Mark 3

Jesus Heals on the Sabbath (3:1–6)

1 And again he entered into the synagogue. And there was a man with a deformed hand. 2 And they were watching him closely, whether he would heal him on the Sabbath, so they could accuse him. 3 And he says to the man who had the deformed hand, “Stand in the middle.” 4 And he says to them, “Is it legal on the Sabbath to do good or to do evil? To save life or to kill?” But they were silent. 5 And having looked around at them with anger, being grieved at the hardness of their hearts, he says to the man, “Stretch out your hand.” And he stretched it out, and his hand was restored. 6 And having gone out, the Pharisees immediately conspired with the Herodians against him, how they could destroy him.

Jesus’ Ministry Summarized (3:7–12)

7 And Jesus, with his disciples, went away to the sea. And a large crowd from Galilee followed, and from Judea, 8 and from Jerusalem, and from Idumea, and from beyond the Jordan River, and from around Tyre and Sidon. A large crowd, having heard how much he was doing, came to him. 9 And he told his disciples to get a boat ready for him, because of the masses of people, so that they would not crowd him. 10 For he had healed many people, so they pushed toward him in order to touch him, as many as had diseases. 11 And the unclean spirits, whenever they saw him, fell down before him, and cried out, saying, “You are the Son of God.” 12 And he sternly ordered them that they should not reveal him.

Jesus Calls Disciples (3:13–19)

13 And he goes up into the mountain and calls to him those he wanted, and they went to him. 14 And he made Twelve whom he also named apostles, that they might be with him and that he might send them out to proclaim 15 and to have power/authority to cast out demons. 16 So he made the Twelve: Simon (whom he named Peter), 17 and Jacob the son of Zebedee, and John the brother of Jacob (whom he named Boanerges, which means “sons of thunder”), 18 and Andrew, and Philip, and Bartholomew, and Matthew, and Thomas, and Jacob the son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus, and Simon the Zealot, 19 and Judas Iscariot, who even delivered him up.

Jesus’ Family and the Scribes Respond (3:20–35)

20 And they went home. And again a crowd came together, so that they were not even able to eat. 21 And his family having heard about it, they went out to seize him, for they said, “He is out of his mind.”

22 And the scriptorians, the ones who came down from Jerusalem, were saying, “He is possessed by Beelzebul” and “By the ruler of demons he casts out demons.” 23 And having called them to him, in parables he said to them, “How can Satan cast out Satan? 24 And if a kingdom is divided against itself, that kingdom cannot endure. 25 And if a family is divided against itself, that family cannot endure. 26 And if Satan has risen up against himself and is divided, he cannot endure but has an end. 27 But no one can enter into the strong man’s house to steal his possessions unless first he ties up the strong man, and then he can rob his house. 28 Amen, I say to you that all will be forgiven the people, the sins and the blasphemies, as much as they shall have blasphemed. 29 But whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit never has forgiveness in the eternities but will be guilty of eternal sin.” 30 Because they were saying, “He has an unclean spirit.”

31 And his mother and his siblings come. And standing outside, they sent to him, calling him. 32 And a crowd sat around him, and they say to him, “Look, your mother and your siblings are outside asking for you.” 33 And having answered them, he says, “Who is my mother and my siblings?” 34 And having looked around at those sitting in a circle around him, he says, “Look! My mother and my siblings. 35 For whoever does the will of God is my brother and my sister and my mother.”