Mark 3:1-24 ▼

1 Another time he entred into the synagogue, when a man was there who had a withered hand.

2 the Pharisees watched Jesus, to see if he would heal him on the sabbath-day, that so they might accuse him.

3 he said then to the man who had the withered hand, rise and stand there in the midst.

4 and he ask'd them, is it allowed to do good, or to do mischief on the sabbath-days? to save life, or to kill? but they were very silent.

5 then he looking with indignation at those about him, being concern'd at their disingenuous perverse temper, he said to the man, stretch out your hand, which he did, and his hand become sound.

6 upon this the Pharisees withdrew, and immediately enter'd into a conspiracy with the Herodians to take away his life.

7 But Jesus retired with his disciples towards the sea: where a great multitude followed him from Galilee, from Judea,

8 from Jerusalem, and from Idumea, and the territory about Jordan, a considerable number of the inhabitants about Tyre and Sidon having heard of his great actions, came likewise to meet him.

9 wherefore, to avoid the inconveniences of the crowd, he order'd his disciples to get a small vessel ready to attend him.

10 for having healed abundance of people, all that were afflicted with any grievous distemper pressed upon him to touch him.

11 and when the impure spirits saw him, they threw themselves at his feet, crying out, "thou art the son of God."

12 but he strictly charged them, not to make him known.

13 At length he went up a mountain, and having appointed a select company to attend him, they came to him.

14 then he chose twelve of them to be near his person, and afterwards to be gospel-missionaries.

15 with full power to heal diseases, and dispossess demons.

16 these were Simon, whom he sirnam'd Peter, James the son of Zebedee,

17 and John the brother of James, (whom he had named Boanerges, that is to say, sons of thunder.)

18 Andrew, Philip, Bartholomew, Matthew, Thomas, James the son of Alpheus, Thaddeus, Simon the Canaanite,

19 and Judas Iscariot, who betrayed him.

20 After this they went into an house, and the crowd press'd again upon them, so as to hinder them from taking their meal.

21 when his relations heard of this, they went to his relief, for it was said, he fainted away.

22 Some Scribes, who were come from Jerusalem, said, he is confederate with Beelzebub, the prince of the demons enables him to dispossess demons.

23 but calling them to him, he said by way of similitude, how can satan dispossess satan?

24 if a kingdom be divided against it self, that kingdom cannot last.