{"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/wnt/mark/3","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-27T03:31:29.486Z"},"reference":{"translation":"WNT","book":"Mark","bookSlug":"mark","chapter":3,"testament":"NEW"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":2,"nextChapter":4,"totalChapters":16,"totalVerses":35},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"At another time, when He went to the synagogue, there was a man there with one arm shrivelled up."},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"They closely watched Him to see whether He would cure him on the Sabbath--so as to have a charge to bring against Him."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"|Come forward,| said He to the man with the shrivelled arm."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"Then He asked them, |Are we allowed to do good on the Sabbath, or to do evil? to save a  life, or to destroy one?| They remained silent."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"Grieved and indignant at the hardening of their hearts, He looked round on them with anger, and said to the man, |Stretch out your arm.| He stretched it out, and the arm was completely restored."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"But no sooner had the Pharisees left the synagogue than they held a consultation with the Herodians against Jesus, to devise some means of destroying Him."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"Accordingly Jesus withdrew with His disciples to the Lake, and a vast crowd of people from Galilee followed Him;"},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"and from Judaea and Jerusalem and Idumaea and from beyond the Jordan and from the district of Tyre and Sidon there came to Him a vast crowd, hearing of all that He was doing."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"So He gave directions to His disciples to keep a small boat in constant attendance on Him because of the throng--to prevent their crushing Him."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"For He had cured many of the people, so that all who had any ailments pressed upon Him, to touch Him."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"And the foul spirits, whenever they saw Him, threw themselves down at His feet, screaming out: |You are the Son of God.|"},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"But He many a time checked them, forbidding them to say who He was."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"Then He went up the hill; and those whom He Himself chose He called, and they came to Him."},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"He appointed  twelve of them, that they might be with Him, and that He might also send them to proclaim His Message,"},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"with authority to expel the demons."},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"These twelve were Simon (to whom He gave the surname of Peter)"},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"James the son of Zabdi and John the brother of James (these two He surnamed Boanerges, that is 'Sons of Thunder')"},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"Andrew, Philip, Bartholomew, Matthew, Thomas, James the son of Alphaeus, Thaddaeus, Simon the  Cananaean,"},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"and Judas Iscariot, the man who also betrayed Him."},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"And He  went into a house. But again the crowd assembled, so that there was no opportunity for them even  to snatch a meal."},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"Hearing of this,  His relatives came to seize Him by force, for they said, |He is out of his mind.|"},{"verseNumber":22,"text":"The Scribes, too, who had come down from Jerusalem said, |He has  Baal-zebul in him; and it is by the power of the Prince of the demons that he expels the demons.|"},{"verseNumber":23,"text":"So He called them to Him, and using figurative language He appealed to them, saying, |How is it possible for Satan to expel Satan?"},{"verseNumber":24,"text":"For if civil war breaks out in a kingdom, nothing can make that kingdom last;"},{"verseNumber":25,"text":"and if a family splits into parties, that family cannot continue."},{"verseNumber":26,"text":"So if Satan has risen in arms and has made war upon himself, stand he cannot, but meets his end."},{"verseNumber":27,"text":"Nay, no one can go into a strong man's house and carry off his property, unless he first binds the strong man, and then he will plunder his house."},{"verseNumber":28,"text":"In solemn truth I tell you that all their sins may be pardoned to the sons of men, and all their blasphemies, however they may have blasphemed;"},{"verseNumber":29,"text":"but whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit, he remains  for ever unabsolved: he is guilty of  a sin  of the Ages.|"},{"verseNumber":30,"text":"This was because they said, |He is possessed by a foul spirit.|"},{"verseNumber":31,"text":"By this time His mother and His brothers arrive, and standing  outside they send a message to Him to call Him."},{"verseNumber":32,"text":"Now a crowd was  sitting round Him; so they tell Him, |Your mother and your brothers and sisters are outside, inquiring for you.|"},{"verseNumber":33,"text":"|Who are my mother and my brothers?| He replied."},{"verseNumber":34,"text":"And, fixing His eyes on the people who were sitting round Him in a circle, He said,"},{"verseNumber":35,"text":"|Here are my mother and my brothers. For wherever there is one who has been obedient to God, there is my brother--my sister--and my mother.|"}],"citation":{"inline":"Mark 3 (WNT)","markdown":"[Mark 3](https://primebible.com/wnt/mark/3)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* WNT. https://primebible.com/wnt/mark/3 (accessed 2026-05-27)."}}