Mark 3

KING JAMES BIBLE	NEW JERUSALEM
1 And he entered again into the synagogue; and there was a man there which had a withered hand.	1 Another time he went into the synagogue, and there was a man present whose hand was withered.
2 And they watched him, whether he would heal him on the sabbath day; that they might accuse him.	2 And they were watching him to see if he would cure him on the Sabbath day, hoping for something tocharge him with.
3 And he saith unto the man which had the withered hand, Stand forth.	3 He said to the man with the withered hand, 'Get up and stand in the middle!'
4 And he saith unto them, Is it lawful to do good on the sabbath days, or to do evil? to save life, or to kill? But they held their peace.	4 Then he said to them, 'Is it permitted on the Sabbath day to do good, or to do evil; to save life, or to kil ?'But they said nothing.
5 And when he had looked round about on them with anger, being grieved for the hardness of their hearts, he saith unto the man, Stretch forth thine hand. And he stretched it out: and his hand was restored whole as the other.	5 Then he looked angrily round at them, grieved to find them so obstinate, and said to the man, 'Stretchout your hand.' He stretched it out and his hand was restored.
6 And the Pharisees went forth, and straightway took counsel with the Herodians against him, how they might destroy him.	6 The Pharisees went out and began at once to plot with the Herodians against him, discussing how todestroy him.
7 But Jesus withdrew himself with his disciples to the sea: and a great multitude from Galilee followed him, and from Judaea,	7 Jesus withdrew with his disciples to the lakeside, and great crowds from Galilee fol owed him. FromJudaea,
8 And from Jerusalem, and from Idumaea, and from beyond Jordan; and they about Tyre and Sidon, a great multitude, when they had heard what great things he did, came unto him.	8 and from Jerusalem, and from Idumaea and Transjordan and the region of Tyre and Sidon, greatnumbers who had heard of al he was doing came to him.
9 And he spake to his disciples, that a small ship should wait on him because of the multitude, lest they should throng him.	9 And he asked his disciples to have a boat ready for him because of the crowd, to keep him from beingcrushed.
10 For he had healed many; insomuch that they pressed upon him for to touch him, as many as had plagues.	10 For he had cured so many that al who were afflicted in any way were crowding forward to touch him.
11 And unclean spirits, when they saw him, fell down before him, and cried, saying, Thou art the Son of God.	11 And the unclean spirits, whenever they saw him, would fal down before him and shout, 'You are theSon of God!'
12 And he straitly charged them that they should not make him known.	12 But he warned them strongly not to make him known.
13 And he goeth up into a mountain, and calleth unto him whom he would: and they came unto him.	13 He now went up onto the mountain and summoned those he wanted. So they came to him
14 And he ordained twelve, that they should be with him, and that he might send them forth to preach,	14 and he appointed twelve; they were to be his companions and to be sent out to proclaim the message,
15 And to have power to heal sicknesses, and to cast out devils:	15 with power to drive out devils.
16 And Simon he surnamed Peter;	16 And so he appointed the Twelve, Simon to whom he gave the name Peter,
17 And James the son of Zebedee, and John the brother of James; and he surnamed them Boanerges, which is, The sons of thunder:	17 James the son of Zebedee and John the brother of James, to whom he gave the name Boanerges or'Sons of Thunder';
18 And Andrew, and Philip, and Bartholomew, and Matthew, and Thomas, and James the son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus, and Simon the Canaanite,	18 Andrew, Philip, Bartholomew, Matthew, Thomas, James the son of Alphaeus, Thaddaeus, Simon theZealot
19 And Judas Iscariot, which also betrayed him: and they went into an house.	19 and Judas Iscariot, the man who was to betray him.
20 And the multitude cometh together again, so that they could not so much as eat bread.	20 He went home again, and once more such a crowd col ected that they could not even have a meal.
21 And when his friends heard of it, they went out to lay hold on him: for they said, He is beside himself.	21 When his relations heard of this, they set out to take charge of him; they said, 'He is out of his mind.'
22 And the scribes which came down from Jerusalem said, He hath Beelzebub, and by the prince of the devils casteth he out devils.	22 The scribes who had come down from Jerusalem were saying, 'Beelzebul is in him,' and, 'It is throughthe prince of devils that he drives devils out.'
23 And he called them unto him, and said unto them in parables, How can Satan cast out Satan?	23 So he cal ed them to him and spoke to them in parables,
24 And if a kingdom be divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand.	24 'How can Satan drive out Satan? If a kingdom is divided against itself, that kingdom cannot last.
25 And if a house be divided against itself, that house cannot stand.	25 And if a household is divided against itself, that household can never last.
26 And if Satan rise up against himself, and be divided, he cannot stand, but hath an end.	26 Now if Satan has rebel ed against himself and is divided, he cannot last either -- it is the end of him.
27 No man can enter into a strong man's house, and spoil his goods, except he will first bind the strong man; and then he will spoil his house.	27 But no one can make his way into a strong man's house and plunder his property unless he has firsttied up the strong man. Only then can he plunder his house.
28 Verily I say unto you, All sins shall be forgiven unto the sons of men, and blasphemies wherewith soever they shall blaspheme:	28 'In truth I tel you, al human sins will be forgiven, and al the blasphemies ever uttered;
29 But he that shall blaspheme against the Holy Ghost hath never forgiveness, but is in danger of eternal damnation:	29 but anyone who blasphemes against the Holy Spirit will never be forgiven, but is guilty of an eternalsin.'
30 Because they said, He hath an unclean spirit.	30 This was because they were saying, 'There is an unclean spirit in him.'
31 There came then his brethren and his mother, and, standing without, sent unto him, calling him.	31 Now his mother and his brothers arrived and, standing outside, sent in a message asking for him.
32 And the multitude sat about him, and they said unto him, Behold, thy mother and thy brethren without seek for thee.	32 A crowd was sitting round him at the time the message was passed to him, 'Look, your mother andbrothers and sisters are outside asking for you.'
33 And he answered them, saying, Who is my mother, or my brethren?	33 He replied, 'Who are my mother and my brothers?'
34 And he looked round about on them which sat about him, and said, Behold my mother and my brethren!	34 And looking at those sitting in a circle round him, he said, 'Here are my mother and my brothers.
35 For whosoever shall do the will of God, the same is my brother, and my sister, and mother.	35 Anyone who does the wil of God, that person is my brother and sister and mother.'