Mark 3:21

21 When his family[a] heard about this, they went to take charge of him, for they said, “He is out of his mind.”

Mark 3:21 in Other Translations

KJV
21 And when his friends heard of it, they went out to lay hold on him: for they said, He is beside himself.
ESV
21 And when his family heard it, they went out to seize him, for they were saying, "He is out of his mind."
NLT
21 When his family heard what was happening, they tried to take him away. “He’s out of his mind,” they said.
MSG
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.
CSB
21 When His family heard this, they set out to restrain Him, because they said, "He's out of His mind."

Mark 3:21 In-Context

19 and Judas Iscariot, who betrayed him.
20 Then Jesus entered a house, and again a crowd gathered, so that he and his disciples were not even able to eat.
21 When his family heard about this, they went to take charge of him, for they said, “He is out of his mind.”
22 And the teachers of the law who came down from Jerusalem said, “He is possessed by Beelzebul! By the prince of demons he is driving out demons.”
23 So Jesus called them over to him and began to speak to them in parables: “How can Satan drive out Satan?

Cross References 1

  • 1. John 10:20; Acts 26:24

Footnotes 1

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