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          DASV: Mark 3    

1 Again Jesus entered the synagogue, and there was a man there
who had a withered hand.
2 They watched him, to see whether he would heal him on the Sabbath,
so that they might accuse him.
3 He said to the man who had the withered hand, "Come here."
4 Then he said to them, "Is it lawful on the Sabbath to do good,
or to do harm, to save life, or to kill?" But they were silent.
5 After he looked around at them in anger, being grieved at the
hardening of their heart, he said to the man, "Stretch out your
hand." He stretched it out, and his hand was restored.
6 Immediately the Pharisees went out, plotting with the Herodians
against him, how they might destroy him.

7 Then Jesus with his disciples withdrew to the sea, and a large
crowd followed him from Galilee, Judea,
8 Jerusalem, Idumea, and beyond the Jordan, and around Tyre
and Sidon, having heard what great things he did, they came
to him.
9 He spoke to his disciples and asked that a little boat be prepared
for him because of the crowd, so that they might not crush him.
10 For he healed many, so that as many as had diseases pushed upon
him in order that they might touch him.
11 Whenever the unclean spirits saw him, they fell down before him,
and cried, "You are the Son of God."
12 But he strictly ordered them that they should not make him known.

13 Then he went up the mountain, and called to him those he wanted,
and they came to him.
14 He appointed twelve, who he called apostles, so that they might
be with him, and that he might send them out to preach,
15 and to have authority to cast out demons.
16 The twelve he appointed were: Simon, who he called Peter,
17 James, the son of Zebedee, and John, the brother of James;
and he called them 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 betrayed him. Then he went home.
20 The crowd gathered again, so that they could not even eat.

21 Now when his family heard it, they wanted to get a hold of him,
for they said, "He is out of his mind."
22 Now the scribes that came down from Jerusalem said, "He is
possessed by Beelzebub, and by the prince of the demons he
casts out the demons."
23 So he called them to him, 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
cannot stand, but his end has come.
27 No one can enter into the house of the strong man, and plunder
his goods, except he first bind the strong man; and then he will
rob his house.
28 Truly I say to you, all sins will be forgiven for the children
of men, even blasphemies they speak.
29 But whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit will never be
forgiven, but is guilty of an eternal sin."
30 He said this because they said, "He has an unclean spirit."

31 Then his mother and his brothers came, and, standing outside,
they sent for him, summoning him.
32 A crowd was sitting around him, and they said to him, "Look,
your mother and your brothers are outside looking for you."
33 He answered them, "Who is my mother and my brothers?"
34 Looking around on those who were sitting around him, he said,
"Look, my mother and my brothers!
35 For whoever does the will of God, that one is my brother,
sister, and mother."

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