Mark 3 Geneva Bible (1599)
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1 And he entred againe into ye Synagogue, and there was a man which had a withered had.
1 He entered again into the synagogue, and there was a man there whose hand was withered.
1 Καὶ εἰσῆλθε πάλιν εἰς τὴν συναγωγήν· καὶ ἦν ἐκεῖ ἄνθρωπος ἐξηραμμένην ἔχων τὴν χεῖρα.
2 And they watched him, whether he would heale him on the Sabbath day, that they might accuse him.
2 They watched him, whether he would heal him on the Sabbath day, that they might accuse him.
2 καὶ παρετήρουν αὐτὸν εἰ τοῖς σάββασι θεραπεύσει αὐτόν, ἵνα κατηγορήσωσιν αὐτοῦ.
3 Then he saide vnto the man which had the withered hand, Arise: stand forth in the middes.
3 He said to the man whose hand was withered, “Stand up.”
3 καὶ λέγει τῷ ἀνθρώπῳ τῷ ἐξηραμμένην ἔχοντι τὴν χεῖρα· ἔγειρε εἰς τὸ μέσον.
4 And he saide to them, Is it lawfull to doe a good deede on the Sabbath day, or to doe euil? to saue the life, or to kill? But they held their peace.
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.
4 καὶ λέγει αὐτοῖς· ἔξεστι τοῖς σάββασιν ἀγαθοποιῆσαι ἢ κακοποιῆσαι; ψυχὴν σῶσαι ἢ ἀποκτεῖναι; οἱ δὲ ἐσιώπων.
5 Then hee looked rounde about on them angerly, mourning also for the hardnesse of their hearts, and saide to the man, Stretch foorth thine hand. And he stretched it out: and his hande was restored, as whole as the other.
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.
5 καὶ περιβλεψάμενος αὐτοὺς μετ᾽ ὀργῆς, συλλυπούμενος ἐπὶ τῇ πωρώσει τῆς καρδίας αὐτῶν, λέγει τῷ ἀνθρώπῳ· ἔκτεινον τὴν χεῖρά σου. καὶ ἐξέτεινε, καὶ ἀποκατεστάθη ἡ χεὶρ αὐτοῦ ὑγιὴς ὡς ἡ ἄλλη.
6 And the Pharises departed, and straightway gathered a councill with the Herodians against him, that they might destroy him.
6 The Pharisees went out, and immediately conspired with the Herodians against him, how they might destroy him.
6 καὶ ἐξελθόντες οἱ Φαρισαῖοι εὐθέως μετὰ τῶν Ἡρῳδιανῶν συμβούλιον ἐποίουν κατ᾽ αὐτοῦ, ὅπως αὐτὸν ἀπολέσωσι.
7 But Iesus auoided with his disciples to the sea: and a great multitude followed him from Galile, and from Iudea,
7 Jesus withdrew to the sea with his disciples; and a great multitude followed him from Galilee, from Judea,
7 Καὶ ὁ Ἰησοῦς ἀνεχώρησε μετὰ τῶν μαθητῶν αὐτοῦ πρὸς τὴν θάλασσαν· καὶ πολὺ πλῆθος ἀπὸ τῆς Γαλιλαίας ἠκολούθησαν αὐτῷ,
8 And from Ierusalem, and from Idumea, and beyonde Iordan: and they that dwelled about Tyrus and Sidon, when they had heard what great things he did, came vnto him in great number.
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.
8 καὶ ἀπὸ τῆς Ἰουδαίας καὶ ἀπὸ Ἱεροσολύμων καὶ ἀπὸ τῆς Ἰδουμαίας καὶ πέραν τοῦ Ἰορδάνου καὶ οἱ περὶ Τύρον καὶ Σιδῶνα, πλῆθος πολύ, ἀκούσαντες ὅσα ἐποίει, ἦλθον πρὸς αὐτόν.
9 And he commanded his disciples, that a litle shippe should waite for him, because of the multitude, lest they shoulde throng 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.
