Mark 3:13-35

The Twelve Are Chosen

13 And He went up on ¹the mountain and ²summoned 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: ³Simon (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.

20 And He came ⁴home, and the ⁵crowd gathered again, ⁶to such an extent that they could not even eat a meal.

21 When ⁷His own people heard of this, they went out to take custody of Him; for they were saying, "⁸He has lost His senses."

22 The scribes who came down ⁹from Jerusalem were saying, "He is possessed by ¹⁰Beelzebul," and "¹¹He casts out the demons by the ruler of the demons."

23 ¹²And He called them to Himself and began speaking to them in ¹³parables, "How can ¹⁴Satan cast out Satan?

24 "If a kingdom is divided against itself, that kingdom cannot * stand.

25 "If a house is divided against itself, that house will not be able to stand.

26 "If ¹⁵Satan has risen up against himself and is divided, he cannot * stand, but he is finished!

27 "¹⁶But no one can enter the strong man's house and plunder his property unless * he first binds the strong man, and then he will plunder his house.

28 "¹⁷Truly I say to you, all sins shall be forgiven the sons of men, and whatever * blasphemies they utter;

29 but ¹⁸whoever * blasphemes against the Holy Spirit never * * has forgiveness, but is guilty of an eternal sin "-

30 because they were saying, "He has an unclean spirit."

31 ¹⁹Then His mother and His brothers arrived, and standing outside they sent word to Him and called Him.

32 A crowd was sitting around Him, and they said to Him, "Behold, Your mother and Your brothers are outside looking for You."

33 Answering them, He said, "Who are My mother and My brothers?"

34 Looking about at those who were sitting around * Him, He said, "²⁰Behold My mother and My brothers!

35 "For whoever * ²¹does the will of God, he is My brother and sister and mother."

Cross References

• 1. Matthew 5:1; Luke 6:12
• 2. Matthew 10:1; Mark 6:7; Luke 9:1
• 3. Mark 3:16-19: {Matthew 10:2-4; Luke 6:14-16;} Acts 1:13
• 4. Mark 2:1; Mark 7:17; Mark 9:28
• 5. Mark 1:45; Mark 3:7
• 6. Mark 6:31
• 7. Mark 3:31
• 8. John 10:20; Acts 26:24
• 9. Matthew 15:1
• 10. Matthew 10:25; Matthew 11:18
• 11. Matthew 9:34
• 12. Mark 3:23-27: {Matthew 12:25-29; Luke 11:17-22}
• 13. Matthew 13:3f; Mark 4:2f
• 14. Matthew 4:10
• 15. Matthew 4:10
• 16. Isaiah 49:24, 25
• 17. Matthew 12:31, 32; Mark 3:28-30; Luke 12:10
• 18. Luke 12:10
• 19. Mark 3:31-35: {Matthew 12:46-50; Luke 8:19-21}
• 20. Matthew 12:49
• 21. Ephesians 6:6; Hebrews 10:36; 1 Peter 4:2; 1 John 2:17

Footnotes

• [a]. Or "Jacob"
• [b]. Or "Jacob"
• [c]. Or "Jacob"
• [d]. Or "Cananaean"
• [e]. Lit "into a house"
• [f]. Lit "bread"
• [g]. Or "kinsmen"
• [h]. Or "Beezebul;" others read "Beelzebub"
• [i]. Lit "he has an end"