Mark 3
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Mark 3:1
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He entered again into a synagogue; and a man was there whose hand was withered.
Mark 3:2
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They were watching Him {to see} if He would heal him on the Sabbath, so that they might accuse Him.
Mark 3:3
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He *said to the man with the withered hand, "Get up and come forward!"
Mark 3:4
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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.
Mark 3:5
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After looking 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.
Mark 3:6
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The Pharisees went out and immediately {began} conspiring with the Herodians against Him, {as to} how they might destroy Him.
Mark 3:7
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Jesus withdrew to the sea with His disciples; and a great multitude from Galilee followed; and {also} from Judea,
Mark 3:8
Mark 3:9
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And He told His disciples that a boat should stand ready for Him because of the crowd, so that they would not crowd Him;
Mark 3:10
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for He had healed many, with the result that all those who had afflictions pressed around Him in order to touch Him.
Mark 3:11
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Whenever the unclean spirits saw Him, they would fall down before Him and shout, "You are the Son of God!"
Mark 3:12
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And He earnestly warned them not to tell who He was.
Mark 3:13
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And He *went up on the mountain and *summoned those whom He Himself wanted, and they came to Him.
Mark 3:14
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And He appointed twelve, so that they would be with Him and that He {could} send them out to preach,
Mark 3:15
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and to have authority to cast out the demons.
Mark 3:16
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And He appointed the twelve: Simon (to whom He gave the name Peter),
Mark 3:17
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and James, the {son} of Zebedee, and John the brother of James (to them He gave the name Boanerges, which means, "Sons of Thunder");
Mark 3:18
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and Andrew, and Philip, and Bartholomew, and Matthew, and Thomas, and James the son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus, and Simon the Zealot;
Mark 3:19
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and Judas Iscariot, who betrayed Him.
Mark 3:20
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And He *came (Lit {into a house}) home, and the crowd *gathered again, to such an extent that they could not even eat a meal.
Mark 3:21
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When His own (Or {kinsmen}) people heard {of this,} they went out to take custody of Him; for they were saying, "He has lost His senses."
Mark 3:22
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The scribes who came down from Jerusalem were saying, "He is possessed by Beelzebul," and "He casts out the demons by the ruler of the demons."
Mark 3:23
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And He called them to Himself and began speaking to them in parables, "How can Satan cast out Satan?
Mark 3:24
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~"If a kingdom is divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand.
Mark 3:25
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~"If a house is divided against itself, that house will not be able to stand.
Mark 3:26
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~"If Satan has risen up against himself and is divided, he cannot stand, but he is finished!
Mark 3:27
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~"But 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.
Mark 3:28
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"Truly I say to you, all sins shall be forgiven the sons of men, and whatever blasphemies they utter;
Mark 3:29
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but whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit never has forgiveness, but is guilty of an eternal sin"--
Mark 3:30
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because they were saying, "He has an unclean spirit."
Mark 3:31
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Then His mother and His brothers *arrived, and standing outside they sent {word} to Him and called Him.
Mark 3:32
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A crowd was sitting around Him, and they *said to Him, "Behold, Your mother and Your brothers are outside looking for You."
Mark 3:33
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Answering them, He *said, "Who are My mother and My brothers?"
Mark 3:34
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Looking about at those who were sitting around Him, He *said, "Behold My mother and My brothers!
Mark 3:35
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~"For whoever does the will of God, he is My brother and sister and mother."
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