The In-Dept Study of the Bible
Mark 02
1 He entered again into the synagogue,
and there was a man there whose hand
was withered.
2 They watched him, whether he would
heal him on the Sabbath day, that they
might accuse him.
3 He said to the man whose hand was
withered, “Stand up.”
4 He said to them, “Is it lawful on the
Sabbath day to do good or to do harm? To
save a life or to kill?” But they were silent.
5 When he had looked around at them
with anger, being grieved at the hardening
of their hearts, he said to the man, “Stretch
out your hand.” He stretched it out, and
his hand was restored as healthy as the other.
6 The Pharisees went out, and immediately
conspired with the Herodians
against him, how they might destroy him.
7 Jesus withdrew to the sea with his
disciples; and a great multitude followed him
from Galilee, from Judea,
8 from Jerusalem, from Idumaea, beyond the
Jordan, and those from around
Tyre and Sidon. A great multitude, hearing
what great things he did, came to him.
9 He spoke to his disciples that a little
boat should stay near him because of the
crowd, so that they wouldn’t press on him.
10 For he had healed many, so that as
many as had diseases pressed on him that
they might touch him.
11 The unclean spirits, whenever they
saw him, fell down before him and cried,
“You are the Son of God!”
12 He sternly warned them that they
should not make him known.
13 He went up into the mountain and
called to himself those whom he wanted,
and they went to him.
14 He appointed twelve, that they might
be with him, and that he might send them
out to preach 15 and to have authority
to heal sicknesses and to cast out demons:
16 Simon (to whom he gave the name
Peter);
17 James the son of Zebedee; and John,
the brother of James, (whom he called
Boanerges, which means, Sons of Thunder);
18 Andrew; Philip; Bartholomew;
Matthew; Thomas; James, the son of
Alphaeus; Thaddaeus; Simon the Zealot;
19 and Judas Iscariot, who also betrayed
him. Then he came into a house.
20 The multitude came together again, so
that they could not so much as eat bread.
21 When his friends heard it, they went
out to seize him; for they said, “He is insane.”
22 The scribes who came down from
Jerusalem said, “He has Beelzebul,” and,
“By the prince of the demons he casts out
the demons.”
23 He summoned them and said to them
in parables, “How can Satan cast out Satan?
24 If a kingdom is divided against itself,
that kingdom cannot stand.
25 If a house is divided against itself, that
house cannot stand.
26 If Satan has risen up against himself,
and is divided, he can’t stand, but has an end.
27 But no one can enter into the house of
the strong man to plunder unless he first
binds the strong man; then he will plunder
his house.
28 “Most certainly I tell you, all sins of
the descendants of man will be forgiven,
including their blasphemies with which
they may blaspheme;
29 but whoever may blaspheme against
the Holy Spirit never has forgiveness, but
is subject to eternal condemnation.Ӡ
30 because they said, “He has an unclean spirit.”
31 His mother andhisbrothers came, and
standing outside, they sent to him, calling him.
32 A multitude was sitting around him,
and they told him, “Behold, your mother,
your brothers, and your sisters‡
are outside looking for you.”
33 He answered them, “Who are my
mother and my brothers?”
34 Looking around at those who sat
around him, he said, “Behold, my mother
and my brothers!
35 For whoever does the will of God is my
brother, my sister, and mother.”