3:7 Then 1 Jesus went away with his disciples to the sea, and a great multitude from Galilee followed him. 2 And from Judea, 3:8 Jerusalem, 3 Idumea, beyond the Jordan River, 4 and around Tyre 5 and Sidon 6 a great multitude came to him when they heard about the things he had done. 3:9 Because of the crowd, he told his disciples to have a small boat ready for him so the crowd 7 would not press toward him. 3:10 For he had healed many, so that all who were afflicted with diseases pressed toward him in order to touch him. 3:11 And whenever the unclean spirits 8 saw him, they fell down before him and cried out, “You are the Son of God.” 3:12 But 9 he sternly ordered them not to make him known. 10
3:13 Now 11 Jesus went up the mountain 12 and called for those he wanted, and they came to him. 3:14 He 13 appointed twelve (whom he named apostles 14 ), 15 so that they would be with him and he could send them to preach 3:15 and to have authority to cast out demons. 3:16 He appointed twelve: 16 To Simon 17 he gave the name Peter; 3:17 to James and his brother John, the sons of Zebedee, 18 he gave the name Boanerges (that is, “sons of thunder”); 3:18 and Andrew, Philip, Bartholomew, 19 Matthew, Thomas, 20 James the son of Alphaeus, Thaddaeus, 21 Simon the Zealot, 22 3:19 and Judas Iscariot, 23 who betrayed him. 24
3:20 Now 25 Jesus 26 went home, and a crowd gathered so that they were not able to eat. 3:21 When his family 27 heard this they went out to restrain him, for they said, “He is out of his mind.” 3:22 The experts in the law 28 who came down from Jerusalem 29 said, “He is possessed by Beelzebul,” 30 and, “By the ruler 31 of demons he casts out demons.” 3:23 So 32 he called them and spoke to them in parables: 33 “How can Satan cast out Satan? 3:24 If 34 a kingdom is divided against itself, that kingdom will not be able to stand. 3:25 If a house is divided against itself, that house will not be able to stand. 3:26 And if Satan rises against himself and is divided, he is not able to stand and his end has come. 3:27 But no one is able to enter a strong man’s 35 house and steal his property unless he first ties up the strong man. Then he can thoroughly plunder his house. 36 3:28 I tell you the truth, 37 people will be forgiven for all sins, even all the blasphemies they utter. 38 3:29 But whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit will never be forgiven, but is guilty of an eternal sin” 39 3:30 (because they said, “He has an unclean spirit” 40 ).
3:31 Then 41 Jesus’ 42 mother and his brothers 43 came. Standing 44 outside, they sent word to him, to summon him. 3:32 A crowd was sitting around him and they said to him, “Look, your mother and your brothers 45 are outside looking for you.” 3:33 He answered them and said, “Who are my mother and my brothers?” 46 3:34 And looking at those who were sitting around him in a circle, he said, “Here 47 are my mother and my brothers! 3:35 For whoever does the will of God is 48 my brother and sister and mother.”