eternal sin.
  11. 32kRobinson-Pierpont’s Byzantine text and NA28 add “and your sisters” after “brothers.” This translation follows the SBLGNT, which, with Westcott-Hort and the Textus Receptus, lacks the words.