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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><title>Mark 3 BSB</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /><script type="application/javascript" src="https://scripts.webcontentassessor.com/scripts/8a2459b64f9cac8122fc7f2eac4409c8555fac9383016db59c4c26e3d5b8b157"></script><script src='https://qd.admetricspro.com/js/biblehub/biblehub-layout-loader.js'></script></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/mark/3.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap//mark/3-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">BSB</a> > Mark 3</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/berean/menu.htm" width="100%" height="48" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../mark/2.htm" title="Mark 2">◄</a> Mark 3 <a href="../mark/4.htm" title="Mark 4">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">Berean Standard Bible</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/bsb/heb/mark/3.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><A name="2"></a><p class="hdg">Jesus Heals on the Sabbath<br /><span class="cross">(<a href ="../matthew/12.htm#9">Matthew 12:9–14</a>; <a href ="../luke/6.htm#6">Luke 6:6–11</a>)</span><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/3-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>Once again Jesus entered the synagogue, and a man with a withered hand was there. <A name="3"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/3-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>In order to accuse Jesus, they were watching to see if He would heal on the Sabbath. <A name="4"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/3-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>Then Jesus said to the man with the withered hand, <span class="red">“Stand up among us.”</span> <A name="5"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/3-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>And He asked them, <span class="red">“Which is lawful on the Sabbath: to do good or to do evil, to save life or to destroy it?”</span> <p class="reg"> But they were silent. <A name="6"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/3-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>Jesus looked around at them with anger and sorrow at their hardness of heart. Then He said to the man, <span class="red">“Stretch out your hand.”</span> So he stretched it out, and it was restored. <A name="7"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/3-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>At this, the Pharisees went out and began plotting with the Herodians how they might kill Jesus. <A name="8"></a><p class="hdg">Jesus Heals the Multitudes<br /><span class="cross">(<a href ="../matthew/4.htm#23">Matthew 4:23–25</a>; <a href ="../luke/6.htm#17">Luke 6:17–19</a>)</span><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/3-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>So Jesus withdrew with His disciples to the sea, accompanied by a large crowd from Galilee, Judea, <A name="9"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/3-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Jerusalem, Idumea, the region beyond the Jordan, and the vicinity of Tyre and Sidon. The large crowd came to Him when they heard what great things He was doing. <A name="10"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/3-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Jesus asked His disciples to have a boat ready for Him so that the crowd would not crush Him. <A name="11"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/3-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>For He had healed so many that all who had diseases were pressing forward to touch Him. <A name="12"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/3-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>And when the unclean spirits saw Him, they fell down before Him and cried out, “You are the Son of God!” <A name="13"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/3-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>But He warned them sternly not to make Him known. <A name="14"></a><p class="hdg">The Twelve Apostles<br /><span class="cross">(<a href ="../matthew/10.htm">Matthew 10:1–4</a>; <a href ="../luke/6.htm#12">Luke 6:12–16</a>)</span><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/3-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Then Jesus went up on the mountain and called for those He wanted, and they came to Him. <A name="15"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/3-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>He appointed twelve of them, whom He designated as apostles,<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">a</a></span> to accompany Him, to be sent out to preach, <A name="16"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/3-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>and to have authority<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">b</a></span> to drive out demons. <A name="17"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/3-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>These are the twelve He appointed:<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">c</a></span> Simon (whom He named Peter), <A name="18"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/3-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>James son of Zebedee and his brother John (whom He named Boanerges, meaning “Sons of Thunder”), <A name="19"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/3-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>Andrew, Philip, Bartholomew, Matthew, Thomas, James son of Alphaeus, Thaddaeus, Simon the Zealot,<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">d</a></span> <A name="20"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/3-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>and Judas Iscariot, who betrayed Jesus.