Mark 3 - Christian Standard Bible（CSB）

1Jesus  entered the synagogue  again, and a man was there who had a shriveled  hand.

2In order to accuse  him, they were watching him closely  to see whether he would heal  him on the Sabbath. 

3He told the man with the shriveled hand, “Stand before us.”

4Then he said to them, “Is it lawful   to do good   on the Sabbath or to do evil,   to save life   or to kill? ”   But they were silent. 

5After looking around at them with anger,  he was grieved at the hardness  of their hearts and told the man, “Stretch out your hand.” So he stretched it out, and his hand was restored. 

6Immediately the Pharisees  went out and started plotting  with the Herodians  against him, how they might kill  him.

Ministering to the Multitude

7Jesus  departed with his disciples to the sea, and a large crowd followed from Galilee,  and a large crowd followed from Judea, 

8Jerusalem,  Idumea, beyond the Jordan,  and around Tyre  and Sidon.  The large crowd came to him because they heard about everything he was doing.

9Then he told his disciples to have a small boat  ready for him, so that the crowd wouldn’t crush him.

10Since he had healed  many, all who had diseases were pressing toward him to touch  him.

11Whenever the unclean  spirits  saw him, they fell down  before him and cried out, “You are the Son of God! ” 

12And he would strongly warn  them not to make him known.  The Twelve Apostles

13Jesus  went up the mountain  and summoned those he wanted, and they came to him.

14He appointed twelve, whom he also named apostles,  ,

to be with him, to send them out to preach, 

15and to have authority to  drive out demons.

16He appointed the Twelve:  ,

To Simon,  he gave the name Peter; 

17and to James  the son of Zebedee,  and to his brother John,  he gave the name “Boanerges” (that is, “Sons of Thunder”  );

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

19and Judas Iscariot,  who also betrayed him.

A House Divided

20Jesus entered a house, and the crowd gathered again so that they were not even able to eat. 

21When his family  heard this, they set out to restrain him, because they said, “He’s out of his mind.” 

22The scribes  who had come down from Jerusalem said, “He is possessed by Beelzebul,”  and, “He drives out  demons  by the ruler  of the demons.” 

23So he summoned  them and spoke to them in parables:  “How can Satan   drive out Satan?  

24If a kingdom   is divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand.

25If a house is divided against itself, that house cannot stand.

26And if Satan opposes himself and is divided, he cannot stand but is finished.

27But no one can enter a strong man’s house and plunder his possessions unless he first ties up   the strong man. Then he can plunder his house.

28 “Truly I tell you, people will be forgiven for all sins and whatever blasphemies   they utter.

29But whoever blasphemes   against the Holy Spirit never has forgiveness,   but is guilty   of an eternal sin”   ,

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30because they were saying, “He has an unclean spirit.”  True Relationships

31His  mother  and his brothers  came, and standing outside, they sent word to him and called him.

32A crowd was sitting around him and told him, “Look, your mother, your brothers,  and your sisters  are outside asking for you.”

33He replied to them, “Who are my mother and my brothers? ”

34Looking at those sitting in a circle around him, he said, “Here are my mother and my brothers!  

35Whoever does the will of God   is my brother and sister and mother.”