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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 ESV</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" /></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="../">ESV</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">English Standard Version</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/esv/nas/mark/3.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div></a><div class="chap"><p class="heading">A Man with a Withered Hand</p><p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/mark/3-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>Again he entered the synagogue, and a man was there with a withered hand. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/mark/3-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>And they watched Jesus,<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Greek him">a</a></sup></span> to see whether he would heal him on the Sabbath, so that they might accuse him. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/mark/3-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>And he said to the man with the withered hand, <span class="woc">“Come here.”</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/mark/3-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>And he said to them, <span class="woc">“Is it lawful on the Sabbath to do good or to do harm, to save life or to kill?”</span> But they were silent. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/mark/3-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>And he looked around at them with anger, grieved at their hardness of heart, and said to the man, <span class="woc">“Stretch out your hand.”</span> He stretched it out, and his hand was restored. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/mark/3-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>The Pharisees went out and immediately held counsel with the Herodians against him, how to destroy him.</p> <p class="heading">A Great Crowd Follows Jesus</p><p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/mark/3-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Jesus withdrew with his disciples to the sea, and a great crowd followed, from Galilee and Judea <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/mark/3-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>and Jerusalem and Idumea and from beyond the Jordan and from around Tyre and Sidon. When the great crowd heard all that he was doing, they came to him. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/mark/3-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>And he told his disciples to have a boat ready for him because of the crowd, lest they crush him, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/mark/3-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>for he had healed many, so that all who had diseases pressed around him to touch him. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/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="http://biblehub.com/mark/3-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>And he strictly ordered them not to make him known.</p> <p class="heading">The Twelve Apostles</p><p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/mark/3-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>And he went up on the mountain and called to him those whom he desired, and they came to him. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/mark/3-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>And he appointed twelve (whom he also named apostles) so that they might be with him and he might send them out to preach <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/mark/3-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>and have authority to cast out demons. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/mark/3-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>He appointed the twelve: Simon (to whom he gave the name Peter); <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/mark/3-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>James the son of Zebedee and John the brother of James (to whom he gave the name Boanerges, that is, Sons of Thunder); <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/mark/3-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>Andrew, and Philip, and Bartholomew, and Matthew, and Thomas, and James the son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus, and Simon the Zealot,<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Greek kananaios, meaning zealot">b</a></sup></span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/mark/3-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>and Judas Iscariot, who betrayed him.</p> <p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/mark/3-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>Then he went home, and the crowd gathered again, so that they could not even eat. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/mark/3-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>And when his family heard it, they went out to seize him, for they were saying, “He is out of his mind.”</p> <p class="heading">Blasphemy Against the Holy Spirit</p><p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/mark/3-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>And the scribes who came down from Jerusalem were saying, “He is possessed by Beelzebul,” and “by the prince of demons he casts out the demons.” <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/mark/3-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>And he called them to him and said to them in parables, <span class="woc">“How can Satan cast out Satan?</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/mark/3-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span><span class="woc">If a kingdom is divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand.</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/mark/3-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span><span class="woc">And if a house is divided against itself, that house will not be able to stand.</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/mark/3-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span><span class="woc">And if Satan has risen up against himself and is divided, he cannot stand, but is coming to an end.</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/mark/3-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span><span class="woc">But no one can enter a strong man’s house and plunder his goods, unless he first binds the strong man. Then indeed he may plunder his house.</span></p> <p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/mark/3-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span><span class="woc">“Truly, I say to you, all sins will be forgiven the children of man, and whatever blasphemies they utter,</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/mark/3-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span><span class="woc">but whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit never has forgiveness, but is guilty of an eternal sin”</span>— <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/mark/3-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>for they were saying, “He has an unclean spirit.”</p> <p class="heading">Jesus’ Mother and Brothers</p><p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/mark/3-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>And his mother and his brothers came, and standing outside they sent to him and called him. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/mark/3-32.htm"><b>32</b></a></span>And a crowd was sitting around him, and they said to him, “Your mother and your brothers<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Other manuscripts add and your sisters">c</a></sup></span> are outside, seeking you.” <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/mark/3-33.htm"><b>33</b></a></span>And he answered them, <span class="woc">“Who are my mother and my brothers?”</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/mark/3-34.htm"><b>34</b></a></span>And looking about at those who sat around him, he said, <span class="woc">“Here are my mother and my brothers!</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/mark/3-35.htm"><b>35</b></a></span><span class="woc">For whoever does the will of God, he is my brother and sister and mother.”</span></p><A name="footnotes"></a><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="footnotesbot">a</span> <span class="fnverse">2</span> Greek <i>him</i><br /><span class="footnotesbot">b</span> <span class="fnverse">18</span> Greek <i language="Greek">kananaios</i>, meaning <i>zealot</i><br /><span class="footnotesbot">c</span> <span class="fnverse">32</span> Other manuscripts add <i>and your sisters</i><br /></span></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">ESV Text Edition® (2016).<br /><br />The ESV® Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version®) copyright © 2001 by <a href="http://www.crossway.org/home/esv/">Crossway Bibles</a>, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. 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