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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.” 30 —because they said, “He has an unclean spirit.” 31 His mother and his brothers 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.”

People & places in this chapter

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  • Alphaeus

    Father of James (and of Levi)

    Named as father of James, one of the Twelve (Matthew 10:3), and as the father of Levi the tax collector (Mark 2:14); the text does not say whether these are two different men…

    Cited in the guide: Matthew 10:3; Mark 2:14; Mark 3:18

  • 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

  • Thaddaeus

    One of the Twelve

    Listed as Thaddaeus in Matthew 10:3 and Mark 3:18 (Lebbaeus in some KJV readings) and as Judas son of James in Luke 6:16 in the same place among the Twelve; John 14:22 names a…

    Cited in the guide: Matthew 10:3; Mark 3:18; Luke 6:16

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)