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Mark 3

New Revised Standard NRS

1 Again he entered the synagogue, and a man was there who had a withered hand.

2 They watched him to see whether he would cure him on the sabbath, so that they might accuse him.

3 And he said to the man who had the withered hand, "Come forward."

4 Then he said to them, "Is it lawful to do good or to do harm on the sabbath, to save life or to kill?" But they were silent.

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

6 The Pharisees went out and immediately conspired with the Herodians against him, how to destroy him.

7 Jesus departed with his disciples to the sea, and a great multitude from Galilee followed him;

8 hearing all that he was doing, they came to him in great numbers from Judea, Jerusalem, Idumea, beyond the Jordan, and the region around Tyre and Sidon.

9 He told his disciples to have a boat ready for him because of the crowd, so that they would not crush him;

10 for he had cured many, so that all who had diseases pressed upon him to touch him.

11 Whenever the unclean spirits saw him, they fell down before him and shouted, "You are the Son of God!"

12 But he sternly ordered them not to make him known.

13 He went up the mountain and called to him those whom he wanted, and they came to him.

14 And he appointed twelve, whom he also named apostles, to be with him, and to be sent out to proclaim the message,

15 and to have authority to cast out demons.

16 So he appointed the twelve: Simon (to whom he gave the name Peter);

17 James son of Zebedee and John the brother of James (to whom he gave the name Boanerges, that is, Sons of Thunder);

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

19 and Judas Iscariot, who betrayed him. Then he went home;

20 and the crowd came together again, so that they could not even eat.

21 When his family heard it, they went out to restrain him, for people were saying, "He has gone out of his mind."

22 And the scribes who came down from Jerusalem said, "He has Beelzebul, and by the ruler of the demons he casts out demons."

23 And he called them to him, and spoke to them in parables, "How can Satan cast out Satan?

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

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

26 And if Satan has risen up against himself and is divided, he cannot stand, but his end has come.

27 But no one can enter a strong man's house and plunder his property without first tying up the strong man; then indeed the house can be plundered.

28 "Truly I tell you, people will be forgiven for their sins and whatever blasphemies they utter;

29 but whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit can never have forgiveness, but is guilty of an eternal sin"—

30 for they had said, "He has an unclean spirit."

31 Then his mother and his brothers came; and standing outside, they sent to him and called him.

32 A crowd was sitting around him; and they said to him, "Your mother and your brothers and sisters are outside, asking for you."

33 And he replied, "Who are my mother and my brothers?"

34 And looking at those who sat around him, he said, "Here are my mother and my brothers!

35 Whoever does the will of God is my brother and sister and mother."

The Message Bible MSG

1 Then he went back in the meeting place where he found a man with a crippled hand.

2 The Pharisees had their eyes on Jesus to see if he would heal him, hoping to catch him in a Sabbath infraction.

3 He said to the man with the crippled hand, "Stand here where we can see you."

4 Then he spoke to the people: "What kind of action suits the Sabbath best? Doing good or doing evil? Helping people or leaving them helpless?" No one said a word.

5 He looked them in the eye, one after another, angry now, furious at their hard-nosed religion. He said to the man, "Hold out your hand." He held it out - it was as good as new!

6 The Pharisees got out as fast as they could, sputtering about how they would join forces with Herod's followers and ruin him.

7 Jesus went off with his disciples to the sea to get away. But a huge crowd from Galilee trailed after them -

8 also from Judea, Jerusalem, Idumea, across the Jordan, and around Tyre and Sidon - swarms of people who had heard the reports and had come to see for themselves.

9 He told his disciples to get a boat ready so he wouldn't be trampled by the crowd.

10 He had healed many people, and now everyone who had something wrong was pushing and shoving to get near and touch him.

11 Evil spirits, when they recognized him, fell down and cried out, "You are the Son of God!"

12 But Jesus would have none of it. He shut them up, forbidding them to identify him in public.

13 He climbed a mountain and invited those he wanted with him. They climbed together.

14 He settled on twelve, and designated them apostles. The plan was that they would be with him, and he would send them out to proclaim the Word

15 and give them authority to banish demons.

16 These are the Twelve: Simon (Jesus later named him Peter, meaning "Rock"),

17 James, son of Zebedee, John, brother of James (Jesus nicknamed the Zebedee brothers Boanerges, meaning "Sons of Thunder"),

18 Andrew, Philip, Bartholomew, Matthew, Thomas, James, son of Alphaeus, Thaddaeus, Simon the Canaanite,

19 Judas Iscariot (who betrayed him).

20 Jesus came home and, as usual, a crowd gathered - so many making demands on him that there wasn't even time to eat.

21 His friends heard what was going on and went to rescue him, by force if necessary. They suspected he was getting carried away with himself.

22 The religion scholars from Jerusalem came down spreading rumors that he was working black magic, using devil tricks to impress them with spiritual power.

23 Jesus confronted their slander with a story: "Does it make sense to send a devil to catch a devil, to use Satan to get rid of Satan?

24 A constantly squabbling family disintegrates. If Satan were fighting Satan, there soon wouldn't be any Satan left.

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27 Do you think it's possible in broad daylight to enter the house of an awake, able-bodied man, and walk off with his possessions unless you tie him up first? Tie him up, though, and you can clean him out.

28 "Listen to this carefully. I'm warning you. There's nothing done or said that can't be forgiven.

29 But if you persist in your slanders against God's Holy Spirit, you are repudiating the very One who forgives, sawing off the branch on which you're sitting, severing by your own perversity all connection with the One who forgives."

30 He gave this warning because they were accusing him of being in league with Evil.

31 Just then his mother and brothers showed up. Standing outside, they relayed a message that they wanted a word with him.

32 He was surrounded by the crowd when he was given the message, "Your mother and brothers and sisters are outside looking for you."

33 Jesus responded, "Who do you think are my mother and brothers?"

34 Looking around, taking in everyone seated around him, he said, "Right here, right in front of you - my mother and my brothers.

35 Obedience is thicker than blood. The person who obeys God's will is my brother and sister and mother."