Mark 3

NEW AMERICAN BIBLE	CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN
1 Again he entered the synagogue. There was a man there who had a withered hand.	1 And again, he entered into the synagogue. And there was a man there who had a withered hand.
2 They watched him closely to see if he would cure him on the sabbath so that they might accuse him.	2 And they observed him, to see if he would cure on the Sabbaths, so that they might accuse him.
3 He said to the man with the withered hand, "Come up here before us."	3 And he said to the man who had the withered hand, “Stand up in the middle.”
4 Then he said to them, "Is it lawful to do good on the sabbath rather than to do evil, to save life rather than to destroy it?" But they remained silent.	4 And he said to them: “Is it lawful to do good on the Sabbaths, or to do evil, to give health to a life, or to destroy?” But they remained silent.
5 Looking around at them with anger and grieved at their hardness of heart, he said to the man, "Stretch out your hand." He stretched it out and his hand was restored.	5 And looking around at them with anger, being very saddened over the blindness of their hearts, he said to the man, “Extend your hand.” And he extended it, and his hand was restored to him.
6 The Pharisees went out and immediately took counsel with the Herodians against him to put him to death.	6 Then the Pharisees, going out, immediately took counsel with the Herodians against him, as to how they might destroy him.
7 Jesus withdrew toward the sea with his disciples. A large number of people (followed) from Galilee and from Judea.	7 But Jesus withdrew with his disciples to the sea. And a great crowd followed him from Galilee and Judea,
8 Hearing what he was doing, a large number of people came to him also from Jerusalem, from Idumea, from beyond the Jordan, and from the neighborhood of Tyre and Sidon.	8 and from Jerusalem, and from Idumea and across the Jordan. And those around Tyre and Sidon, upon hearing what he was doing, came to him in a great multitude.
9 He told his disciples to have a boat ready for him because of the crowd, so that they would not crush him.	9 And he told his disciples that a small boat would be useful to him, because of the crowd, lest they press upon him.
10 He had cured many and, as a result, those who had diseases were pressing upon him to touch him.	10 For he healed so many, that as many of them as had wounds would rush toward him in order to touch him.
11 And whenever unclean spirits saw him they would fall down before him and shout, "You are the Son of God."	11 And the unclean spirits, when they saw him, fell prostrate before him. And they cried out, saying,
12 He warned them sternly not to make him known.	12 “You are the Son of God.” And he strongly admonished them, lest they make him known.
13 He went up the mountain and summoned those whom he wanted and they came to him.	13 And ascending onto a mountain, he called to himself those whom he willed, and they came to him.
14 He appointed twelve (whom he also named apostles) that they might be with him and he might send them forth to preach	14 And he acted so that the twelve would be with him, and so that he might send them out to preach.
15 and to have authority to drive out demons:	15 And he gave them authority to cure infirmities, and to cast out demons:
16 (he appointed the twelve:) Simon, whom he named Peter;	16 and he imposed on Simon the name Peter;
17 James, son of Zebedee, and John the brother of James, whom he named Boanerges, that is, sons of thunder;	17 and also he imposed on James of Zebedee, and John the brother of James, the name ‘Boanerges,’ that is, ‘Sons of Thunder;’
18 Andrew, Philip, Bartholomew, Matthew, Thomas, James the son of Alphaeus; Thaddeus, Simon the Cananean,	18 and Andrew, and Philip, and Bartholomew, and Matthew, and Thomas, and James of Alphaeus, and Thaddeus, and Simon the Canaanite,
19 and Judas Iscariot who betrayed him.	19 and Judas Iscariot, who also betrayed him.
20 He came home. Again (the) crowd gathered, making it impossible for them even to eat.	20 And they went to a house, and the crowd gathered together again, so much so that they were not even able to eat bread.
21 When his relatives heard of this they set out to seize him, for they said, "He is out of his mind."	21 And when his own had heard of it, they went out to take hold of him. For they said: “Because he has gone mad.”
22 The scribes who had come from Jerusalem said, "He is possessed by Beelzebul," and "By the prince of demons he drives out demons."	22 And the scribes who had descended from Jerusalem said, “Because he has Beelzebub, and because by the prince of demons does he cast out demons.”
23 Summoning them, he began to speak to them in parables, "How can Satan drive out Satan?	23 And having called them together, he spoke to them in parables: “How can Satan cast out Satan?
24 If a kingdom is divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand.	24 For if a kingdom is divided against itself, that kingdom is not able to stand.
25 And if a house is divided against itself, that house will not be able to stand.	25 And if a house is divided against itself, that house is not able to stand.
26 And if Satan has risen up against himself and is divided, he cannot stand; that is the end of him.	26 And if Satan has risen up against himself, he would be divided, and he would not be able to stand; instead he reaches the end.
27 But no one can enter a strong man's house to plunder his property unless he first ties up the strong man. Then he can plunder his house.	27 No one is able to plunder the goods of a strong man, having entered into the house, unless he first binds the strong man, and then he shall plunder his house.
28 Amen, I say to you, all sins and all blasphemies that people utter will be forgiven them.	28 Amen I say to you, that all sins will be forgiven the sons of men, and the blasphemies by which they will have blasphemed.
29 But whoever blasphemes against the holy Spirit will never have forgiveness, but is guilty of an everlasting sin."	29 But he who will have blasphemed against the Holy Spirit shall not have forgiveness in eternity; instead he shall be guilty of an eternal offense.”
30 For they had said, "He has an unclean spirit."	30 For they said: “He has an unclean spirit.”
31 His mother and his brothers arrived. Standing outside they sent word to him and called him.	31 And his mother and brothers arrived. And standing outside, they sent to him, calling him.
32 A crowd seated around him told him, "Your mother and your brothers (and your sisters) are outside asking for you."	32 And the crowd was sitting around him. And they said to him, “Behold, your mother and your brothers are outside, seeking you.”
33 But he said to them in reply, "Who are my mother and (my) brothers?"	33 And responding to them, he said, “Who is my mother and my brothers?”
34 And looking around at those seated in the circle he said, "Here are my mother and my brothers.	34 And looking around at those who were sitting all around him, he said: “Behold, my mother and my brothers.
35 (For) whoever does the will of God is my brother and sister and mother."	35 For whoever has done the will of God, the same is my brother, and my sister and mother.”