Mark 3

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