Thematic Bible
Mark 3:1 (show verse)
And he entered into the synagogue again, and a man who had a withered hand was there.
Mark 3:2 (show verse)
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 (show verse)
And he said to the man who had the withered hand, "Come into the middle."
Mark 3:4 (show verse)
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 (show verse)
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 (show verse)
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 (show verse)
And Jesus went away with his disciples to the sea, and a great crowd from Galilee followed [him]. And from Judea
Mark 3:8 (show verse)
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 (show verse)
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 (show verse)
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 (show verse)
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 (show verse)
And he warned them strictly that they should not make him known.
Mark 3:13 (show verse)
And he went up on the mountain and summoned [those] whom he wanted, and they came to him.
Mark 3:14 (show verse)
And he appointed twelve, so that they would be with him and so that he could send them out to preach
Mark 3:15 (show verse)
and to have authority to expel demons.
Mark 3:16 (show verse)
And he appointed the twelve. And to Simon he gave the name Peter,
Mark 3:17 (show verse)
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 (show verse)
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 (show verse)
and Judas Iscariot, who also betrayed him.
Mark 3:20 (show verse)
And he went home, and the crowd gathered again, so that they were not even able to eat a meal.
Mark 3:21 (show verse)
And [when] {his family} heard [this], they went out to restrain him, for they were saying, "He has lost his mind!"
Mark 3:22 (show verse)
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 (show verse)
And he called them to himself [and] was speaking to them in parables, "How can Satan expel Satan?
Mark 3:24 (show verse)
And if a kingdom is divided against itself, that kingdom is not able to stand.
Mark 3:25 (show verse)
And if a house is divided against itself, that house will not be able to stand.
Mark 3:26 (show verse)
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 (show verse)
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 (show verse)
"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 (show verse)
But whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit does not have forgiveness {forever}, but is guilty of [an] eternal sin"--
Mark 3:30 (show verse)
because they were saying, "He has an unclean spirit."
Mark 3:31 (show verse)
And his mother and his brothers arrived, and standing outside, they sent [word] to him to summon him.
Mark 3:32 (show verse)
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 (show verse)
And he answered them [and] said, "Who is my mother or my brothers?"
Mark 3:34 (show verse)
And looking around at those who were sitting around him in a circle, he said, "Behold, my mother and my brothers!
Mark 3:35 (show verse)
For whoever does the will of God, this person is my brother and sister and mother."