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1 And He entered again into the synagogue, and there was there a man having the hand withered, 2 and they were watching Him, whether on the Sabbaths He will heal him, that they might accuse Him. 3 And He says to the man having the hand withered, “Rise up in the midst.” 4 And He says to them, “Is it lawful on the Sabbaths to do good, or to do evil? To save life, or to kill?” But they were silent. 5 And having looked around on them with anger, being grieved for the hardness of their heart, He says to the man, “Stretch forth your hand”; and he stretched forth, and his hand was restored whole as the other; 6 and the Pharisees having gone forth, immediately, with the Herodians, were taking counsel against Him how they might destroy Him. 7 And Jesus withdrew with His disciples to the sea, and a great multitude from Galilee followed Him, and from Judea, 8 and from Jerusalem, and from Idumea and beyond the Jordan; and they around Tyre and Sidon—a great multitude—having heard how He was doing great things, came to Him. 9 And He said to His disciples that a little boat may wait on Him, because of the multitude, that they may not press on Him, 10 for He healed many, so that they threw themselves on Him, in order to touch Him—as many as had plagues; 11 and the unclean spirits, when they were seeing Him, were falling down before Him, and were crying, saying, “You are the Son of God”; 12 and many times He was charging them that they might not make Him apparent. 13 And He goes up to the mountain, and calls near whom He willed, and they went away to Him; 14 and He appointed twelve, that they may be with Him, and that He may send them forth to preach, 15 and to have power to heal the sicknesses, and to cast out the demons. 16 And He put on Simon the name Peter; 17 and James of Zebedee, and John the brother of James, and He put on them names—Boanerges, that is, “Sons of thunder”; 18 and Andrew, and Philip, and Bartholomew, and Matthew, and Thomas, and James of Alpheus, and Thaddeus, and Simon the Zealot, 19 and Judas Iscariot, who also delivered Him up; and they come into a house. 20 And a multitude comes together again, so that they are not even able to eat bread; 21 and those alongside Him having heard, went forth to lay hold on Him, for they said that He was beside Himself, 22 and the scribes who [are] from Jerusalem having come down, said, “He has Beelzebul,” and, “By the ruler of the demons He casts out the demons.” 23 And having called them near, He said to them in allegories, “How is Satan able to cast out Satan? 24 And if a kingdom is divided against itself, that kingdom cannot be made to stand; 25 and if a house is divided against itself, that house cannot be made to stand; 26 and if Satan rose against himself, and has been divided, he cannot be made to stand, but has an end. 27 No one is able to spoil the vessels of the strong man, having entered into his house, if first he may not bind the strong man, and then he will spoil his house. 28 Truly I say to you that all sins will be forgiven to the sons of men, and slanders with which they might have slandered, 29 but whoever may slander in regard to the Holy Spirit has no forgiveness—throughout the age, but is in danger of continuous judgment; 30 because they said, He has an unclean spirit.” 31 Then His brothers and mother come, and standing outside, they sent to Him, calling Him, 32 and a multitude was sitting around Him, and they said to Him, “Behold, Your mother and Your brothers seek You outside.” 33 And He answered them, saying, “Who is My mother, or My brothers?” 34 And having looked around in a circle to those sitting around Him, He says, “Behold, My mother and My brothers! 35 For whoever may do the will of God, he is My brother, and My sister, and mother.”

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People

  • Andrew

    Apostle, Peter's brother

    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

  • Bartholomew

    One of the Twelve

    Listed among the Twelve after Philip in Matthew 10:3, Mark 3:18 and Luke 6:14; the Gospels say nothing more of him by that name.

    Cited in the guide: Matthew 10:3; Mark 3:18; Luke 6:14

  • James

    Apostle, son of Alphaeus

    One of the Twelve, named son of Alphaeus in every list of the apostles.

    Cited in the guide: Matthew 10:3; Mark 3:18; Luke 6:15

  • James

    Apostle, brother of John

    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

    Apostle, brother of James

    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

  • Judas Iscariot

    Apostle who betrayed Jesus

    One of the Twelve, son of Simon Iscariot, who betrayed Jesus.

    Cited in the guide: Matthew 10:4; Mark 3:19; Luke 6:16

  • Peter

    Apostle, brother of Andrew

    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

  • Simon the Zealot

    One of the Twelve

    One of the Twelve, called the Zealot, listed next to Judas Iscariot in each list.

    Cited in the guide: Matthew 10:4; Mark 3:18; Luke 6:15

Cross references (32)

Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.

