Mark 3:1-14 ▼

1 And He entered again into the synagogue, and there was there a man having the hand withered,

2 and they were watching Him, whether on the Sabbaths He will heal him, that they might accuse Him.

3 And He says to the man having the hand withered, “Rise up in the midst.”

4 And He says to them, “Is it lawful on the Sabbaths to do good, or to do evil? To save life, or to kill?” But they were silent.

5 And having looked around on them with anger, being grieved for the hardness of their heart, He says to the man, “Stretch forth your hand”; and he stretched forth, and his hand was restored whole as the other;

6 and the Pharisees having gone forth, immediately, with the Herodians, were taking counsel against Him how they might destroy Him.

7 And Jesus withdrew with His disciples to the sea, and a great multitude from Galilee followed Him, and from Judea,

8 and from Jerusalem, and from Idumea and beyond the Jordan; and they around Tyre and Sidon—a great multitude—having heard how He was doing great things, came to Him.

9 And He said to His disciples that a little boat may wait on Him, because of the multitude, that they may not press on Him,

10 for He healed many, so that they threw themselves on Him, in order to touch Him—as many as had plagues;

11 and the unclean spirits, when they were seeing Him, were falling down before Him, and were crying, saying, “You are the Son of God”;

12 and many times He was charging them that they might not make Him apparent.

13 And He goes up to the mountain, and calls near whom He willed, and they went away to Him;

14 and He appointed twelve, that they may be with Him, and that He may send them forth to preach,