Mark 3

1And he entered a synagogue again, and a man was there with a withered hand.

2And they were watching him closely to see whether he would heal him on the Sabbath, so that they might accuse him.

3And he says to the man with the withered hand, “Rise and come to the middle.”

4And he said to them, “Is it lawful on the Sabbath to do good or to do harm, to save a life or to kill?” But they were silent.

5And after looking around at them with anger, 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.

6And the Pharisees went out and immediately began plotting with the Herodians against him, how they might destroy him.

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

8and from Jerusalem, and from Idumea, and beyond the Jordan, and around Tyre and Sidon, a great crowd, hearing what he was doing, came to him.

9And he told his disciples that a small boat should stay ready for him because of the crowd, so that they might not crush him.

10For he had healed many, so that all who had afflictions were pressing in on him in order to touch him.

11And whenever the unclean spirits saw him, they fell down before him and cried out, saying, “You are the Son of God.”

12And he sternly warned them many times not to make him known.

13And he went up on the mountain and called to himself those whom he wanted, and they came to him.

14And he appointed twelve, so that they might be with him and so that he might send them out to preach,

15and to have authority to cast out demons.

16And he appointed the twelve, and he gave Simon the name Peter,

17and James the son of Zebedee, and John the brother of James (he gave them the name Boanerges, which means Sons of Thunder),

18and Andrew, and Philip, and Bartholomew, and Matthew, and Thomas, and James the son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus, and Simon the Cananaean.

19and Judas Iscariot, who also betrayed him.

20And he comes into a house, and the crowd gathers again, so that they are not even able to eat bread.

21And when those close to him heard, they went out to seize him, for they were saying, “He is out of his mind.”

22And the scribes who had come down from Jerusalem were saying, “He has Beelzebul,” and, “By the ruler of the demons he casts out the demons.”

23And after calling them to himself, he was speaking to them in parables: “How can Satan cast out Satan?”

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

25And if a house is divided against itself, that house will not be able to stand.

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

27But no one can enter the house of the strong man and plunder his goods unless he first ties up the strong man; then indeed he will plunder his house.

28Truly I tell you that all sins will be forgiven to the sons of men, and whatever blasphemies they may utter;

29but whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit never has forgiveness, but is guilty of an eternal sin.

30because they were saying, “He has an unclean spirit.”

31Then his mother and his brothers came, and standing outside they sent word to him, calling him.

32And a crowd was sitting around him, and they said to him, “Look, your mother and your brothers are outside looking for you.”

33And answering them, he says, “Who are my mother and my brothers?”

34And looking around at those seated around him in a circle, he says, “Behold, my mother and my brothers!”

35For whoever does the will of God, this one is my brother and sister and mother.