Mark 3:6-35

6 The Pharisees went out and immediately began conspiring with the ¹Herodians against Him, as to how they might destroy Him.

7 ²Jesus withdrew to the sea with His disciples; and ³a great multitude from Galilee followed; and also from Judea,

8 and from Jerusalem, and from ⁴Idumea, and beyond the Jordan, and the vicinity of ⁵Tyre and Sidon, a great number of people heard of all that He was doing and came to Him.

9 ⁶And He told His disciples that a boat should stand ready for Him because of the crowd, so that they would not crowd Him;

10 for He had ⁷healed many, with the result that all those who had ⁸afflictions pressed around Him in order to ⁹touch Him.

11 Whenever the unclean spirits saw Him, they would fall down before Him and shout, "You are ¹⁰the Son of God!"

12 And He ¹¹earnestly warned them not to tell who He was.

The Twelve Are Chosen

13 And He went up on ¹²the mountain and ¹³summoned those whom He Himself wanted, and they came to Him.

14 And He appointed twelve, so that they would be with Him and that He could send them out to preach,

15 and to have authority to cast out the demons.

16 And He appointed the twelve: ¹⁴Simon (to whom He gave the name Peter ),

17 and James, the son of Zebedee, and John the brother of James (to them He gave the name Boanerges, which means, "Sons of Thunder ");

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

19 and Judas Iscariot, who betrayed Him.

20 And He came ¹⁵home, and the ¹⁶crowd gathered again, ¹⁷to such an extent that they could not even eat a meal.

21 When ¹⁸His own people heard of this, they went out to take custody of Him; for they were saying, "¹⁹He has lost His senses."

22 The scribes who came down ²⁰from Jerusalem were saying, "He is possessed by ²¹Beelzebul," and "²²He casts out the demons by the ruler of the demons."

23 ²³And He called them to Himself and began speaking to them in ²⁴parables, "How can ²⁵Satan 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 will not be able to stand.

26 "If ²⁶Satan has risen up against himself and is divided, he cannot * stand, but he is finished!

27 "²⁷But no one can enter the strong man's house and plunder his property unless * he first binds the strong man, and then he will plunder his house.

28 "²⁸Truly I say to you, all sins shall be forgiven the sons of men, and whatever * blasphemies they utter;

29 but ²⁹whoever * blasphemes against the Holy Spirit never * * has forgiveness, but is guilty of an eternal sin "-

30 because they were saying, "He has an unclean spirit."

31 ³⁰Then His mother and His brothers arrived, and standing outside they sent word to Him and called Him.

32 A crowd was sitting around Him, and they said to Him, "Behold, Your mother and Your brothers are outside looking for You."

33 Answering them, He said, "Who are My mother and My brothers?"

34 Looking about at those who were sitting around * Him, He said, "³¹Behold My mother and My brothers!

35 "For whoever * ³²does the will of God, he is My brother and sister and mother."

Cross References

• 1. Matthew 22:16; Mark 12:13
• 2. Mark 3:7-12: {Matthew 12:15, 16; Luke 6:17-19}
• 3. Matthew 4:25; Luke 6:17
• 4. Joshua 15:1, 21; Ezekiel 35:15; Ezekiel 36:5
• 5. Matthew 11:21
• 6. Mark 4:1; Luke 5:1-3
• 7. Matthew 4:23
• 8. Mark 5:29, 34; Luke 7:21
• 9. Matthew 9:21; Matthew 14:36; Mark 6:56; Mark 8:22
• 10. Matthew 4:3
• 11. Matthew 8:4
• 12. Matthew 5:1; Luke 6:12
• 13. Matthew 10:1; Mark 6:7; Luke 9:1
• 14. Mark 3:16-19: {Matthew 10:2-4; Luke 6:14-16;} Acts 1:13
• 15. Mark 2:1; Mark 7:17; Mark 9:28
• 16. Mark 1:45; Mark 3:7
• 17. Mark 6:31
• 18. Mark 3:31
• 19. John 10:20; Acts 26:24
• 20. Matthew 15:1
• 21. Matthew 10:25; Matthew 11:18
• 22. Matthew 9:34
• 23. Mark 3:23-27: {Matthew 12:25-29; Luke 11:17-22}
• 24. Matthew 13:3f; Mark 4:2f
• 25. Matthew 4:10
• 26. Matthew 4:10
• 27. Isaiah 49:24, 25
• 28. Matthew 12:31, 32; Mark 3:28-30; Luke 12:10
• 29. Luke 12:10
• 30. Mark 3:31-35: {Matthew 12:46-50; Luke 8:19-21}
• 31. Matthew 12:49
• 32. Ephesians 6:6; Hebrews 10:36; 1 Peter 4:2; 1 John 2:17

Footnotes

• [a]. Lit "giving counsel"
• [b]. Lit "make Him known"
• [c]. Or "Jacob"
• [d]. Or "Jacob"
• [e]. Or "Jacob"
• [f]. Or "Cananaean"
• [g]. Lit "into a house"
• [h]. Lit "bread"
• [i]. Or "kinsmen"
• [j]. Or "Beezebul;" others read "Beelzebub"
• [k]. Lit "he has an end"