Mark 3

1 And he^a entered again into the synagogue; and there was a man there which had a withered¹ hand.

2 And^b they watched him, whether he would heal him on the sabbath-day; that they might accuse him.

3 And he saith unto the man which had the withered hand, ^cStand forth.

4 And he saith unto them, ^dIs it lawful to do good on the sabbath-days, or to do evil? ^eto save life, or to kill? But they held their peace.

5 And when he had looked round about on them with ^ganger, being grieved for the hardness² of their hearts, he saith unto the man, ^hStretch forth thine hand. And he stretched it out: and his hand was restored whole as the other.³

6 ¶ Andⁱ the Pharisees went forth, and straightway took counsel with the Herodians against him, how they might destroy him.

7 But ^jJesus withdrew himself with his disciples to the sea:⁴ and a great multitude from ^kGalilee followed him, and from ^lJudea,

8 And from Jerusalem, and from ^mIdumea, and ^ofrom beyond Jordan; and they about ^pTyre and Sidon, a great multitude, when they had heard what great things he did, came unto him.

9 And he spake to his disciples, that a small ship should wait on him ^qbecause of the multitude, lest they should throng him.

10 For ^rhe had healed many; insomuch that they pressed⁵ upon him for ^sto touch him, as many as had plagues.⁶

11 And unclean spirits, when they saw ^thim,⁷ fell down before him, and cried, saying, Thou art the Son of God.

12 And ^uhe straitly charged them that they should not make him known.⁸

13 ¶ And⁹ he goeth up into a mountain, and calleth unto him whom he would: and they came unto him.

14 And he ordained¹ twelve, that they should be with him, and that he might send them forth to preach,²

15 And to have power to heal sicknesses, and to cast out devils:

16 And ^vSimon he surnamed Peter;

17 And ^xJames the son of Zebedee, and John the brother of James; and he surnamed them Boanerges, which is, ^yThe sons of thunder:³

18 And ^zAndrew, and Philip, and Bartholomew, and ^aMatthew, and ^bThomas, and ^cJames the son of Alphæus, and ^dThaddaeus, and ^eSimon the Canaanite,

19 And ^gJudas Iscariot, which also betrayed him: and they went into an house.⁴

20 ¶ And the multitude cometh together again, so that ^hthey could not so much as eat bread.

21 And when his friends⁵ heard of it, they went out to lay hold on him: for they said, ⁱHe is beside himself.⁶

22 ¶ And the scribes which came down from Jerusalem said, ^jHe hath Beelzebub, and by the prince of the devils casteth he out devils.

23 And he called them unto him, and said unto them in ^kparables, How can Satan cast out Satan?⁷

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

25 And if a house be divided against itself, that house cannot stand.

26 And if Satan rise up against himself, and be divided, he cannot stand, but hath an end.

27 No man can ^lenter into a strong man's house, and spoil his goods, except he will first bind the strong man; and then he will spoil his house.

28 Verilyⁿ I say unto you, All sins shall be forgiven unto the sons of men, and blasphemies wherewith soever they shall blaspheme:

29 But he that shall blaspheme against the Holy Ghost hath never forgiveness, but is in danger of eternal damnation;

30 Because^o they said, He hath an unclean spirit.⁸

31 ¶ There^p came then his brethren and his mother, and, standing without, sent unto him, calling him.

32 And the multitude sat about him; and they said unto him, Behold, ^qthy mother and thy brethren without seek for thee.

33 And he answered them, saying, Who is my mother, or my brethren?

34 And he looked round about on them which sat about him, and said, ^rBehold my mother and my brethren!

35 For whosoever shall do the will of God, the same is my brother, and my sister, and mother.