Mark 3
A Man with a Withered Hand
Where did Jesus enter again? (Verse 1)
Who was there? (Verse 1)
Why was Jesus being watched? (Verse 2)
What action were they looking for? (Verse 2)
What was the motive behind their watching? (Verse 2)
Who did Jesus call to Him? (verse 3)
Who did Jesus address? (Verse 4)
What was Jesus' question? (Verse 4)
What was their reaction? (verse 4)
What was Jesus grieved at? (verse 5)
What did Jesus say? (Verse 5)
When the man with the withered hand stretched it out, what was the condition of his hand? (verse 5)
When did the Pharisees go out and hold counsel with the Herodians about how to destroy Jesus? (verse 6)
A Great Crowd Follows Jesus
Where did Jesus withdraw to? (verse 7)
Who withdrew with Jesus? (Verse 7)
Who followed Jesus? (Verse 7)
Where were they from? (Verse 7-8)
When did they come to Jesus? (verse 8)
What did Jesus tell His disciples to have ready for Him? (Verse 9)
Why did Jesus tell his disciples to have a boat ready for Him? (verse 9-11)
What did those who had diseases do? (Verse 10)
Why did those who had diseases do this? (verse 10)
What did the unclean spirits do when they saw Jesus? (verse 11)
What did they say? (Verse 11)
What did Jesus order them to do? (Verse 12)
The Twelve Apostles
Where did Jesus go up to? (Verse 13)
Who did Jesus call to Himself? (Verse 13)
What was their response? (verse 13)
How many did Jesus appoint? (verse14)
What did Jesus name them? (Verse 14)
What where they appointed to do? (Verse 14-15)
Who was appointed? (Verse 16)
How is each one introduced? (verse 16-19)
Where did Jesus then go? (Verse 20)
Did the crowd gather again? (Verse 20)
Could they eat? (Verse 20)
What did His family do when they heard it? (Verse 21)
What did His family say about Jesus? (Verse 21)
Blasphemy Against the Holy Spirit
What did the scribes say about Jesus? (Verse 22)
Where did the scribes come from? (verse 22)
Who did Jesus call to Himself? (verse 22-23)
What question does Jesus ask them? (Verse 23?
How did Jesus speak to them? (verse 23)
What things can not stand? (verse 24-26)
Why can they not stand? (Verse 24-26)
Jesus' Mother and Brothers
Who's mother and brothers came? (verse 31)
Where were they standing? (verse 31)
What did they do? (Verse 31)
What did the crowd tell Jesus? (verse 32)
What was Jesus' response? (verse 33-35)
Who is Jesus' brother, sister and mother? (Verse 35)
Interpretation:
“Truly, I say to you, all sins will be forgiven the children of man, and whatever blasphemies they utter, but whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit never has forgiveness, but is guilty of an eternal sin”— for they were saying, “He has an unclean spirit.”
What does this mean? How should we then act or refrain from acting?
Thoughts:
“Come here.”
“Is it lawful on the Sabbath to do good or to do harm, to save life or to kill?”
“Stretch out your hand.”
“How can Satan cast out Satan? If a kingdom is divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand. And if a house is divided against itself, that house will not be able to stand. And if Satan has risen up against himself and is divided, he cannot stand, but is coming to an end. But no one can enter a strong man's house and plunder his goods, unless he first binds the strong man. Then indeed he may plunder his house. Truly, I say to you, all sins will be forgiven the children of man, and whatever blasphemies they utter, but whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit never has forgiveness, but is guilty of an eternal sin”
“Who are my mother and my brothers?”
“Here are my mother and my brothers! For whoever does the will of God, he is my brother and sister and mother.”
Mark 3English Standard Version (ESV)
A Man with a Withered Hand
3 Again he entered the synagogue, and a man was there with a withered hand.2 And they watched Jesus,[a] 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, “Come here.” 4 And he said to them, “Is it lawful on the Sabbath to do good or to do harm, to save life or to kill?” But they were silent. 5 And he looked around at them with anger, grieved at their hardness of heart, and said to the man, “Stretch out your hand.” He stretched it out, and his hand was restored. 6 The Pharisees went out and immediately held counsel with the Herodians against him, how to destroy him.
A Great Crowd Follows Jesus
7 Jesus withdrew with his disciples to the sea, and a great crowd followed, from Galilee and Judea 8 and Jerusalem and Idumea and from beyond the Jordan and from around Tyre and Sidon. When the great crowd heard all that he was doing, they came to him. 9 And he told his disciples to have a boat ready for him because of the crowd, lest they crush him, 10 for he had healed many, so that all who had diseases pressed around him to touch him. 11 And whenever the unclean spirits saw him, they fell down before him and cried out, “You are the Son of God.”12 And he strictly ordered them not to make him known.
The Twelve Apostles
13 And he went up on the mountain and called to him those whom he desired, and they came to him. 14 And he appointed twelve (whom he also named apostles) so that they might be with him and he might send them out to preach 15 and have authority to cast out demons. 16 He appointed the twelve: Simon (to whom he gave the name Peter); 17 James the son of Zebedee and John the brother of James (to whom he gave the name Boanerges, that is, Sons of Thunder);18 Andrew, and Philip, and Bartholomew, and Matthew, and Thomas, and James the son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus, and Simon the Zealot,[b] 19 and Judas Iscariot, who betrayed him.
20 Then he went home, and the crowd gathered again, so that they could not even eat. 21 And when his family heard it, they went out to seize him, for they were saying, “He is out of his mind.”
Blasphemy Against the Holy Spirit
22 And the scribes who came down from Jerusalem were saying, “He is possessed by Beelzebul,” and “by the prince of demons he casts out the demons.” 23 And he called them to him 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 And if a house is divided against itself, that house will not be able to stand. 26 And if Satan has risen up against himself and is divided, he cannot stand, but is coming to an end. 27 But no one can enter a strong man's house and plunder his goods, unless he first binds the strong man. Then indeed he may plunder his house.
28 “Truly, I say to you, all sins will be forgiven the children of man, and whatever blasphemies they utter, 29 but whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit never has forgiveness, but is guilty of an eternal sin”— 30 for they were saying, “He has an unclean spirit.”
Jesus' Mother and Brothers
31 And his mother and his brothers came, and standing outside they sent to him and called him. 32 And a crowd was sitting around him, and they said to him, “Your mother and your brothers[c] are outside, seeking you.” 33 And he answered them, “Who are my mother and my brothers?” 34 And looking about at those who sat around him, he said, “Here are my mother and my brothers! 35 For whoever does the will of God, he is my brother and sister and mother.”
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