9 καὶ εἶπε τοῖς μαθηταῖς αὐτοῦ ἵνα πλοιάριον προσκαρτερῇ αὐτῷ διὰ τὸν ὄχλον, ἵνα μὴ θλίβωσιν αὐτόν·
10 For hee had healed many, in so much that they preassed vpon him to touch him, as many as had plagues.
10 For he had healed many, so that as many as had diseases pressed on him that they might touch him.
10 πολλοὺς γὰρ ἐθεράπευσεν, ὥστε ἐπιπίπτειν αὐτῷ ἵνα αὐτοῦ ἅψωνται ὅσοι εἶχον μάστιγας·
11 And when the vncleane spirits sawe him, they fel downe before him, and cried, saying, Thou art the Sonne of God.
11 The unclean spirits, whenever they saw him, fell down before him and cried, “You are the Son of God!”
11 καὶ τὰ πνεύματα τὰ ἀκάθαρτα, ὅταν αὐτὸν ἐθεώρουν, προσέπιπτον αὐτῷ καὶ ἔκραζον λέγοντα ὅτι σὺ εἶ ὁ υἱὸς τοῦ Θεοῦ.
12 And he sharply rebuked them, to the ende they should not vtter him.
12 He sternly warned them that they should not make him known.
12 καὶ πολλὰ ἐπετίμα αὐτοῖς ἵνα μὴ φανερὸν αὐτὸν ποιήσωσι.
13 Then hee went vp into a mountaine, and called vnto him whome he woulde, and they came vnto him.
13 He went up into the mountain and called to himself those whom he wanted, and they went to him.
13 Καὶ ἀναβαίνει εἰς τὸ ὄρος, καὶ προσκαλεῖται οὓς ἤθελεν αὐτός, καὶ ἀπῆλθον πρὸς αὐτόν.
14 And hee appoynted twelue that they should be with him, and that he might send them to preache,
14 He appointed twelve, that they might be with him, and that he might send them out to preach
14 καὶ ἐποίησε δώδεκα, ἵνα ὦσι μετ᾽ αὐτοῦ καὶ ἵνα ἀποστέλλῃ αὐτοὺς κηρύσσειν
15 And that they might haue power to heale sicknesses, and to cast out deuils.
15 and to have authority to heal sicknesses and to cast out demons:
15 καὶ ἔχειν ἐξουσίαν θεραπεύειν τὰς νόσους καὶ ἐκβάλλειν τὰ δαιμόνια·
16 And the first was Simon, and hee named Simon, Peter,
16 Simon (to whom he gave the name Peter);
16 καὶ ἐπέθηκεν ὄνομα τῷ Σίμωνι Πέτρον,
17 Then Iames the sonne of Zebedeus, and Iohn Iames brother (and surnamed them Boanerges, which is, the sonnes of thunder,)
17 James the son of Zebedee; and John, the brother of James, (whom he called Boanerges, which means, Sons of Thunder);
17 καὶ Ἰάκωβον τὸν τοῦ Ζεβεδαίου καὶ Ἰωάννην τὸν ἀδελφὸν τοῦ Ἰακώβου· καὶ ἐπέθηκεν αὐτοῖς ὀνόματα Βοανεργές, ὅ ἐστιν υἱοὶ βροντῆς·
18 And Andrew, and Philippe, and Bartlemew, and Matthewe, and Thomas, and Iames, the sonne of Alpheus, and Thaddeus, and Simon the Cananite,
18 Andrew; Philip; Bartholomew; Matthew; Thomas; James, the son of Alphaeus; Thaddaeus; Simon the Zealot;
18 καὶ Ἀνδρέαν καὶ Φίλιππον καὶ Βαρθολομαῖον καὶ Ματθαῖον καὶ Θωμᾶν καὶ Ἰάκωβον τὸν τοῦ Ἀλφαίου καὶ Θαδδαῖον καὶ Σίμωνα τὸν Κανανίτην
19 And Iudas Iscariot, who also betraied him, and they came home.
19 and Judas Iscariot, who also betrayed him. Then he came into a house.
19 καὶ Ἰούδαν Ἰσκαριώτην, ὃς καὶ παρέδωκεν αὐτόν.
