Thematic Bible

Mark 3:1

And he entered into the synagogue again, and a man who had a withered hand was there.

Mark 3:2

And they were watching him closely [to see] if he would heal him on the Sabbath, in order that they could accuse him.

Mark 3:3

And he said to the man who had the withered hand, "Come into the middle."

Mark 3:4

And he said to them, "Is it permitted on the Sabbath to do good or to do evil, to save life or to kill?" But they were silent.

Mark 3:5

And looking around at them with anger, grieved at the hardness of their hearts, he said to the man, "Stretch out your hand." And he stretched [it] out, and his hand was restored.

Mark 3:6

And the Pharisees went out immediately with the Herodians {and began to conspire} against him with regard to how they could destroy him.

Mark 3:7

And Jesus went away with his disciples to the sea, and a great crowd from Galilee followed [him]. And from Judea

Mark 3:8

and from Jerusalem and from Idumea and the other side of the Jordan and around Tyre and Sidon a great crowd came to him [because they] heard all that he was doing.

Mark 3:9

And he told his disciples that a small boat should stand ready for him because of the crowd, so that they would not press upon him.

Mark 3:10

For he had healed many, so that all those who {were suffering from diseases} pressed about him in order that they could touch him.

Mark 3:11

And the unclean spirits, whenever they saw him, were falling down before him and crying out, saying, "You are the Son of God!"

Mark 3:12

And he warned them strictly that they should not make him known.

Mark 3:13

And he went up on the mountain and summoned [those] whom he wanted, and they came to him.

Mark 3:14

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

Mark 3:15

and to have authority to expel demons.

Mark 3:16

And he appointed the twelve. And to Simon he gave the name Peter,

Mark 3:17

and James the [son] of Zebedee and John the brother of James (and he gave to them the name Boanerges, that is, "Sons of Thunder"),

Mark 3:18

and Andrew, and Philip, and Bartholomew, and Matthew, and Thomas, and James the [son] of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus, and Simon the Zealot,

Mark 3:19

and Judas Iscariot, who also betrayed him.

Mark 3:20

And he went home, and the crowd gathered again, so that they were not even able to eat a meal.

Mark 3:21

And [when] {his family} heard [this], they went out to restrain him, for they were saying, "He has lost his mind!"

Mark 3:22

And the scribes who had come down from Jerusalem were saying, "He is possessed by Beelzebul!" and "By the ruler of the demons he expels the demons!"

Mark 3:23

And he called them to himself [and] was speaking to them in parables, "How can Satan expel Satan?

Mark 3:24

And if a kingdom is divided against itself, that kingdom is not able to stand.

Mark 3:25

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

Mark 3:26

And if Satan has risen up against himself and is divided, he is not able to stand, but is at an end!

Mark 3:27

But no one is able to enter into the house of a strong [man] [and] plunder his property unless he first ties up the strong [man], and then he can thoroughly plunder his house.

Mark 3:28

"Truly I say to you that all the sins and the blasphemies will be forgiven the sons of men, however much they blaspheme.

Mark 3:29

But whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit does not have forgiveness {forever}, but is guilty of [an] eternal sin"--

Mark 3:30

because they were saying, "He has an unclean spirit."

Mark 3:31

And his mother and his brothers arrived, and standing outside, they sent [word] to him to summon him.

Mark 3:32

And a crowd was sitting around him, and they told him, "Behold, your mother and your brothers [are] outside looking for you."

Mark 3:33

And he answered them [and] said, "Who is my mother or my brothers?"

Mark 3:34

And looking around at those who were sitting around him in a circle, he said, "Behold, my mother and my brothers!

Mark 3:35

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