Mark 3:2
Good News Translation
Some people were there who wanted to accuse Jesus of doing wrong; so they watched him closely to see whether he would cure the man on the Sabbath.

New Revised Standard Version
They watched him to see whether he would cure him on the sabbath, so that they might accuse him.

Contemporary English Version
The Pharisees wanted to accuse Jesus of doing something wrong, and they kept watching to see if Jesus would heal him on the Sabbath.

New American Bible
They watched him closely to see if he would cure him on the sabbath so that they might accuse him.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And they watched him whether he would heal on the sabbath days, that they might accuse him.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And they watched him whether he would heal on the sabbath days, that they might accuse him.

Psalm 37:32 The wicked watcheth the just man, and seeketh to put him to death,

Isaiah 29:20,21 For he that did prevail hath failed, the scorner is consumed, and they are all cut off that watched for iniquity: . . .

Jeremiah 20:10 For I heard the reproaches of many, and terror on every side: Persecute him, and let us persecute him: from all the men that were my familiars, and continued at my side: if by any means he may be deceived, and we may prevail against him, and be revenged on him.

Daniel 6:4 And the king thought to set him over all the kingdom; whereupon the princes, and the governors, sought to find occasion against Daniel, with regard to the king: and they could find no cause, nor suspicion, because he was faithful, and no fault, nor suspicion was found in him.

Luke 6:7 And the scribes and Pharisees watched if he would heal on the sabbath: that they might find an accusation against him.

Luke 11:53,54 And as he was saying these things to them, the Pharisees and the lawyers began violently to urge him and to oppress his mouth about many things, . . .

Luke 14:1 And it came to pass, when Jesus went into the house of one of the Pharisees, on the sabbath day, that they watched him.

Luke 20:20 And being upon the watch, they sent spies, who should feign themselves just, that they might take hold of him in his words, that they might deliver him up to the authority and power of the governor.

John 9:16 Some therefore of the Pharisees said: This man is not of God, who keepeth not the sabbath. But others said: How can a man that is a sinner do such miracles? And there was a division among them.

Context
Jesus Heals on the Sabbath
1And he entered again into the synagogue: and there was a man there who had a withered hand. 2And they watched him whether he would heal on the sabbath days, that they might accuse him. 3And he said to the man who had the withered hand: Stand up in the midst.…
Cross References
Matthew 12:10
And behold there was a man who had a withered hand, and they asked him, saying: Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath days? that they might accuse him.

Mark 3:3
And he said to the man who had the withered hand: Stand up in the midst.

Luke 6:7
And the scribes and Pharisees watched if he would heal on the sabbath: that they might find an accusation against him.

Luke 11:54
Lying in wait for him and seeking to catch something from his mouth, that they might accuse him.

Luke 14:1
And it came to pass, when Jesus went into the house of one of the Pharisees, on the sabbath day, that they watched him.

Luke 20:20
And being upon the watch, they sent spies, who should feign themselves just, that they might take hold of him in his words, that they might deliver him up to the authority and power of the governor.

John 8:6
And this they said tempting him, that they might accuse him. But Jesus bowing himself down, wrote with his finger on the ground.

Mark 3:1
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