20 And the multitude assembled againe, so that they could not so much as eate bread.
20 The multitude came together again, so that they could not so much as eat bread.
20 Καὶ ἔρχονται εἰς οἶκον· καὶ συνέρχεται πάλιν ὄχλος, ὥστε μὴ δύνασθαι αὐτοὺς μηδὲ ἄρτον φαγεῖν.
21 And when his kinsfolkes heard of it, they went out to laie hold on him: for they sayde that he was beside himselfe.
21 When his friends heard it, they went out to seize him; for they said, “He is insane.”
21 καὶ ἀκούσαντες οἱ παρ᾽ αὐτοῦ ἐξῆλθον κρατῆσαι αὐτόν· ἔλεγον γὰρ ὅτι ἐξέστη.
22 And the Scribes which came downe from Hierusalem, saide, He hath Beelzebub, and through the prince of the deuils he casteth out deuils.
22 The scribes who came down from Jerusalem said, “He has Beelzebul,” and, “By the prince of the demons he casts out the demons.”
22 καὶ οἱ γραμματεῖς οἱ ἀπὸ Ἱεροσολύμων καταβάντες ἔλεγον ὅτι Βεελζεβοὺλ ἔχει, καὶ ὅτι ἐν τῷ ἄρχοντι τῶν δαιμονίων ἐκβάλλει τὰ δαιμόνια.
23 But he called them vnto him, and said vnto them in parables, How can Satan driue out Satan?
23 He summoned them and said to them in parables, “How can Satan cast out Satan?
23 καὶ προσκαλεσάμενος αὐτοὺς ἐν παραβολαῖς ἔλεγεν αὐτοῖς· πῶς δύναται σατανᾶς σατανᾶν ἐκβάλλειν;
24 For if a kingdome bee deuided against it selfe, that kingdome can not stand.
24 If a kingdom is divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand.
24 καὶ ἐὰν βασιλεία ἐφ᾽ ἑαυτὴν μερισθῇ, οὐ δύναται σταθῆναι ἡ βασιλεία ἐκείνη·
25 Or if a house bee deuided against it selfe, that house can not continue.
25 If a house is divided against itself, that house cannot stand.
25 καὶ ἐὰν οἰκία ἐφ᾽ ἑαυτὴν μερισθῇ, οὐ δύναται σταθῆναι ἡ οἰκία ἐκείνη.
26 So if Satan make insurrection against himselfe, and be deuided, hee can not endure but is at an ende.
26 If Satan has risen up against himself, and is divided, he can’t stand, but has an end.
26 καὶ εἰ ὁ σατανᾶς ἀνέστη ἐφ᾽ ἑαυτὸν καὶ μεμέρισται, οὐ δύναται σταθῆναι, ἀλλὰ τέλος ἔχει.
27 No man can enter into a strong mans house, and take away his goods, except hee first binde that strong man, and then spoyle his house.
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.
27 οὐδεὶς δύναται τὰ σκεύη τοῦ ἰσχυροῦ εἰσελθὼν εἰς τὴν οἰκίαν αὐτοῦ διαρπάσαι, ἐὰν μὴ πρῶτον τὸν ἰσχυρὸν δήσῃ, καὶ τότε τὴν οἰκίαν αὐτοῦ διαρπάσει.
28 Verely I say vnto you, all sinnes shalbe forgiuen vnto the children of men, and blasphemies, wherewith they blaspheme:
28 “Most certainly I tell you, all sins of the descendants of man will be forgiven, including their blasphemies with which they may blaspheme;
28 Ἀμὴν λέγω ὑμῖν ὅτι πάντα ἀφεθήσεται τοῖς υἱοῖς τῶν ἀνθρώπων τὰ ἁμαρτήματα καὶ αἱ βλασφημίαι ὅσας ἐὰν βλασφημήσωσιν·
29 But hee that blasphemeth against the holy Ghost, shall neuer haue forgiuenesse, but is culpable of eternall damnation.
29 but whoever may blaspheme against the Holy Spirit never has forgiveness, but is subject to eternal condemnation.”
