Marcos 3

¹ And He again entered into the synagogue. And a man was there who had a withered hand.

² And they watched Him to see if He would heal him on the sabbath day, so that they might accuse Him.

³ And He said to the man who had the withered hand, Arise! Come into the middle.

⁴ And He said to them, [Is it] lawful to do good on the sabbath days, or to do evil? To save life, or to kill? But they were silent.

⁵ And looking around on them with anger, being grieved because of the hardness of their hearts, He said to the man, Stretch out your hand! And he stretched [it] out. And his hand was restored whole, like the other.

⁶ The Pharisees went out and immediately took counsel with the Herodians against Him, how they might destroy Him.

⁷ And Jesus withdrew to the sea with His disciples. And a great crowd from Galilee followed Him, and from Judea,

⁸ and from Jerusalem, and from Idumea, and [from] beyond Jordan, and those around Tyre and Sidon, a great throng came to him, having heard how much He was doing.

⁹ And He spoke to His disciples, so that a small boat should stay near to Him, because of the crowd, lest they should press on Him.

¹⁰ For He had healed many, so that they pressed on Him in order to touch Him, as many as had plagues.

¹¹ And unclean spirits, when they saw Him, [they] fell down before Him and cried, saying, You are the Son of God!

¹² And He strictly charged them that they should not make Him known.

¹³ And He went up into a mountain and called near those whom He would. And they came to Him.

¹⁴ And He ordained twelve, that they should be with Him, and that He might send them out to proclaim,

¹⁵ and to have authority to heal sicknesses, and to cast out demons.

¹⁶ And He put on Simon [the] name Peter.

¹⁷ And He put on James [the son] of Zebedee, and John the brother of James, [the] names Boanerges, which is, the Sons of Thunder.

¹⁸ And [He appointed] Andrew, and Philip, and Bartholomew, and Matthew, and Thomas, and James [the son] of Alpheus, and Thaddeus, and Simon the Canaanite,

¹⁹ and Judas Iscariot, who also betrayed him. And they went into a house.

²⁰ And again a crowd came together, so that they could not even eat bread.

²¹ And hearing, those with Him went out to take hold [of] Him; for they said, He is insane.

²² And the scribes who came down from Jerusalem said, He has Beelzebub, and He casts out demons by the ruler of the demons.

²³ And He called them and said to them in parables, How can Satan cast out Satan?

²⁴ And if a kingdom is divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand.

²⁵ And if a house is divided against itself, that house cannot stand.

²⁶ And if Satan rises up against himself, and is divided, he cannot stand, but has an end.

²⁷ No one can enter into a strong one's house and plunder his goods, except he first binds the strong man. And then he will plunder his house.

²⁸ Truly I say to you, all sins shall be forgiven to the sons of men, and blasphemies with which they shall blaspheme.

²⁹ But he who blasphemes against the Holy Spirit never shall have forgiveness, but is liable to eternal condemnation.

³⁰ Because they said, He has an unclean spirit.

³¹ Then His brothers and His mother came. And standing outside, [they] sent to Him, calling Him.

³² And the crowd sat about Him, and they said to Him, Behold, Your mother and Your brothers are outside seeking for You.

³³ And He answered them, saying, Who is My mother, or My brothers?

³⁴ And He looked around on those who sat about Him, and said, Behold My mother and My brothers!

³⁵ For whoever does the will of God, the same is My brother and My sister and My mother.