Chapter 3
1 He entered again into the synagogue , and there was a man there whose hand was withered .
2 They watched him , whether he would heal him on the Sabbath day , that they might accuse him .
3 He said to the man whose hand was withered , " Stand up ."
4 He said to them , " Is it lawful on the Sabbath day to do good or to do harm ? To save a life or to kill?" But they were silent .
5 When he had looked around at them with anger , being grieved at the hardening of their hearts , he said to the man , " Stretch out your hand ." He stretched it out , and his hand was restored as healthy as the other .
6 The Pharisees went out , and immediately conspired with the Herodians against him , how they might destroy him .
7 Jesus withdrew to the sea with his disciples ; and a great multitude followed him from Galilee , from Judea ,
8 from Jerusalem , from Idumaea , beyond the Jordan , and those from around Tyre and Sidon . A great multitude , hearing what great things he did , came to him .
9 He spoke to his disciples that a little boat should stay near him because of the crowd , so that they wouldn’ t press on him .
10 For he had healed many , so that as many as had diseases pressed on him that they might touch him .
11 The unclean spirits , whenever they saw him , fell down before him and cried , " You are the Son of God !"
12 He sternly warned them that they should not make him known .
13 He went up into the mountain and called to himself those whom he wanted , and they went to him .
14 He appointed twelve , that they might be with him , and that he might send them out to preach
15 and to have authority to heal sicknesses and to cast out demons :
16 Simon ( to whom he gave the name Peter );
17 James the son of Zebedee ; and John , the brother of James , ( whom he called Boanerges, which means , Sons of Thunder );
18 Andrew; Philip ; Bartholomew; Matthew ; Thomas ; James , the son of Alphaeus; Thaddaeus ; Simon the Zealot ;
19 and Judas Iscariot , who also betrayed him . Then he came into a house .
20 The multitude came together again , so that they could not so much as eat bread.
21 When his friends heard it , they went out to seize him ; for they said , " He is insane."
22 The scribes who came down from Jerusalem said , " He has Beelzebul," and , " By the prince of the demons he casts out the demons ."
23 He summoned them and said to them in parables , " How can Satan 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 cannot stand .
26 If Satan has risen up against himself , and is divided , he can ’ t stand , but has an end .
27 But no one can enter into the house of the strong man to plunder unless he first binds the strong man ; then he will plunder his house .
28 "Most certainly I tell you , all sins of the descendants of man will be forgiven, including their blasphemies with which they may blaspheme;
29 but whoever may blaspheme against the Holy Spirit never has forgiveness, but is subject to eternal condemnation."
30 — because they said , " He has an unclean spirit ."
31 His mother and his brothers came , and standing outside , they sent to him , calling him .
32 A multitude was sitting around him , and they told him , " Behold , your mother , your brothers, and your sisters are outside looking for you ."
33 He answered them , " Who are my mother and my brothers?"
34 Looking around at those who sat around him , he said , " Behold , my mother and my brothers!
35 For whoever does the will of God is my brother, my sister, and mother ."