29 ὃς δ᾽ ἂν βλασφημήσῃ εἰς τὸ Πνεῦμα τὸ Ἅγιον, οὐκ ἔχει ἄφεσιν εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα, ἀλλ᾽ ἔνοχός ἐστιν αἰωνίου κρίσεως·
30 Because they saide, Hee had an vncleane spirit.
30 —because they said, “He has an unclean spirit.”
30 ὅτι ἔλεγον, πνεῦμα ἀκάθαρτον ἔχει.
31 Then came his brethren and mother, and stoode without, and sent vnto him, and called him.
31 His mother and his brothers came, and standing outside, they sent to him, calling him.
31 Ἔρχονται οὖν ἡ μήτηρ αὐτοῦ καὶ οἱ ἀδελφοὶ αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἔξω ἑστῶτες ἀπέστειλαν πρὸς αὐτὸν φωνοῦντες αὐτόν.
32 And the people sate about him, and they said vnto him, Beholde, thy mother, and thy brethren seeke for thee without.
32 A multitude was sitting around him, and they told him, “Behold, your mother, your brothers, and your sisters are outside looking for you.”
32 καὶ ἐκάθητο περὶ αὐτὸν ὄχλος· εἶπον δὲ αὐτῷ· ἰδοὺ ἡ μήτηρ σου καὶ οἱ ἀδελφοί σου ἔξω ζητοῦσί σε.
33 But hee answered them, saying, Who is my mother and my brethren?
33 He answered them, “Who are my mother and my brothers?”
33 καὶ ἀπεκρίθη αὐτοῖς λέγων· τίς ἐστιν ἡ μήτηρ μου ἢ οἱ ἀδελφοί μου;
34 And hee looked rounde about on them, which sate in compasse about him, and saide, Beholde my mother and my brethren.
34 Looking around at those who sat around him, he said, “Behold, my mother and my brothers!
34 καὶ περιβλεψάμενος κύκλῳ τοὺς περὶ αὐτὸν καθημένους λέγει· ἴδε ἡ μήτηρ μου καὶ οἱ ἀδελφοί μου·
35 For whosoeuer doeth the will of God, he is my brother, and my sister, and mother.
35 For whoever does the will of God is my brother, my sister, and mother.”
35 ὃς γὰρ ἂν ποιήσῃ τὸ θέλημα τοῦ Θεοῦ, οὗτος ἀδελφός μου καὶ ἀδελφή μου καὶ μήτηρ ἐστί.
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Andrew
Simon Peter's brother, a disciple of John the Baptist who first followed Jesus and brought Peter to him, from Bethsaida, and one of the Twelve.
Cited in the guide: Matthew 10:2; Mark 3:18; John 1:40
James
A fisherman called by Jesus together with his brother John, one of the Twelve, to whom Jesus gave the name Boanerges, 'Sons of Thunder'.
Cited in the guide: Matthew 4:21; Matthew 10:2; Mark 3:17
John
A fisherman called together with his brother James, one of the Twelve, to whom Jesus gave the name Boanerges, 'Sons of Thunder'.
