Mark 3

¹And he entered again into the Synagogue, and there was a man there that had a withered hand.

²And they watched him whether he would cure on the Sabboths; that they might accuse him.

³And he saith to the man that had the withered hand: rise up into the midst.

⁴And he saith to them: Is it lawful on the Sabboths to do well or ill? to save a soul, or to destroy? but they held their peace.

⁵And looking round about upon them with anger, being sorrowful for the blindness of their heart, he saith to the man: Stretch forth thy hand. And he stretched it forth; and his hand was restored unto him.

⁶And the Pharisees going forth, immediately made a consultation with the Herodians against him, how they might destroy him.

⁷But Jesus with his Disciples retired to the sea: and a great multitude from Galilee & Jewry followed him,

⁸and from Jerusalem, & from Idumæa, and beyond Jordan. And they about Tyre and Sidon, a great multitude, hearing the things which he did, came to him.

⁹And he spake to his Disciples that a boat might attend on him because of the multitude, lest they should throng him.

¹⁰For he healed many, so that there pressed in upon him for to touch him, as many had hurts.

¹¹And the unclean spirits, when they saw him, fell down unto him: and they cried saying:

¹²Thou art the Son of God. And he vehemently charged them that they should not disclose him.

¹³And ascending into a mountain, he called unto him whom he would himself, and they came to him.

¹⁴And he made that twelve should be with him, and that he might send them to preach.

¹⁵And he gave them power to cure infirmities, and to cast out devils.

¹⁶And he gave to Simon the name Peter.

¹⁷And James of Zebedee, and John the brother of James; and he called their names, Boanerges, which is, the sons of thunder.

¹⁸And Andrew and Philippe, and Barthlemew and Matthew, and Thomas and James of Alphæus, and Thaddæus and Simon Cananæus,

¹⁹and Judas Iscariote, who also betrayed him.

²⁰And they come to a house; and the multitude resorteth together again, so that they could not so much as eat bread.

²¹And when his had heard of it, they went forth to lay hands on him. For they said that he was become mad.

²²And the Scribes which were come down from Jerusalem, said: That he hath Beelzebub; and that in the prince of devils he casteth out devils.

²³And after he had called them together, he said to them in parables: How can Satan cast out Satan?

²⁴And if a Kingdom be divided against itself, that Kingdom cannot stand.

²⁵And if a house be divided against itself, that house cannot stand.

²⁶And if Satan be risen against himself, he is divided, and cannot stand, but hath an end.

²⁷Nobody can rifle the vessels of the strong, being entered into his house, unless he first bind the strong, & then shall he rifle his house.

²⁸Amen I say to you, that all sins shall be forgiven the sons of men, & the blasphemies wherewith they shall blaspheme:

²⁹But he that shall blaspheme against the Holy Ghost, he hath not forgiveness for ever, but shall be guilty of an eternal sin. Because they said: He hath an unclean spirit.

³⁰And there come his mother and brethren; and standing without they sent unto him calling him,

³¹And the multitude sat about him; and they say to him:

³²Behold thy mother and thy brethren without seek thee.

³³And answering them, he said: Who is my mother and my brethren?

³⁴And looking upon them which sat round about him, he saith: Behold my mother and my brethren.

³⁵For whosoever shall do the will of God, he is my brother and my sister and mother.