Thematic Bible
Mark 3:1 (show verse)
Again he entered the synagogue. Now a man was there whose hand was withered,
Mark 3:2 (show verse)
and they watched to see if he would heal him on the sabbath, so as to get a charge against him.
Mark 3:3 (show verse)
He said to the man with the withered hand, "Rise and come forward;"
Mark 3:4 (show verse)
then he asked them, "Is it right to help or to hurt on the sabbath, to save life or to kill?" They were silent.
Mark 3:5 (show verse)
Then glancing round him in anger and vexation at their obstinacy he told the man, "Stretch out your hand." He stretched it out and his hand was quite restored.
Mark 3:6 (show verse)
On this the Pharisees withdrew and at once joined the Herodians in a plot against him, to destroy him.
Mark 3:7 (show verse)
Jesus retired with his disciples to the sea, and a large number of people from Galilee followed him; also a large number came to him from Judaea,
Mark 3:8 (show verse)
Jerusalem, Idumaea, the other side of the Jordan, and the neighbourhood of Tyre and Sidon, as they had heard of his doings.
Mark 3:9 (show verse)
So he told his disciples to have a small boat ready; it was to prevent him being crushed by the crowd,
Mark 3:10 (show verse)
for he healed so many that all who had complaints were pressing on him to get a touch of him.
Mark 3:11 (show verse)
And whenever the unclean spirits saw him they fell down before him, screaming, "You are the Son of God!"
Mark 3:12 (show verse)
But he charged them strictly and severely not to make him known.
Mark 3:13 (show verse)
Then he went up the hillside and summoned the men he wanted, and they went to him.
Mark 3:14 (show verse)
He appointed twelve to be with him, also that he might despatch them to preach
Mark 3:15 (show verse)
with the power of casting out daemons;
Mark 3:16 (show verse)
there was Simon, whom he surnamed Peter,
Mark 3:17 (show verse)
James the son of Zebedaeus and John the brother of James (he surnamed them Boanerges, or "Sons of thunder"),
Mark 3:18 (show verse)
Andrew, Philip, Bartholomew, Matthew, Thomas, James the son of Alphaeus, Thaddaeus, Simon the zealot,
Mark 3:19 (show verse)
and Judas Iscariot who betrayed him. Then they went indoors,
Mark 3:20 (show verse)
but the crowd gathered again, so that it was impossible even to have a meal.
Mark 3:21 (show verse)
And when his family heard this, they set out to get hold of him, for what they said was, "He is out of his mind."
Mark 3:22 (show verse)
But the scribes who had come down from Jerusalem said, "He has Beelzebul," and "It is by the prince of daemons that he casts out daemons."
Mark 3:23 (show verse)
So he called them and said to them by way of parable, "How can Satan cast out Satan?
Mark 3:24 (show verse)
If a realm is divided against itself, that realm cannot stand:
Mark 3:25 (show verse)
if a household is divided against itself, that household cannot stand:
Mark 3:26 (show verse)
and if Satan has risen against himself and is divided, he cannot stand, he comes to an end.
Mark 3:27 (show verse)
No one can enter the strong man's house and plunder his goods unless first of all he binds the strong man; then he can plunder his house.
Mark 3:28 (show verse)
I tell you truly, the sons of men shall be forgiven all their sins, and all the blasphemies they may utter,
Mark 3:29 (show verse)
but whoever blasphemes against the holy Spirit is never forgiven, he is guilty of an eternal sin."
Mark 3:30 (show verse)
(This was because they said, "He has an unclean spirit.")
Mark 3:31 (show verse)
Then came his brothers and his mother, and standing outside they sent to call him;
Mark 3:32 (show verse)
there was a crowd sitting round him, and he was told, "Here are your mother and brothers and sisters wanting you outside."
Mark 3:33 (show verse)
He replied, "Who are my mother and my brothers?"
Mark 3:34 (show verse)
And glancing at those who were sitting round him in a circle he said, "There are my mother and my brothers!
Mark 3:35 (show verse)
Whoever does the will of God, that is my brother and sister and mother."