Mark 3

VIN^{(i) 1} Once again Jesus entered the synagogue, and a man with a withered hand was there. ² And they, with a design to accuse Jesus, watched him, to see whether he would heal the man on the Sabbath. ³ He said to the man with the withered hand, "Stand up in the center." ⁴ Then He said to them: “Is it lawful on the Sabbath to do good or to do evil, to save life or to kill?” But they remained silent. ⁵ And he looked around at them with anger, grieved at their hardness of heart, and said to the man: Stretch out your hand. He stretched it out, and his hand was restored. ⁶ At this, the Pharisees went out and plotted with the Herodians how they might kill Jesus. ⁷ So Jesus withdrew with his disciples to the sea. A large crowd from Galilee, Judea, ⁸ And a great number, hearing of all that he was doing, came to him from Judea, from Jerusalem, from Edom, from beyond the Jordan, and from the country round Tyre and Sidon. ⁹ And he told his disciples to have a small boat ready for him because of the crowd, lest they should crush him. ¹⁰ For He had healed so many that all who had diseases were pressing forward to touch Him. ¹¹ And whenever the unclean spirits saw him, they fell down before him and cried out, "You are the Son of God." ¹² And he gave them special orders not to say who he was. ¹³ And he went up to the mountain, and called to him those he wanted: and they came to him. ¹⁴ He appointed twelve, that they might be with him, and that he might send them out to preach, ¹⁵ and to have authority to drive out demons. ¹⁶ These are the twelve He appointed: Simon (whom He named Peter), ¹⁷ James the son of Zebedee and John his brother, to whom he gave the name Boanerges, which means Sons of Thunder, ¹⁸ Andrew, Philip, Bartholomew, Matthew, Thomas, James son of Alphaeus, Thaddaeus, Simon the Zealot, ¹⁹ and Judas Iscariot, who betrayed him. ²⁰ Then Jesus went home, and once again a crowd gathered, so that He and His disciples could not even eat. ²¹ When his family heard about this, they went to take charge of him, for they said, "He is out of his mind." ²² And the scribes who came down from Jerusalem said, "He is possessed by Beelzebub, and by the prince of demons he casts out the demons." ²³ And Jesus called them, and said to them in parables, How can Satan cast out Satan? ²⁴ If a kingdom is divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand. ²⁵ If a house is divided against itself, that house cannot stand. ²⁶ So if Satan rebels against himself and is divided, he cannot stand. Indeed, his end has come. ²⁷ Indeed, no one can enter a strong man’s house to steal his possessions unless he first ties up the strong man. Then he can plunder his house. ²⁸ Verily I say to you: All sins, and the blasphemies that men may utter, may be forgiven them: ²⁹ But whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit will never be forgiven; he is guilty of eternal sin.” ³⁰ He said this because they had said: He has an unclean spirit. ³¹ Then Jesus’ mother and brothers came and stood outside. They sent someone in to summon Him, ³² And a crowd was sitting around him, and they told him, "Look, your mother and your brothers are outside looking for you." ³³ "Who are my mother and my brothers?" He replied. ³⁴ And he looked at those who sat in a circle around him, and said, "Here are my mother and my brothers! ³⁵ Whoever does the will of God is my brother, and sister, and mother."