Mark - Chapter 3

Passage

And he went into the synagogue again, and there was a man there who had a withered hand. And they watched him to see whether he would heal on the sabbath, so that they might accuse him. And he said to the man who had the withered hand: Stand up here in the middle. And he says to them: Is it lawful to do good on the sabbath, or to do evil? To save life, or to destroy it? But they kept silent. And looking around at them with anger, grieved at the blindness of their hearts, he says to the man: Stretch out your hand. And he stretched it out, and his hand was restored to him. And the Pharisees went out and immediately plotted with the Herodians against him, how they might destroy him. But Jesus withdrew with his disciples to the sea, and a great crowd followed him from Galilee and Judea, And from Jerusalem, and from Idumea, and from beyond the Jordan. And a great crowd from around Tyre and Sidon, hearing what he was doing, came to him. And he told his disciples to keep a small boat ready for him because of the crowd, so that they would not crush him. For he had healed many, so that all who had diseases pressed upon him to touch him. And whenever the unclean spirits saw him, they fell down before him and cried out, saying: You are the Son of God. And he strictly ordered them not to make him known. And going up a mountain, he called to himself those whom he wanted, and they came to him. And he appointed twelve to be with him, so that he might send them out to preach. And he gave them power to heal sicknesses and to cast out devils. And to Simon he gave the name Peter: And James the son of Zebedee, and John the brother of James, whom he named Boanerges, which means: The sons of thunder. And Andrew and Philip, and Bartholomew and Matthew, and Thomas and James the son of Alpheus, and Thaddeus and Simon the Cananean, And Judas Iscariot, who betrayed him. And they come to a house, and the crowd gathers again, so that they could not even eat bread. And when his relatives heard of it, they went out to take hold of him, for they said: He has gone mad. And the scribes who had come down from Jerusalem said: He has Beelzebub, and by the prince of devils he casts out devils. And he called them together and said to them in parables: How can Satan cast out Satan? If a kingdom is divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand. And if a house is divided against itself, that house cannot stand. And if Satan has risen up against himself, he is divided and cannot stand, but is coming to an end. No one can enter the house of a strong man and rob him of his goods unless he first ties up the strong man, and then he can plunder his house. Amen I say to you, all sins shall be forgiven to the sons of men, and the blasphemies with which they shall blaspheme; But whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit shall never have forgiveness, but shall be guilty of an everlasting sin. Because they said: He has an unclean spirit. And his mother and his brethren came; and standing outside, they sent to him, calling him. And the crowd was sitting around him, and they say to him: Behold, your mother and your brethren are outside looking for you. And he answered them: Who is my mother, and who are my brethren? And looking around at those who sat about him, he says: Behold my mother and my brethren. For whoever does the will of God is my brother, and my sister, and mother.