<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">e</a></span> <A name="21"></a><p class="hdg">A House Divided<br /><span class="cross">(<a href ="../matthew/12.htm#22">Matthew 12:22–30</a>; <a href ="../luke/11.htm#14">Luke 11:14–23</a>)</span><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/3-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>Then Jesus went home,<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">f</a></span> and once again a crowd gathered, so that He and His disciples could not even eat. <A name="22"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/3-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>When His family heard about this, they went out to take custody of Him, saying, “He is out of His mind.” <A name="23"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/3-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>And the scribes who had come down from Jerusalem were saying, “He is possessed by Beelzebul,<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">g</a></span>” and, “By the prince of the demons He drives out demons.” <A name="24"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/3-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>So Jesus called them together and began to speak to them in parables: <span class="red">“How can Satan drive out Satan? <A name="25"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/3-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>If a kingdom is divided against itself, it cannot stand. <A name="26"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/3-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>If a house is divided against itself, it cannot stand. <A name="27"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/3-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>And if Satan is divided and rises against himself, he cannot stand; his end has come. <A name="28"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/3-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>Indeed, no one can enter a strong man’s house to steal his possessions unless he first ties up the strong man. Then he can plunder his house.</span> <A name="29"></a><p class="hdg">The Unpardonable Sin<br /><span class="cross">(<a href ="../matthew/12.htm#31">Matthew 12:31–32</a>)</span><p class="red"><span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/3-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>Truly I tell you, the sons of men will be forgiven all sins and blasphemies, as many as they utter. <A name="30"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/3-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>But whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit will never be forgiven; he is guilty of eternal sin.” <A name="31"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/3-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>Jesus made this statement because they were saying, “He has an unclean spirit.” <A name="32"></a><p class="hdg">Jesus’ Mother and Brothers<br /><span class="cross">(<a href ="../matthew/12.htm#46">Matthew 12:46–50</a>; <a href ="../luke/8.htm#19">Luke 8:19–21</a>)</span><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/3-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>Then Jesus’ mother and brothers came and stood outside. They sent someone in to summon Him, <A name="33"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/3-32.htm"><b>32</b></a></span>and a crowd was sitting around Him. “Look,” He was told, “Your mother and brothers<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">h</a></span> are outside, asking for You.” <A name="34"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/3-33.htm"><b>33</b></a></span>But Jesus replied, <span class="red">“Who are My mother and My brothers?”</span> <A name="35"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/3-34.htm"><b>34</b></a></span>Looking at those seated in a circle around Him, He said, <span class="red">“Here are My mother and My brothers! <span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/3-35.htm"><b>35</b></a></span>For whoever does the will of God is My brother and sister and mother.”</span></p><A name="fn"></a><div id="fnlink"><br /><br /><b>Footnotes:</b><br><br><span class="fnverse">14</span> <span class="footnotesbot">a</span> ECM, SBL, NE, BYZ, and TR do not include <i>whom He designated as apostles</i>.<span class="thin"> </span><br><span class="fnverse">15</span> <span class="footnotesbot">b</span> BYZ and TR include <i>to heal sicknesses, and</i><span class="thin"> </span><br><span class="fnverse">16</span> <span class="footnotesbot">c</span> SBL, NE, and WH; ECM, BYZ, and TR do not include <i>These are the twelve He appointed</i>.<span class="thin"> </span><br><span class="fnverse">18</span> <span class="footnotesbot">d</span> Greek <i>Simon the Cananean</i><span class="thin"> </span><br><span class="fnverse">19</span> <span class="footnotesbot">e</span> Literally <i>who also betrayed Him</i><span class="thin"> </span><br><span class="fnverse">20</span> <span class="footnotesbot">f</span> Literally <i>Then He comes to a house</i><span class="thin"> </span><br><span class="fnverse">22</span> <span class="footnotesbot">g</span> WH <i>Beezeboul</i><span class="thin"> </span>; Vulgate <i>Beelzebub</i><span class="thin"> </span><br><span class="fnverse">32</span> <span class="footnotesbot">h</span> ECM, SBL, WH, and TR; NE and BYZ include <i>and Your sisters</i>.<br><br /></div><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Holy Bible, Berean Standard Bible, BSB is produced in cooperation with Bible Hub, Discovery Bible, OpenBible.com, and the Berean Bible Translation Committee. 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