Mark 3:1-14 ▼

1 Once again Jesus entered the synagogue, and a man with a withered hand was there.

2 In order to accuse Jesus, they were watching to see if He would heal on the Sabbath.

3 Then Jesus said to the man with the withered hand, “Stand up among us.

4 And He asked them, “Which is lawful on the Sabbath: to do good or to do evil, to save life {psychēn} or to destroy it? But they were silent.

5 Jesus looked around at them with anger and sorrow at their hardness of heart. Then He said to the man, “Stretch out your hand. So he stretched it out, and it was restored.

6 At this, the Pharisees went out and began plotting with the Herodians how they might kill Jesus.

7 So Jesus (YHWH saves) withdrew with His disciples (pupils) to the sea, accompanied by a large crowd from Galilee (circuit), Judea (land of praise),

8 Jerusalem (city of peace), Idumea, the region beyond the Jordan (flowing down), and the vicinity of Tyre and Sidon. The large crowd came to Him when they heard what great things He was doing.

9 Jesus asked His disciples (pupils) to have a boat ready for Him so that the crowd would not crush Him.

10 For He had healed so many that all who had diseases were pressing forward to touch Him.

11 And when the unclean (impure) spirits {pneumata} saw Him, they fell down before Him and cried out, “You are the Son of God {Theou}!

12 But He warned them sternly not to make Him known.

13 Then Jesus went up on the mountain and called for those He wanted, and they came to Him.

14 He appointed twelve of them, whom He designated as apostles (sent ones), to accompany Him, to be sent out to preach,