# Mark 3

> Lumin Translation

Source: https://www.lumin.faith/read/mark/3

Translated from Hebrew and Greek with AI, then checked for clarity and fidelity.

1. He entered the synagogue again, and there was a man there with a withered hand.
2. And they watched him to see whether he would heal him on the Sabbath, so that they might accuse him.
3. And he said to the man with the withered hand, "Rise into the midst."
4. He said to them, "Is it lawful on the Sabbath to do good or to do evil, to save a life or to kill?" But they were silent.
5. And looking around at them with anger, grieved over the hardening of their hearts, he said to the man, "Stretch out your hand." And he stretched it out, and his hand was restored.
6. And the Pharisees went out and immediately plotted with the Herodians against him, how they might destroy him.
7. And Jesus withdrew with his disciples to the sea, and a great multitude from Galilee followed, and from Judea.
8. And from Jerusalem and Idumea and beyond the Jordan and around Tyre and Sidon came a great multitude, hearing what great things he was doing, to him.
9. And he told his disciples that a boat should wait ready by him because of the crowd, lest they throng him.
10. For he had healed many, so that all who had plagues pressed upon him to touch him.
11. And the unclean spirits, whenever they saw him, fell before him and cried out, saying, "You are the Son of God."
12. And he sternly warned them not to make him known.
13. He went up the mountain and called to himself those whom he wanted, and they went to him.
14. And he appointed twelve, that they might be with him and that he might send them to preach.
15. and to have authority to cast out the demons.
16. And he appointed the twelve and gave Simon the name Peter.
17. And James son of Zebedee and John the brother of James, and he put names on them, Boanerges, which is Sons of Thunder.
18. and Andrew, Philip, Bartholomew, Matthew, Thomas, James son of Alphaeus, Thaddaeus, and Simon the Zealot.
19. and Judas Iscariot, who also handed him over.
20. He came home, and the crowd gathered together again, so that they could not even eat bread.
21. And when his relatives heard, they went out to seize him, for they said he had lost his mind.
22. And the scribes who came down from Jerusalem said, "He has Beelzebul, and by the prince of the demons he drives out the demons."
23. He called them to himself and said to them in parables, "How can Satan cast out Satan?"
24. And 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 cannot stand.
26. And if Satan rises up against himself and is divided, he cannot stand, but has an end.
27. But no one can enter the strong man's house to plunder his goods unless he first binds the strong man; then he will plunder his house.
28. Amen, I say to you, that all sins will be forgiven the sons of men, and blasphemies, whatever they blaspheme.
29. But whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit has no forgiveness forever, but is guilty of eternal sin.
30. because they were saying that he has an unclean spirit.
31. His mother and brothers came, and standing outside, they sent to him, calling him.
32. A crowd was sitting around him, and they said to him, "Look, your mother and your brothers are outside seeking you."
33. And he answered them, saying, "Who is my mother or my brothers?"
34. And looking around at those sitting around him, he said, "Behold, my mother and my brothers!"
35. For whoever does God's will, that one is my brother, sister, and mother.

## Nearby chapters

[Mark 2](https://www.lumin.faith/read/mark/2.md)
[Mark 4](https://www.lumin.faith/read/mark/4.md)

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