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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 NET Bible</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-revcatch.js'></script><script id='HyDgbd_1s' src='https://prebidads.revcatch.com/ads.js' type='text/javascript' async></script><script>(function(w,d,b,s,i){var cts=d.createElement(s);cts.async=true;cts.id='catchscript'; cts.dataset.appid=i;cts.src='https://app.protectsubrev.com/catch_rp.js?cb='+Math.random(); document.head.appendChild(cts); }) (window,document,'head','script','rc-anksrH');</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="../">NET Bible</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 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">NET Bible</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/net/esv/mark/3.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><p class="title">Healing a Withered Hand</p><p class="bodytext"><span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/3-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>Then Jesus entered the synagogue again, and a man was there who had a withered hand. <span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/3-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>They watched Jesus closely to see if he would heal him on the Sabbath, so that they could accuse him. <span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/3-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>So he said to the man who had the withered hand, “Stand up among all these people.” <span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/3-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>Then he said to them, “Is it lawful to do good on the Sabbath, or evil, to save a life or destroy it?” But they were silent. <span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/3-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>After looking around at them in anger, grieved by the hardness of their hearts, he said to the man, “Stretch out your hand.” He stretched it out, and his hand was restored. <span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/3-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>So the Pharisees went out immediately and began plotting with the Herodians, as to how they could assassinate him.</p> <p class="title">Crowds by the Sea</p><p class="bodytext"><span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/3-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Then Jesus went away with his disciples to the sea, and a great multitude from Galilee followed him. And from Judea, <span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/3-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Jerusalem, Idumea, beyond the Jordan River, and around Tyre and Sidon a great multitude came to him when they heard about the things he had done. <span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/3-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Because of the crowd, he told his disciples to have a small boat ready for him so the crowd would not press toward him. <span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/3-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>For he had healed many, so that all who were afflicted with diseases pressed toward him in order to touch him. <span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/3-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>And whenever the unclean spirits saw him, they fell down before him and cried out, “You are the Son of God.” <span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/3-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>But he sternly ordered them not to make him known.</p> <p class="title">Appointing the Twelve Apostles</p><p class="bodytext"><span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/3-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Now Jesus went up the mountain and called for those he wanted, and they came to him. <span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/3-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>He appointed twelve (whom he named apostles), so that they would be with him and he could send them to preach <span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/3-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>and to have authority to cast out demons. <span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/3-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>He appointed twelve: To Simon he gave the name Peter; <span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/3-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>to James and his brother John, the sons of Zebedee, he gave the name Boanerges (that is, “sons of thunder”); <span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/3-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>and Andrew, Philip, Bartholomew, Matthew, Thomas, James the son of Alphaeus, Thaddaeus, Simon the Zealot, <span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/3-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>and Judas Iscariot, who betrayed him.</p> <p class="title">Jesus and Beelzebul</p><p class="bodytext"><span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/3-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>Now Jesus went home, and a crowd gathered so that they were not able to eat. <span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/3-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>When his family heard this they went out to restrain him, for they said, “He is out of his mind.” <span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/3-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>The experts in the law who came down from Jerusalem said, “He is possessed by Beelzebul,” and, “By the ruler of demons he casts out demons.” <span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/3-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>So he called them and spoke to them in parables: “How can Satan cast out Satan? <span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/3-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>If a kingdom is divided against itself, that kingdom will not be able to stand. <span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/3-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>If a house is divided against itself, that house will not be able to stand. <span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/3-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>And if Satan rises against himself and is divided, he is not able to stand and his end has come. <span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/3-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>But no one is able to enter a strong man’s house and steal his property unless he first ties up the strong man. Then he can thoroughly plunder his house. <span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/3-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>I tell you the truth, people will be forgiven for all sins, even all the blasphemies they utter. <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, but is guilty of an eternal sin” <span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/3-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>(because they said, “He has an unclean spirit”).</p> <p class="title">Jesus’ True Family</p><p class="bodytext"><span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/3-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>Then Jesus’ mother and his brothers came. Standing outside, they sent word to him, to summon him. <span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/3-32.htm"><b>32</b></a></span>A crowd was sitting around him and they said to him, “Look, your mother and your brothers are outside looking for you.” <span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/3-33.htm"><b>33</b></a></span>He answered them and said, “Who are my mother and my brothers?” <span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/3-34.htm"><b>34</b></a></span>And looking at those who were sitting around him in a circle, he said, “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.”</p></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center"><a href="http://netbible.com/">NET Bible copyright © 1996-2006 by Biblical Studies Press, L.L.C. http://netbible.com.<br />Used by permission. 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