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UST MARK Chapter 3

3 On another Jewish day of rest, Jesus again went into a Jewish meeting place. There was a man there whose hand was shriveled. 2 Some men of the Pharisee sect watched him carefully to see whether he would heal the man on the day of rest, for they wanted to be able to accuse him of doing something wrong. 3 Jesus said to the man whose hand was shriveled, “Stand up here in front of everyone!” So the man stood up. 4 Then Jesus said to the people, “Do the laws that God gave Moses permit people to do good on the day of rest, or to do evil? Do the laws permit us to save a person’s life on the day of rest, or permit us to refuse to help a person and let them die?” But they did not reply. 5 He looked around at them angrily. He was very disappointed that they were stubborn and not willing to help the man. So he said to the man, “Extend your hand!” When the man extended his shriveled hand, it became healthy again! 6 The Pharisees left the meeting place. They immediately met with some of the Jews who supported Herod Antipas, who ruled the region of Galilee. Together they planned how they could kill Jesus.

7 Jesus and his disciples left that town and went to an area further along the Sea of Galilee. A great crowd of people followed him. The people that followed him came from the regions of Galilee and Judea, 8 from the city of Jerusalem, from the region of Idumea, from the region on the east side of the Jordan River, and from the region around the cities of Tyre and Sidon. They all came to Jesus because they had heard about what he was doing.9-10 9-10Because he had healed many people, many other people who had various illnesses pushed forward in order to touch him. They believed that if they only touched him, that touch would make them well. So he told his disciples that they should get a small boat ready for him in order that the crowd would not crush him when they pushed forward to touch him. 11 Whenever the evil spirits saw Jesus, they caused the people whom they controlled to fall down in front of Jesus and call out to him, “You are the Son of God!” 12 Jesus commanded the evil spirits strongly that they must not tell anyone who he was.

13 Jesus went up into the hills. There, he summoned those that he wanted to go with him, and they followed him. 14 He appointed twelve men to travel with him, whom also he would send out to preach. He called them his special representatives. 15 He also gave them power to be able to force evil spirits to come out from people. 16 And Jesus appointed the Twelve Representatives. He appointed Simon and gave him a new name, Peter. 17 And along with Peter, Jesus also appointed James the son of Zebedee, and John the brother of James. He gave both of them the new name, ‘Men Who Are Like Thunder’ because of their fiery zeal; 18 and he appointed Andrew, Philip, Bartholomew, Matthew, Thomas, and James who was the son of Alphaeus; and he appointed Thaddaeus, Simon the Zealot, 19 and Judas Iscariot (who later caused him to get arrested).

20 Jesus and his apprentices went to a house. Again a crowd gathered where he was staying. Many people crowded around him. He and his apprentices did not even have time to eat. 21 When his relatives heard about this, they went to take him home with them, because some people were saying that he was insane.

22 Some men who taught the Jewish laws came downhill from the city of Jerusalem. They heard that Jesus was forcing evil spirits to come out of people. So they were telling people, “Beelzebul, who rules the evil spirits, controls Jesus. He is the one who gives Jesus the power to force evil spirits out from people!” 23 So Jesus summoned those men over to himself. Jesus spoke to them in parables and said, “How can Satan expel Satan? 24 If people who live in the same country are fighting against one another, their country will cease to be a united country. 25 And if people who live in the same house fight each other, they will certainly not remain united as one family. 26 Similarly, if Satan and his evil spirits were fighting one another, instead of remaining strong, he would become powerless. 27 No one can go into the house of a strong man and take his possessions away from him unless he first ties up the strong man. Only then will he be able to steal the things in that man’s house.” 28 Jesus also said, “Consider this carefully! People may sin in many ways, and they may speak evil about God, yet God can still forgive them. 29 But if anyone speaks evil words about the Holy Spirit, God will never forgive them. That person is eternally guilty of sin.”

30 Jesus told them this because they were saying, “An evil spirit is controlling him!”

31 Jesus’ mother and younger siblings came to where Jesus was teaching. While they stood outside, they sent someone inside to tell Jesus to come to them. 32 A crowd was sitting around Jesus. Some of them said to him, “Listen! Your mother and younger siblings are outside. They want to see you.” 33 Jesus asked them, “Who is my mother? Who are my siblings?” 34 After he looked around at those who sat with him, he said, “Look here! You are my mother and my siblings. 35 For those who do what God wants are my brother, my sister, or my mother!”

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