Mark 3

MSTC^{(i) 1} And he entered again into the synagogue, and there was a man there which had a withered hand: ² and they watched him, to see whether he would heal him on the Sabbath day, that they might accuse him. ³ And he said unto the man which had the withered hand, "Arise and stand in the midst." ⁴ And he said to them, "Whether is it lawful? To do a good deed on the Sabbath day, or an evil? To save a man's life, or to kill?" But they held their peace. ⁵ And he looked round about on them, angrily mourning on the blindness of their hearts. And said to the man, "Stretch forth thine hand." And he stretched it out: And his hand was restored, even as whole as the other. ⁶ And the Pharisees departed, and straightway gathered a counsel, with them that belonged to Herod, against him: that they might destroy him. ⁷ And Jesus avoided with his disciples to the sea: and a great multitude followed him from Galilee and from Jewry, ⁸ and from Jerusalem, and from Idumaea, and from beyond Jordan: and they that dwelled about Tyre and Sidon, a great multitude: which when they had heard what things he did, came unto him. ⁹ And he commanded his disciples, that a ship should wait on him, because of the people, lest they should throng him. ¹⁰ For he had healed many, insomuch that they pressed upon him, for to touch him, as many as had plagues. ¹¹ And when the unclean spirits saw him, they fell down before him, and cried saying, "Thou art the son of God." ¹² And he straightly charged them that they should not utter him. ¹³ And he went up into a mountain, and called unto him whom he would, and they came unto him. ¹⁴ And he ordained the twelve that they should be with him, and that he might send them to preach. ¹⁵ And that they might have power to heal sicknesses and to cast out devils. ¹⁶ And he gave Simon to name, Peter. ¹⁷ And he called James the son of Zebedee, and John, James' brother, and gave them Boanerges to name, which is to say, the Sons of Thunder. ¹⁸ And Andrew, and Philip, and Bartholomew, and Matthew, and Thomas, and James the son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus, and Simon of Canaan, ¹⁹ and Judas Iscariot, which same also betrayed him. ²⁰ And they came unto house, and the people assembled together again, so greatly that they had not leisure so much as to eat bread. ²¹ And when they that longed unto him heard of it, they went out to hold him. For they said, "He is too fervent." ²² And the scribes, which came from Jerusalem, said, "He hath Beelzebub, and by the power of the chief devil, casteth out devils." ²³ And he called them unto him, and in similitudes said unto them, "How can Satan drive out Satan? ²⁴ For if a realm be divided against itself, that realm cannot endure. ²⁵ Or if a house be divided against itself, that house cannot continue: ²⁶ So if Satan make insurrection against himself, and be divided, he cannot continue, but is it an end. ²⁷ No man can enter into a strong man's house, and take away his goods, except he first bind that strong man and then spoil his house. ²⁸ Verily I say unto you, All sins shall be forgiven unto men's children: and blasphemy, wherewith they blaspheme: ²⁹ but he that blasphemeth the holy ghost shall never have forgiveness: but is in danger of eternal damnation." ³⁰ Because they said, "He had an unclean spirit." ³¹ And then came his mother and his brethren, and stood without, and sent unto him and called him: ³² And the people sat about him, and said unto him, "Behold, thy mother and thy brethren seek for thee without." ³³ And he answered them, saying, "Who is my mother, and my brethren?" ³⁴ And he looked round about on his disciples, which sat in compass about him, and said, "Behold, my mother, and my brethren: ³⁵ For whosoever doeth the will of God, he is my brother, my sister and mother."