Mark 3

And ^ahe entered again into ^aathe synagogue; and there was a man there which had a withered hand. ²And they ^bwatched him, whether he would heal him on the sabbath day; ^bbthat they might accuse him. ³And he saith unto the man which had the withered hand, Stand forth. ⁴And he saith unto them, Is it lawful to do good on the sabbath days, or to do evil? to save life, or to kill? But they held their peace. ⁵And when he had looked round about on them ^cwith anger, being grieved for the hardness of their hearts, he saith unto the man, Stretch forth thine hand. And he stretched it out: and his hand was restored whole as the other. ⁶And the Pharisees went forth, and straightway took counsel with ^dthe Herodians against him, how they might destroy him.

^7eBut Jesus withdrew himself with his disciples to the sea: ^fand a great multitude from Galilee followed him, and from ^gJudea, ⁸and from Jerusalem, and from ^hIdumea, and from beyond Jordan; and they about ⁱTyre and Sidon, a great multitude, when they had heard what great things he did, came unto him. ⁹And he spake to his disciples, that ^ka small ship should wait on him because of the multitude, lest they should throng him. ¹⁰For he had healed many; insomuch that they pressed upon him for ^lto touch him, as many as had ^mplagues. ¹¹And ⁿunclean spirits, when they saw him, fell down before him, and cried, saying, Thou art ^othe Son of God. ¹²And ^phe straitly charged them that they should not make him known. ^13qAnd he goeth up into a mountain, and calleth unto him whom he would: and they came unto him. ¹⁴And he ordained twelve, that they should be with him, and that he might send them forth to preach, ¹⁵and to have power to heal sicknesses, and to cast out devils: ^16rand Simon he surnamed Peter; ¹⁷and James the son of Zebedee, and John the brother of James; (and he surnamed them ^sBoanerges, which is, The sons of thunder:) ¹⁸and Andrew, and Philip, and Bartholomew, and Matthew, and Thomas, and James the son of Alpheus, and ^tThaddeus, and Simon the Canaanite, ¹⁹and Judas Iscariot, which also betrayed him.

And they went ^uinto a house. ²⁰And the multitude cometh together again, ^xso that they could not so much as eat bread. ²¹And when his friends heard of it, they went out to lay hold on him: ^yfor they said, ^zHe is beside himself. ²²And the scribes which came down from Jerusalem said, ^aHe hath ^bBeelzebub, and by the prince of the devils casteth he out devils. ²³And he called them unto him, ^cand said unto them in parables, How can Satan cast out Satan? ²⁴And if a kingdom be divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand. ²⁵And if a house be divided against itself, that house cannot stand. ²⁶And if Satan rise up against himself, and be divided, he cannot stand, but hath an end. ²⁷No man can enter 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. ^28dVerily I say unto you, All sins shall be forgiven unto the sons of men, and blasphemies wherewith soever they shall blaspheme: ²⁹but he that shall blaspheme against the Holy Ghost hath never forgiveness, but is ^ein danger of eternal damnation. ³⁰Because they said, He hath an unclean spirit.

^31fThere came ^gthen his brethren and his mother, and, standing without, sent unto him, calling him. ³²And the multitude sat about him, and they said unto him, Behold, thy mother and thy brethren without seek for thee. ³³And he answered them, saying, Who is my mother, or my brethren? ³⁴And he looked round about on them which sat about him, and said, Behold my mother and my brethren. ³⁵For whosoever shall do the will of God, the same is my brother, and my sister, and mother.

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