{"meta":{"source":"Prime Bible","sourceUrl":"https://primebible.com","license":"Public domain (translation text); see citation policy at /citation-policy","organization":"501(c)(3) nonprofit — EIN 41-2531951","canonicalUrl":"https://primebible.com/drb/mark/3","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-06-10T00:12:34.273Z"},"reference":{"translation":"DRB","book":"Mark","bookSlug":"mark","chapter":3,"testament":"NEW"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":2,"nextChapter":4,"totalChapters":16,"totalVerses":35},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"AND he entered again into the synagogue, and there was a man there who had a withered hand. "},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"And they watched him whether he would heal on the sabbath days; that they might accuse him. "},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"And he said to the man who had the withered hand: Stand up in the midst. "},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"And he saith to them: Is it lawful to do good on the sabbath days, or to do evil? to save life, or to destroy? But they held their peace. "},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"And looking round about on them with anger, being grieved for the blindness of their hearts, he saith to the man: Stretch forth thy hand. And he stretched it forth: and his hand was restored unto him. "},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"And the Pharisees going out, immediately made a consultation with the Herodians against him, how they might destroy him. "},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"But Jesus retired with his disciples to the sea; and a great multitude followed him from Galilee and Judea, "},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"And from Jerusalem, and from Idumea, and from beyond the Jordan. And they about Tyre and Sidon, a great multitude, hearing the things which he did, came to him. "},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"And he spoke to his disciples that a small ship should wait on him because of the multitude, lest they should throng him. "},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"For he healed many, so that they pressed upon him for to touch him, as many as had evils. "},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"And the unclean spirits, when they saw him, fell down before him: and they cried, saying: "},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"Thou art the Son of God. And he strictly charged them that they should not make him known. "},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"And going up into a mountain, he called unto him whom he would himself: and they came to him. "},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"And he made that twelve should be with him, and that he might send them to preach. "},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"And he gave them power to heal sicknesses, and to cast out devils. "},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"And to Simon he gave the name Peter: "},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"And James the son of Zebedee, and John the brother of James; and he named them Boanerges, which is, The sons of thunder: "},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"And Andrew and Philip, and Bartholomew and Matthew, and Thomas and James of Alpheus, and Thaddeus, and Simon the Cananean: "},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"And Judas Iscariot, who also betrayed him. "},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"And they come to a house, and the multitude cometh together again, so that they could not so much as eat bread. "},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"And when his friends had heard of it, they went out to lay hold on him. For they said: He is become mad. "},{"verseNumber":22,"text":"And the scribes who were come down from Jerusalem, said: He hath Beelzebub, and by the prince of devils he casteth out devils. "},{"verseNumber":23,"text":"And after he had called them together, he said to them in parables: How can Satan cast out Satan? "},{"verseNumber":24,"text":"And if a kingdom be divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand. "},{"verseNumber":25,"text":"And if a house be divided against itself, that house cannot stand. "},{"verseNumber":26,"text":"And if Satan be risen up against himself, he is divided, and cannot stand, but hath an end. "},{"verseNumber":27,"text":"No man can enter into the house of a strong man and rob him of his goods, unless he first bind the strong man, and then shall he plunder his house. "},{"verseNumber":28,"text":"Amen I say to you, that all sins shall be forgiven unto the sons of men, and the blasphemies wherewith they shall blaspheme: "},{"verseNumber":29,"text":"But he that shall blaspheme against the Holy Ghost, shall never have forgiveness, but shall be guilty of an everlasting sin. "},{"verseNumber":30,"text":"Because they said: He hath an unclean spirit. "},{"verseNumber":31,"text":"And his mother and his bretheren came; and standing without, sent unto him, calling him. "},{"verseNumber":32,"text":"And the multitude sat about him; and they say to him: Behold thy mother and thy brethren without seek for thee. "},{"verseNumber":33,"text":"And answering them, he said: Who is my mother and my brethren? "},{"verseNumber":34,"text":"And looking round about on them who sat about him, he saith: Behold my mother and my brethren. "},{"verseNumber":35,"text":"For whosoever shall do the will of God, he is my brother, and my sister, and mother. "}],"citation":{"inline":"Mark 3 (DRB)","markdown":"[Mark 3](https://primebible.com/drb/mark/3)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* DRB. https://primebible.com/drb/mark/3 (accessed 2026-06-10)."}}