5.
Caring for the relief of the suffering one rather than for the ritual of religion
3:1-6
Mark 3
:1
3:1
1And He entered again into the synagogue; and there was a
aman there who had a withered hand.
Mark 3
:2
3:2
And they were
awatching Him closely
to see if He would heal him on the
bSabbath, so that they might
caccuse Him.
Mark 3
:3
3:3
And He said to the man who had the withered hand, Rise
and stand in the midst.
Mark 3
:4
3:4
And He said to them, Is it
alawful on the Sabbath to do good or to do evil, to
1save 2life or to kill? But they remained silent.
Mark 3
:5
3:5
And alooking around at them with
1anger and being greatly grieved with the
bhardness of their heart, He said to the man,
cStretch out your hand. And he stretched
it out, and his hand was
2restored.
Mark 3
:6
3:6
And the
1Pharisees went out and
aimmediately took
bcounsel with the
cHerodians against Him
as to how they might
ddestroy Him.
C.
Auxiliary acts of the gospel service
3:7-35
1.
Avoiding the crowd
vv. 7-12
Mark 3
:7
3:7
And Jesus withdrew with His disciples to the
asea, and a great multitude from Galilee
bfollowed; and from Judea
Mark 3
:8
3:8
And from Jerusalem and from Idumea and beyond the Jordan and around
aTyre and Sidon, a great
bmultitude, hearing what things He did, came to Him.
Mark 3
:9
3:9
And He told His disciples to have a little
1aboat ready near Him because of the crowd, so that they would not
bthrong Him;
Mark 3
:10
3:10
For He
1healed many, so that as many as had
2aafflictions 3pressed toward Him to
btouch Him.
Mark 3
:11
3:11
And the
aunclean spirits, when they beheld Him, fell before Him and
bcried out, saying, You are the
cSon of God!
Mark 3
:12
3:12
And He
1charged them many times
anot to make Him known.
2.
Appointing the apostles
vv. 13-19
Mark 3
:13
3:13
And He went up to the mountain and
acalled to
Him those whom He Himself wanted, and they went to Him.
Mark 3
:14
3:14
And He
1appointed 2twelve,
3whom He also named apostles, so that they might be with Him and that He might send them to
4preach
Mark 3
:15
3:15
And to have the
aauthority to
1cast out the demons.
Mark 3
:16
3:16
1And He appointed the
atwelve: and to Simon He
2gave the name
bPeter;
Mark 3
:17
3:17
And James the
son of
aZebedee, and
bJohn the brother of James, and He gave them the name,
1Boanerges, that is, Sons of Thunder;
Mark 3
:18
3:18
And Andrew, and Philip, and Bartholomew, and
aMatthew, and Thomas, and James the
son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus, and Simon the Cananaean,
Mark 3
:19
3:19
And aJudas Iscariot, who also
1betrayed Him.
3.
Not eating because of the need
vv. 20-21
Mark 3
:20
3:20
And 1He came into a
ahouse, and again a crowd came together, so that they could
2bnot even eat bread.
Mark 3
:21
3:21
And when His
arelatives heard about
it, they went out to lay hold of Him, for they said, He is
bbeside Himself.
4.
Binding Satan and plundering his house
vv. 22-30
Mark 3
:22
3:22
1And the
2scribes who came down from
aJerusalem bsaid, He
chas 3dBeelzebul, and by the
4eruler of the demons He casts out the demons.
Mark 3
:23
3:23
And He called them to
Himself and said to them in parables, How can Satan cast out Satan?
Mark 3
:24
3:24
And if a
1akingdom is divided against itself, that kingdom is not able to stand;
Mark 3
:25
3:25
And if a house is divided against itself, that house will not be able to stand;
Mark 3
:26
3:26
And if Satan has risen up against himself and is divided, he is not able to stand but has come to an end.
Mark 3
:27
3:27
But no one can enter into the house of the strong man and thoroughly
aplunder his
1goods unless he first
2bbinds the strong man, and then he will thoroughly plunder his house.
Mark 3
:28
3:28
Truly I say to you that all sins will be
aforgiven the sons of men, and whatever blasphemies they
bblaspheme,
Mark 3
:29
3:29
But whoever blasphemes against the
1Holy aSpirit has no forgiveness forever, but is guilty of an
2everlasting sin.
Mark 3
:30
3:30
He said this because they said, He has an unclean spirit.
5.
Denying His relatives and acknowledging only those who do the will of God
vv. 31-35
Mark 3
:31
3:31
And aHis 1mother and His
bbrothers came, and standing outside,
cthey sent
word to Him and called Him.
Mark 3
:32
3:32
And a crowd sat around Him, and they said to Him, Behold, Your mother and Your brothers and Your sisters are outside seeking You.
Mark 3
:33
3:33
And He answered them and said,
1Who is My mother and My brothers?
Mark 3
:34
3:34
And alooking around at those sitting in a circle around Him, He said, Behold, My mother and My
bbrothers!
Mark 3
:35
3:35
For whoever
1adoes the will of God, this one is
2My brother and sister and mother.