  1. 1 Matthew 12:9–14; Luke 6:6–11; Mark 1:21; 1 Kings 13:4
  2. 2 Psalm 37:32; Luke 14:1; Luke 6:7; Luke 20:20; Luke 11:53–54
  3. 3 Philippians 1:28–30; 1 Corinthians 15:58; 1 Peter 4:1; John 9:4; Luke 6:8
  4. 4 Luke 6:9; Luke 14:1–5; Matthew 12:10–12; Hosea 6:6; Mark 2:27–28
  5. 5 Luke 6:10; Ephesians 4:18; Romans 11:25; 1 Kings 13:6; Matthew 13:14–15
  6. 6 Mark 12:13; Matthew 22:16; Matthew 12:14; John 11:53; Psalm 109:3–4
  7. 7 Matthew 4:25; Luke 6:17; Matthew 12:15; Joshua 20:7; John 11:53–54
  8. 8 Ezekiel 35:15; Matthew 11:21; Isaiah 34:5; Ezekiel 36:5; Joshua 13:8–14
  9. 9 Mark 5:30; John 6:15
  10. 10 Mark 6:56; Matthew 14:36; Matthew 4:23; Acts 19:11–12; Luke 7:2
  11. 11 Luke 4:41; Mark 1:23–24; Luke 8:28; Matthew 4:3; James 2:19
  12. 12 Matthew 12:16; Mark 1:34; Mark 1:25; Matthew 8:4; Acts 16:18
  13. 13 Luke 6:12–16; Luke 9:1; Matthew 10:1–4; Matthew 5:1; Mark 6:7
  14. 14 Acts 1:8; John 15:16; Luke 9:1–6; Galatians 1:1; Luke 10:1–11
  15. 16 John 1:42; Acts 1:13; Galatians 2:7–9; Matthew 10:2–4; Mark 1:16
  16. 17 Mark 5:37; Hebrews 4:12; Jeremiah 23:29; Mark 14:33; John 21:20–25
  17. 18 Acts 1:13; Mark 2:14; Matthew 9:9; James 1:1; Galatians 2:9
  18. 19 John 13:2; Matthew 27:3–5; Matthew 26:47; John 13:26–30; John 6:71
  19. 20 Mark 6:31; John 4:31–34; Mark 3:9; Mark 9:28; Mark 7:17
  20. 21 Acts 26:24; John 10:20; John 7:3–10; Mark 3:31; 2 Corinthians 5:13
  21. 22 Matthew 10:25; Matthew 15:1; Matthew 9:34; Matthew 12:24; John 7:20
  22. 23 Matthew 12:25–30; Luke 11:17–23; Matthew 13:34; Mark 4:2; Matthew 4:10
  23. 24 Zechariah 11:14; Isaiah 19:2–3; Ezekiel 37:22; 1 Corinthians 1:10–13; 2 Samuel 20:6
  24. 25 James 3:16; Galatians 5:15; Psalm 133:1; Genesis 37:4; Genesis 13:7–8
  25. 27 Isaiah 49:24–26; Matthew 12:29; Luke 11:21–23; Ephesians 6:10–13; Revelation 20:1–3
  26. 28 Luke 12:10; Matthew 12:31–32; 1 John 5:16; Mark 3:28–30; Hebrews 6:4–8
  27. 29 Matthew 12:31–32; Luke 12:10; Matthew 25:46; 2 Thessalonians 1:9; Jude 13
  28. 30 John 10:20; Mark 3:22
  29. 31 Luke 8:19–21; Matthew 12:46–50
  30. 33 Mark 3:21; Deuteronomy 33:9; Mark 6:3; 2 Corinthians 5:16; John 7:3–5
  31. 34 Matthew 12:49–50; Luke 11:27–28; Romans 8:29; Matthew 25:40–45; Hebrews 2:11–12
  32. 35 1 John 2:17; Matthew 7:21; 1 John 3:22–23; John 7:17; James 1:25

Cross references: OpenBible.info (CC BY), drawn mainly from the public-domain Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. · Sources & licences

What the Fathers said

Passages from the Church Fathers that expound or quote this chapter, verbatim from the public-domain Schaff edition (19th-century English translations).

How these were chosen

“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).

  1. Quotes verse 3:27 Irenaeus of Lyons, Against Heresies (Book V, Chapter XIX)

    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.

    Read in context · Ante-Nicene Fathers, vol. 1 (1885)

  2. Quotes verse 3:27 Augustine of Hippo, The City of God (Book XX, Chapters 6–7)

    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)

  3. Quotes verse 3:24 John Chrysostom, Homilies on the Gospel of Matthew (Homily I)

    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)

  4. Quotes verse 3:29 Cyril of Jerusalem, Catechetical Lectures (Lecture VI)

    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)

  5. Quotes verse 3:28 Augustine of Hippo, Sermons on Selected Lessons of the New Testament (Sermon XXI)

    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 …

    Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 6 (1888)