Mark 3:1-19

Jesus Heals on the Sabbath

1 ¹He ²entered again into a synagogue; and a man was there whose hand was withered.

2 ³They were watching Him to see if He would heal him on the Sabbath, ⁴so that they might accuse Him.

3 He said to the man with the withered hand, "Get up and come forward *!"

4 And He said to them, "Is it lawful to do good or to do harm on the Sabbath, to save a life or to kill?" But they kept silent.

5 After ⁵looking around at them with anger, grieved at their hardness of heart, He said to the man, "Stretch out your hand." And he stretched it out, and his hand was restored.

6 The Pharisees went out and immediately began conspiring with the ⁶Herodians against Him, as to how they might destroy Him.

7 ⁷Jesus withdrew to the sea with His disciples; and ⁸a great multitude from Galilee followed; and also from Judea,

8 and from Jerusalem, and from ⁹Idumea, and beyond the Jordan, and the vicinity of ¹⁰Tyre and Sidon, a great number of people heard of all that He was doing and came to Him.

9 ¹¹And He told His disciples that a boat should stand ready for Him because of the crowd, so that they would not crowd Him;

10 for He had ¹²healed many, with the result that all those who had ¹³afflictions pressed around Him in order to ¹⁴touch Him.

11 Whenever the unclean spirits saw Him, they would fall down before Him and shout, "You are ¹⁵the Son of God!"

12 And He ¹⁶earnestly warned them not to tell who He was.

The Twelve Are Chosen

13 And He went up on ¹⁷the mountain and ¹⁸summoned those whom He Himself wanted, and they came to Him.

14 And He appointed twelve, so that they would be with Him and that He could send them out to preach,

15 and to have authority to cast out the demons.

16 And He appointed the twelve: ¹⁹Simon (to whom He gave the name Peter ),

17 and James, the son of Zebedee, and John the brother of James (to them He gave the name Boanerges, which means, "Sons of Thunder ");

18 and Andrew, and Philip, and Bartholomew, and Matthew, and Thomas, and James the son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus, and Simon the Zealot;

19 and Judas Iscariot, who betrayed Him.

Cross References

• 1. Mark 3:1-6: {Matthew 12:9-14; Luke 6:6-11}
• 2. Mark 1:21, 39
• 3. Luke 6:7; Luke 14:1; Luke 20:20
• 4. Matthew 12:10; Luke 6:7; Luke 11:54
• 5. Luke 6:10
• 6. Matthew 22:16; Mark 12:13
• 7. Mark 3:7-12: {Matthew 12:15, 16; Luke 6:17-19}
• 8. Matthew 4:25; Luke 6:17
• 9. Joshua 15:1, 21; Ezekiel 35:15; Ezekiel 36:5
• 10. Matthew 11:21
• 11. Mark 4:1; Luke 5:1-3
• 12. Matthew 4:23
• 13. Mark 5:29, 34; Luke 7:21
• 14. Matthew 9:21; Matthew 14:36; Mark 6:56; Mark 8:22
• 15. Matthew 4:3
• 16. Matthew 8:4
• 17. Matthew 5:1; Luke 6:12
• 18. Matthew 10:1; Mark 6:7; Luke 9:1
• 19. Mark 3:16-19: {Matthew 10:2-4; Luke 6:14-16;} Acts 1:13

Footnotes

• [a]. Lit "Arise into the midst"
• [b]. Lit "giving counsel"
• [c]. Lit "make Him known"
• [d]. Or "Jacob"
• [e]. Or "Jacob"
• [f]. Or "Jacob"
• [g]. Or "Cananaean"