{"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/web/mark/3","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-06-09T21:53:01.772Z"},"reference":{"translation":"WEB","book":"Mark","bookSlug":"mark","chapter":3,"testament":"NEW"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":2,"nextChapter":4,"totalChapters":16,"totalVerses":35},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"He entered again into the synagogue, and there was a man there who had his hand withered."},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"They watched him, whether he would heal him on the Sabbath day, that they might accuse him."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"He said to the man who had his hand withered, |Stand up.|"},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"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."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"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."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"The Pharisees went out, and immediately conspired with the Herodians against him, how they might destroy him."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"Jesus withdrew to the sea with his disciples, and a great multitude followed him from Galilee, from Judea,"},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"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."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"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."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"For he had healed many, so that as many as had diseases pressed on him that they might touch him."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"The unclean spirits, whenever they saw him, fell down before him, and cried, |You are the Son of God!|"},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"He sternly warned them that they should not make him known."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"He went up into the mountain, and called to himself those whom he wanted, and they went to him."},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"He appointed twelve, that they might be with him, and that he might send them out to preach,"},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"and to have authority to heal sicknesses and to cast out demons:"},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"Simon, to whom he gave the name Peter;"},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"James the son of Zebedee; John, the brother of James, and he surnamed them Boanerges, which means, Sons of Thunder;"},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"Andrew; Philip; Bartholomew; Matthew; Thomas; James, the son of Alphaeus; Thaddaeus; Simon the Zealot;"},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"and Judas Iscariot, who also betrayed him. He came into a house."},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"The multitude came together again, so that they could not so much as eat bread."},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"When his friends heard it, they went out to seize him: for they said, |He is insane.|"},{"verseNumber":22,"text":"The scribes who came down from Jerusalem said, |He has Beelzebul,| and, |By the prince of the demons he casts out the demons.|"},{"verseNumber":23,"text":"He summoned them, and said to them in parables, |How can Satan cast out Satan?"},{"verseNumber":24,"text":"If a kingdom is divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand."},{"verseNumber":25,"text":"If a house is divided against itself, that house cannot stand."},{"verseNumber":26,"text":"If Satan has risen up against himself, and is divided, he can't stand, but has an end."},{"verseNumber":27,"text":"But no one can enter into the house of the strong man to plunder, unless he first binds the strong man; and then he will plunder his house."},{"verseNumber":28,"text":"Most certainly I tell you, all sins of the descendants of man will be forgiven, including their blasphemies with which they may blaspheme;"},{"verseNumber":29,"text":"but whoever may blaspheme against the Holy Spirit never has forgiveness, but is guilty of an eternal sin|"},{"verseNumber":30,"text":"—because they said, |He has an unclean spirit.|"},{"verseNumber":31,"text":"His mother and his brothers came, and standing outside, they sent to him, calling him."},{"verseNumber":32,"text":"A multitude was sitting around him, and they told him, |Behold, your mother, your brothers, and your sisters are outside looking for you.|"},{"verseNumber":33,"text":"He answered them, |Who are my mother and my brothers?|"},{"verseNumber":34,"text":"Looking around at those who sat around him, he said, |Behold, my mother and my brothers!"},{"verseNumber":35,"text":"For whoever does the will of God, the same is my brother, and my sister, and mother.|"}],"citation":{"inline":"Mark 3 (WEB)","markdown":"[Mark 3](https://primebible.com/web/mark/3)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* WEB. https://primebible.com/web/mark/3 (accessed 2026-06-09)."}}