Cited in the guide: Matthew 4:21; Matthew 10:2; Mark 3:17
Peter
Simon, whom Jesus named Peter (Cephas), a fisherman from Bethsaida and the first listed of the Twelve, who confessed Jesus as Christ, denied him three times, and was told to feed…
Cited in the guide: Matthew 10:2; Matthew 16:17; Mark 3:16
Cross references (32)
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- 1 Matthew 12:9–14; Luke 6:6–11; Mark 1:21; 1 Kings 13:4
- 2 Psalm 37:32; Luke 14:1; Luke 6:7; Luke 20:20; Luke 11:53–54
- 3 Philippians 1:28–30; 1 Corinthians 15:58; 1 Peter 4:1; John 9:4; Luke 6:8
- 4 Luke 6:9; Luke 14:1–5; Matthew 12:10–12; Hosea 6:6; Mark 2:27–28
- 5 Luke 6:10; Ephesians 4:18; Romans 11:25; 1 Kings 13:6; Matthew 13:14–15
- 6 Mark 12:13; Matthew 22:16; Matthew 12:14; John 11:53; Psalm 109:3–4
- 7 Matthew 4:25; Luke 6:17; Matthew 12:15; Joshua 20:7; John 11:53–54
- 8 Ezekiel 35:15; Matthew 11:21; Isaiah 34:5; Ezekiel 36:5; Joshua 13:8–14
- 9 Mark 5:30; John 6:15
- 10 Mark 6:56; Matthew 14:36; Matthew 4:23; Acts 19:11–12; Luke 7:2
- 11 Luke 4:41; Mark 1:23–24; Luke 8:28; Matthew 4:3; James 2:19
- 12 Matthew 12:16; Mark 1:34; Mark 1:25; Matthew 8:4; Acts 16:18
- 13 Luke 6:12–16; Luke 9:1; Matthew 10:1–4; Matthew 5:1; Mark 6:7
- 14 Acts 1:8; John 15:16; Luke 9:1–6; Galatians 1:1; Luke 10:1–11
- 16 John 1:42; Acts 1:13; Galatians 2:7–9; Matthew 10:2–4; Mark 1:16
- 17 Mark 5:37; Hebrews 4:12; Jeremiah 23:29; Mark 14:33; John 21:20–25
- 18 Acts 1:13; Mark 2:14; Matthew 9:9; James 1:1; Galatians 2:9
- 19 John 13:2; Matthew 27:3–5; Matthew 26:47; John 13:26–30; John 6:71
- 20 Mark 6:31; John 4:31–34; Mark 3:9; Mark 9:28; Mark 7:17
- 21 Acts 26:24; John 10:20; John 7:3–10; Mark 3:31; 2 Corinthians 5:13
- 22 Matthew 10:25; Matthew 15:1; Matthew 9:34; Matthew 12:24; John 7:20
- 23 Matthew 12:25–30; Luke 11:17–23; Matthew 13:34; Mark 4:2; Matthew 4:10
- 24 Zechariah 11:14; Isaiah 19:2–3; Ezekiel 37:22; 1 Corinthians 1:10–13; 2 Samuel 20:6
- 25 James 3:16; Galatians 5:15; Psalm 133:1; Genesis 37:4; Genesis 13:7–8
- 27 Isaiah 49:24–26; Matthew 12:29; Luke 11:21–23; Ephesians 6:10–13; Revelation 20:1–3
- 28 Luke 12:10; Matthew 12:31–32; 1 John 5:16; Mark 3:28–30; Hebrews 6:4–8
- 29 Matthew 12:31–32; Luke 12:10; Matthew 25:46; 2 Thessalonians 1:9; Jude 13
- 30 John 10:20; Mark 3:22
- 31 Luke 8:19–21; Matthew 12:46–50
- 33 Mark 3:21; Deuteronomy 33:9; Mark 6:3; 2 Corinthians 5:16; John 7:3–5
- 34 Matthew 12:49–50; Luke 11:27–28; Romans 8:29; Matthew 25:40–45; Hebrews 2:11–12
- 35 1 John 2:17; Matthew 7:21; 1 John 3:22–23; John 7:17; James 1:25
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For when Satan is bound, man is set free; since "none can enter a strong man's house and spoil his goods, unless he first bind the strong man himself." The Lord therefore exposes him as speaking contrary to the word of that God who made all things, and subdues him by means of the commandment.
The Lord Jesus Christ Himself says, "No man can enter into a strong man's house, and spoil his goods, except he first bind the strong man" --meaning by the strong man the devil, because he had power to take captive the human race; and meaning by his goods which he was to take, those who had been held by the …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 2 (1887)
Whereas, if they were in discord, neither could this have been pointed out, and the doctrine itself had long since been brought to nought: "for every kingdom," saith He, "divided against itself shall not stand." But now even in this shines forth the might of the Spirit, namely, in that it prevailed on these men, engaged as they were in …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 10 (1888)
He dared too to say that he was the Paraclete, though it is written, But whosoever shall blaspheme against the Holy Ghost, hath no forgiveness.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)
But forasmuch as it is first said, "All manner of sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven unto men;" which in another Evangelist is also thus expressed, "All sins shall be forgiven unto the sons of men, and blasphemies wherewithsoever they shall blaspheme;" without doubt, that blasphemy also which is spoken against the Father is included in that general expression; and …
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