Mark 3, side by side

¹Once again Jesus entered the synagogue, and a man with a withered hand was there.

¹And he entered again into the synagogue; and there was a man there which had a withered hand.

²In order to accuse Jesus, they were watching to see if He would heal on the Sabbath.

²And they watched him, whether he would heal him on the sabbath day; that they might accuse him.

³Then Jesus said to the man with the withered hand, “Stand up among us.”

³And he saith unto the man which had the withered hand, Stand forth.

⁴And He asked them, “Which is lawful on the Sabbath: to do good or to do evil, to save life or to destroy it?” But they were silent.

⁴And he saith unto them, Is it lawful to do good on the sabbath days, or to do evil? to save life, or to kill? But they held their peace.

⁵Jesus looked around at them with anger and sorrow at their hardness of heart. Then He said to the man, “Stretch out your hand.” So he stretched it out, and it was restored.

⁵And when he had looked round about on them with anger, being grieved for the hardness of their hearts, he saith unto the man, Stretch forth thine hand. And he stretched it out: and his hand was restored whole as the other.

⁶At this, the Pharisees went out and began plotting with the Herodians how they might kill Jesus.

⁶And the Pharisees went forth, and straightway took counsel with the Herodians against him, how they might destroy him.

⁷So Jesus withdrew with His disciples to the sea, accompanied by a large crowd from Galilee, Judea,

⁷But Jesus withdrew himself with his disciples to the sea: and a great multitude from Galilee followed him, and from Judaea,

⁸Jerusalem, Idumea, the region beyond the Jordan, and the vicinity of Tyre and Sidon. The large crowd came to Him when they heard what great things He was doing.

⁸And from Jerusalem, and from Idumaea, and from beyond Jordan; and they about Tyre and Sidon, a great multitude, when they had heard what great things he did, came unto him.

⁹Jesus asked His disciples to have a boat ready for Him so that the crowd would not crush Him.

⁹And he spake to his disciples, that a small ship should wait on him because of the multitude, lest they should throng him.

¹⁰For He had healed so many that all who had diseases were pressing forward to touch Him.

¹⁰For he had healed many; insomuch that they pressed upon him for to touch him, as many as had plagues.

¹¹And when the unclean spirits saw Him, they fell down before Him and cried out, “You are the Son of God!”

¹¹And unclean spirits, when they saw him, fell down before him, and cried, saying, Thou art the Son of God.

¹²But He warned them sternly not to make Him known.

¹²And he straitly charged them that they should not make him known.

¹³Then Jesus went up on the mountain and called for those He wanted, and they came to Him.

¹³And he goeth up into a mountain, and calleth unto him whom he would: and they came unto him.

¹⁴He appointed twelve of them, whom He designated as apostles, to accompany Him, to be sent out to preach,

¹⁴And he ordained twelve, that they should be with him, and that he might send them forth to preach,

¹⁵and to have authority to drive out demons.

¹⁵And to have power to heal sicknesses, and to cast out devils:

¹⁶These are the twelve He appointed: Simon (whom He named Peter),

¹⁶And Simon he surnamed Peter;

¹⁷James son of Zebedee and his brother John (whom He named Boanerges, meaning “Sons of Thunder”),

¹⁷And James the son of Zebedee, and John the brother of James; and he surnamed them Boanerges, which is, The sons of thunder:

¹⁸Andrew, Philip, Bartholomew, Matthew, Thomas, James son of Alphaeus, Thaddaeus, Simon the Zealot,

¹⁸And Andrew, and Philip, and Bartholomew, and Matthew, and Thomas, and James the son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus, and Simon the Canaanite,

¹⁹and Judas Iscariot, who betrayed Jesus.

¹⁹And Judas Iscariot, which also betrayed him: and they went into an house.

²⁰Then Jesus went home, and once again a crowd gathered, so that He and His disciples could not even eat.

²⁰And the multitude cometh together again, so that they could not so much as eat bread.

²¹When His family heard about this, they went out to take custody of Him, saying, “He is out of His mind.”

²¹And when his friends heard of it, they went out to lay hold on him: for they said, He is beside himself.

²²And the scribes who had come down from Jerusalem were saying, “He is possessed by Beelzebul,” and, “By the prince of the demons He drives out demons.”

²²And the scribes which came down from Jerusalem said, He hath Beelzebub, and by the prince of the devils casteth he out devils.

²³So Jesus called them together and began to speak to them in parables: “How can Satan drive out Satan?

²³And he called them unto him, and said unto them in parables, How can Satan cast out Satan?

²⁴If a kingdom is divided against itself, it cannot stand.

²⁴And if a kingdom be divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand.

²⁵If a house is divided against itself, it cannot stand.

²⁵And if a house be divided against itself, that house cannot stand.

²⁶And if Satan is divided and rises against himself, he cannot stand; his end has come.

²⁶And if Satan rise up against himself, and be divided, he cannot stand, but hath an end.

²⁷Indeed, no one can enter a strong man’s house to steal his possessions unless he first ties up the strong man. Then he can plunder his house.

²⁷No man can enter into a strong man’s house, and spoil his goods, except he will first bind the strong man; and then he will spoil his house.

²⁸Truly I tell you, the sons of men will be forgiven all sins and blasphemies, as many as they utter.

²⁸Verily I say unto you, All sins shall be forgiven unto the sons of men, and blasphemies wherewith soever they shall blaspheme:

²⁹But whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit will never be forgiven; he is guilty of eternal sin.”

²⁹But he that shall blaspheme against the Holy Ghost hath never forgiveness, but is in danger of eternal damnation:

³⁰Jesus made this statement because they were saying, “He has an unclean spirit.”

³⁰Because they said, He hath an unclean spirit.

³¹Then Jesus’ mother and brothers came and stood outside. They sent someone in to summon Him,

³¹There came then his brethren and his mother, and, standing without, sent unto him, calling him.

³²and a crowd was sitting around Him. “Look,” He was told, “Your mother and brothers are outside, asking for You.”

³²And the multitude sat about him, and they said unto him, Behold, thy mother and thy brethren without seek for thee.

³³But Jesus replied, “Who are My mother and My brothers?”

³³And he answered them, saying, Who is my mother, or my brethren?

³⁴Looking at those seated in a circle around Him, He said, “Here are My mother and My brothers!

³⁴And he looked round about on them which sat about him, and said, Behold my mother and my brethren!

³⁵For whoever does the will of God is My brother and sister and mother.”

³⁵For whosoever shall do the will of God, the same is my brother, and my sister, and mother.