New Testament · Gospels and Acts

Mark chapter 3

Jesus went into the again, and a man was there with a hand.People were watching Jesus closely to see if he would heal the man on the — they were looking for a reason to accuse him.He said to the man with the withered hand, “.”Then he asked them, “Which is on the Sabbath — doing good or doing harm? Saving a life or killing?” But they .He looked around at them with , by . Then he told the man, “Stretch out your hand.” The man stretched it out, and his hand was .The left immediately and began plotting with the about how they could Jesus.Jesus to the lake with his , and a huge crowd followed him from Galilee.People also came from Judea, Jerusalem, , the region across the Jordan, and the area around . This massive crowd came because they kept hearing about everything he was doing.He told his followers to have a ready for him so the crowd wouldn’t crush him.He had healed so many people that everyone with was .And whenever saw him, they would fall down in front of him and shout, “You are the !”But he gave them not to .Jesus and the ones he wanted, and they came to him.He twelve — he called them ‘’ — , and so he could send them out to and to have to .He appointed the twelve: , whom he named ;James the son of Zebedee, and John the brother of James — he named them , which means “Sons of Thunder”;Andrew, Philip, , Matthew, Thomas, James the son of Alphaeus, Thaddaeus, Simon ,and Judas — the one who later .Then Jesus , and again such a large crowd gathered that they .When heard about all this, they went out to , because they were saying, “He’s .”The who had come down from Jerusalem were saying, “He’s possessed by !” and “He drives out demons by the .”So Jesus called them over and spoke to them in : “How can drive out Satan?”If a is divided against itself, that kingdom can’t survive.If a is divided against itself, that household can’t hold together.And if Satan has risen up against himself and is divided, he can’t survive — .In fact, nobody can break into a ’s house and steal his stuff unless he first the strong man. Then he can .: people can be forgiven for everything — all their and all the .But whoever speaks against will never be forgiven — they are guilty of .” they were claiming, “He has an unclean spirit.”Then his mother and arrived. They and sent someone in to call him.A crowd was , and they told him, “Hey — your mother and your brothers are outside looking for you.”He replied, “”Then he the people sitting in a circle around him and said, “Here — these are my mother and my brothers!”“Whoever — that person is my brother, my sister, and my mother.”