Jesus Heals on the Sabbath
1 Mark 3:1 He entered again into a synagogue; and a man was there whose hand was withered.
2 Mark 3:2 They were watching Him to see if He would heal him on the Sabbath, so that they might accuse Him.
3 Mark 3:3 He *said to the man with the withered hand, “Get up and come forward!”
4 Mark 3:4 And He *said to them, “Is it lawful to do good or to do harm on the Sabbath, to save a life or to kill?” But they kept silent.
5 Mark 3:5 After looking around at them with anger, grieved at their hardness of heart, He *said to the man, “Stretch out your hand.” And he stretched it out, and his hand was restored.
6 Mark 3:6 The Pharisees went out and immediately began conspiring with the Herodians against Him, as to how they might destroy Him.
7 Mark 3:7 Jesus withdrew to the sea with His disciples; and a great multitude from Galilee followed; and also from Judea,
8 Mark 3:8 and from Jerusalem, and from Idumea, and beyond the Jordan, and the vicinity of Tyre and Sidon, a great number of people heard of all that He was doing and came to Him.
9 Mark 3:9 And He told His disciples that a boat should stand ready for Him because of the crowd, so that they would not crowd Him;
10 Mark 3:10 for He had healed many, with the result that all those who had afflictions pressed around Him in order to touch Him.
11 Mark 3:11 Whenever the unclean spirits saw Him, they would fall down before Him and shout, “You are the Son of God!”
12 Mark 3:12 And He earnestly warned them not to tell who He was.
The Twelve Are Chosen
13 Mark 3:13 And He *went up on the mountain and *summoned those whom He Himself wanted, and they came to Him.
14 Mark 3:14 And He appointed twelve, so that they would be with Him and that He could send them out to preach,
15 Mark 3:15 and to have authority to cast out the demons.
16 Mark 3:16 And He appointed the twelve: Simon (to whom He gave the name Peter),
17 Mark 3:17 and James, the son of Zebedee, and John the brother of James (to them He gave the name Boanerges, which means, “Sons of Thunder”);
18 Mark 3:18 and Andrew, and Philip, and Bartholomew, and Matthew, and Thomas, and James the son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus, and Simon the Zealot;
19 Mark 3:19 and Judas Iscariot, who betrayed Him.
20 Mark 3:20 And He *came home, and the crowd *gathered again, to such an extent that they could not even eat a meal.
21 Mark 3:21 When His own people heard of this, they went out to take custody of Him; for they were saying, “He has lost His senses.”
22 Mark 3:22 The scribes who came down from Jerusalem were saying, “He is possessed by Beelzebul,” and “He casts out the demons by the ruler of the demons.”
23 Mark 3:23 And He called them to Himself and began speaking to them in parables, “How can Satan cast out Satan?
24 Mark 3:24 “If a kingdom is divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand.
25 Mark 3:25 “If a house is divided against itself, that house will not be able to stand.
26 Mark 3:26 “If Satan has risen up against himself and is divided, he cannot stand, but he is finished!
27 Mark 3:27 “But no one can enter the strong man’s house and plunder his property unless he first binds the strong man, and then he will plunder his house.
28 Mark 3:28 “Truly I say to you, all sins shall be forgiven the sons of men, and whatever blasphemies they utter;
29 Mark 3:29 but whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit never has forgiveness, but is guilty of an eternal sin”—
30 Mark 3:30 because they were saying, “He has an unclean spirit.”
31 Mark 3:31 Then His mother and His brothers *arrived, and standing outside they sent word to Him and called Him.
32 Mark 3:32 A crowd was sitting around Him, and they *said to Him, “Behold, Your mother and Your brothers are outside looking for You.”
33 Mark 3:33 Answering them, He *said, “Who are My mother and My brothers?”
34 Mark 3:34 Looking about at those who were sitting around Him, He *said, “Behold My mother and My brothers!
35 Mark 3:35 “For whoever does the will of God, he is My brother and sister and mother.”