Mark 3:1-9 ▼

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,