1 Jesus a3:1 Lit. He went into the synagogue again, and a man with a paralyzed hand was there. ISV — Mark 3:1
2 The people b3:2 Lit. They watched Jesus c3:2 Lit. him closely to see whether he would heal him on the Sabbath, d3:2 Lit. Sabbaths intending to accuse him of doing something wrong. ISV — Mark 3:2
3 He told the man with the paralyzed hand, “Come forward.” e3:3 Lit. into the middle ISV — Mark 3:3
4 Then he asked them, “Is it lawful to do good or to do evil on Sabbath days, f3:4 Lit. on the Sabbaths to save a life or to destroy it?” But they remained silent. ISV — Mark 3:4
5 Jesus g3:5 Lit. He looked around at them in anger, deeply hurt because of their hard hearts. Then he told the man, “Hold out your hand.” The man h3:5 Lit. He held it out, and his hand was restored to health. ISV — Mark 3:5
6 Immediately the Pharisees and Herodians i3:6 i.e. Royal party sympathizers went out and began to plot how to kill him. ISV — Mark 3:6
7 So Jesus withdrew with his disciples to the sea. A large crowd from Galilee, Judea, ISV — Mark 3:7
8 Jerusalem, Idumea, from across the Jordan, and from the region around Tyre and Sidon followed him. They came to him because they kept hearing about everything he was doing. ISV — Mark 3:8
9 Jesus j3:9 Lit. He told his disciples to have a boat ready for him so that the crowd wouldn’t crush him, ISV — Mark 3:9
10 because he had healed so many people that everyone who had diseases kept crowding up against him in order to touch him. ISV — Mark 3:10
11 Whenever the unclean spirits saw him, they would fall down in front of him and scream, “You are the Son of God!” ISV — Mark 3:11
12 But he sternly ordered them again and again not to tell people who he was. ( ; ) ISV — Mark 3:12
13 Then Jesus k3:13 Lit. he went up on a hillside and called to himself those whom he had decided on, and they approached him. ISV — Mark 3:13
14 He appointed the Twelve, l3:14 Or appointed twelve whom he called apostles, to accompany him, to be sent out to preach, ISV — Mark 3:14
15 and to have the authority to drive out demons. ISV — Mark 3:15
16 He appointed the Twelve: m3:16 Other mss. lack He appointed the Twelve Simon (whom he named Peter), ISV — Mark 3:16
17 Zebedee’s sons James and his brother John (whom he named Boanerges, that is, Sons of Thunder), ISV — Mark 3:17
18 Andrew, Philip, Bartholomew, Matthew, Thomas, James son of Alphaeus, Thaddeus, n3:18 Other mss. read Lebbaeus Simon the Cananaean, o3:18 Cananaean is Aram. for Zealot. ISV — Mark 3:18
19 and Judas Iscariot, who also betrayed him. ( ; ; 12:10) ISV — Mark 3:19
20 Then he went home. Such a large crowd gathered again that Jesus and his disciples p3:20 Lit. so that they couldn’t even eat. ISV — Mark 3:20
21 When his family heard about it, they went to restrain him, because they kept saying, “He’s out of his mind!” ISV — Mark 3:21
22 The scribes who had come down from Jerusalem kept repeating, “He has Beelzebul,” and, “He drives out demons by the ruler of demons.” ISV — Mark 3:22
23 So Jesus q3:23 Lit. he called them together and began to speak to them in parables. “How can Satan drive out Satan? ISV — Mark 3:23
24 If a kingdom is divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand. ISV — Mark 3:24
25 And if a household is divided against itself, that household won’t stand. ISV — Mark 3:25
26 So if Satan rebels against himself and is divided, he cannot stand. Indeed, his end has come. ISV — Mark 3:26
27 No one can go into a strong man’s house and carry off his possessions without first tying up the strong man. Then he can ransack his house. ISV — Mark 3:27
28 I tell all of you r3:28 The Gk. pronoun you is pl. with certainty, people will be forgiven their sins and whatever blasphemies they utter. s3:28 Lit. they blaspheme ISV — Mark 3:28
29 But whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit can never be forgiven, but is guilty of eternal sin.” ISV — Mark 3:29
30 …because they had been saying, “He has an unclean spirit.” ( ; ) ISV — Mark 3:30
31 Then his mother and his brothers arrived. Milling around outside, they sent for him, continuously summoning him. ISV — Mark 3:31
32 A crowd was sitting around him. They told him, “Look! Your mother and your brothers t3:32 Other mss. read your brothers and sisters are outside asking for you.” ISV — Mark 3:32
33 He answered them, “Who are my mother and my brothers?” ISV — Mark 3:33
34 Then looking at the people sitting around him, he said, “Here are my mother and my brothers! ISV — Mark 3:34
35 Whoever does the will of God is my brother and sister and mother.” ISV — Mark 3:35