| 3:1 | Then* Jesus* entered the synagogue* again, and a man was there who had a withered* hand. |
| 3:2 | They watched* Jesus* closely to see if he would heal him on the Sabbath,* so that they could accuse him. |
| 3:3 | So he said to the man who had the withered hand, “Stand up among all these people.”* |
| 3:4 | Then* he said to them, “Is it lawful to do good on the Sabbath, or evil, to save a life or destroy it?” But they were silent. |
| 3:5 | After looking around* at them in anger, grieved by the hardness of their hearts,* he said to the man, “Stretch out your hand.” He stretched it out, and his hand was restored.* |
| 3:6 | So* the Pharisees* went out immediately and began plotting with the Herodians,* as to how they could assassinate* him. |
| 3:7 | Then* Jesus went away with his disciples to the sea, and a great multitude from Galilee followed him.* And from Judea, |
| 3:8 | Jerusalem,* Idumea, beyond the Jordan River,* and around Tyre* and Sidon* a great multitude came to him when they heard about the things he had done. |
| 3:9 | Because of the crowd, he told his disciples to have a small boat ready for him so the crowd* would not press toward him. |
| 3:10 | For he had healed many, so that all who were afflicted with diseases pressed toward him in order to touch him. |
| 3:11 | And whenever the unclean spirits* saw him, they fell down before him and cried out, “You are the Son of God.” |
| 3:12 | But* he sternly ordered them not to make him known.* |
| 3:13 | Now* Jesus went up the mountain* and called for those he wanted, and they came to him. |
| 3:14 | He* appointed twelve (whom he named apostles*),* so that they would be with him and he could send them to preach |
| 3:15 | and to have authority to cast out demons. |
| 3:16 | He appointed twelve:* To Simon* he gave the name Peter; |
| 3:17 | to James and his brother John, the sons of Zebedee,* he gave the name Boanerges (that is, “sons of thunder”); |
| 3:18 | and Andrew, Philip, Bartholomew,* Matthew, Thomas,* James the son of Alphaeus, Thaddaeus,* Simon the Zealot,* |
| 3:19 | and Judas Iscariot,* who betrayed him.* |
| 3:20 | Now* Jesus* went home, and a crowd gathered so that they were not able to eat. |
| 3:21 | When his family* heard this they went out to restrain him, for they said, “He is out of his mind.” |
| 3:22 | The experts in the law* who came down from Jerusalem* said, “He is possessed by Beelzebul,”* and, “By the ruler* of demons he casts out demons.” |
| 3:23 | So* he called them and spoke to them in parables:* “How can Satan cast out Satan? |
| 3:24 | If* a kingdom is divided against itself, that kingdom will not be able to stand. |
| 3:25 | If a house is divided against itself, that house will not be able to stand. |
| 3:26 | And if Satan rises against himself and is divided, he is not able to stand and his end has come. |
| 3:27 | But no one is able to enter a strong man’s* house and steal his property unless he first ties up the strong man. Then he can thoroughly plunder his house.* |
| 3:28 | I tell you the truth,* people will be forgiven for all sins, even all the blasphemies they utter.* |
| 3:29 | But whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit will never be forgiven, but is guilty of an eternal sin”* |
| 3:30 | (because they said, “He has an unclean spirit”*). |
| 3:31 | Then* Jesus’* mother and his brothers* came. Standing* outside, they sent word to him, to summon him. |
| 3:32 | A crowd was sitting around him and they said to him, “Look, your mother and your brothers* are outside looking for you.” |
| 3:33 | He answered them and said, “Who are my mother and my brothers?”* |
| 3:34 | And looking at those who were sitting around him in a circle, he said, “Here* are my mother and my brothers! |
| 3:35 | For whoever does the will of God is* my brother and sister and mother.” |
Markus 3 - NET Bible [draft]
