カペナウムで、イエスがまた会堂に入られると、そこに片手の不自由な男がいました。

その日は安息日だったので、イエスに敵対する者たちは、イエスの行動に目を光らせていました。この男の手を治しでもしたら、訴えてやろうと待ちかまえていたのです。 イエスはその男を呼び、会衆の前に立たせられました。 それから、敵対する者たちのほうを向いて言われました。「さあ、答えてください。安息日に良いことをするのと悪いことをするのと、どちらが正しいですか。安息日はいのちを救う日ですか、それとも殺す日ですか。」彼らは押し黙っていました。 イエスは、彼らの冷淡さ、頑固さを深く嘆き、怒りを込めて見回すと、その男に、「さあ、手を伸ばしてごらんなさい」と言われました。男がそのとおりにすると、男の手はたちどころに治ってしまいました。

おさまらないのはパリサイ人です。すぐ会堂を飛び出し、ヘロデ党(ヘロデ王を支持する政治的な一派)の者たちと、イエスを殺す計画を相談し始めました。 7-8 一方、イエスと弟子たちは湖のほとりへ立ちのきましたが、それでも、ガリラヤ全地、ユダヤ、エルサレム、イドマヤばかりか、ヨルダン川の向こう岸、さらにツロやシドンといった遠方からも、たくさんの群衆がやって来て、あとについて行きました。イエスの奇跡の評判が広まるにつれ、「ひと目でいいからイエス様を見たい」と、人々が押しかけたのです。

イエスは、群衆が岸辺に押し寄せても大丈夫なように、弟子たちに小舟を一そう用意させました。 10 その日、多くの病人が治されたと聞いて、病気の人たちがみな、何とかしてイエスにさわろうと詰めかけたからです。

11 また、悪霊につかれた人たちは、イエスの姿が目に入りさえすればその前にひれ伏して、「あなたは神の子です!」と叫ぶのでした。 12 イエスは彼らに、ご自分のことをだれにも口外してはいけないと、きびしく警告なさいました。

選ばれた十二人

13 その後イエスは丘に登り、これまでに選んだ者たちを召集されました。みなが集まったところで、 14 十二人の者を特別に選び出されました。いつもそば近くに置き、彼らに福音(キリストによる救いの知らせ)を宣べ伝えさせたり、 15 悪霊を追い出させたりするためでした。

16-19 十二人の名前は次のとおりです。シモン〔イエスによって「ペテロ」と名づけられた〕、ヤコブとヨハネ〔ゼベダイの息子で、イエスから「雷の子」と呼ばれた〕、アンデレ、ピリポ、バルトロマイ、マタイ、トマス、ヤコブ〔アルパヨの息子〕、タダイ、シモン〔「熱心党」という急進派のメンバー〕、イスカリオテのユダ〔後にイエスを裏切った男〕。

20 イエスが泊まっていた家に戻られると、群衆がまた集まって来ました。まもなく家の中は人でいっぱいになり、みなは食事をする暇もないほどでした。 21 イエスのことを身内の者たちが聞き、家に連れ戻そうとしました。「あの男は気がおかしくなっている」と言う人たちがいたからです。

だれがイエスの兄弟、姉妹か

22 また、エルサレムから来ていたユダヤ教の教師たちは、こんなふうにうわさしました。「やつは、悪霊の王ベルゼブル(サタン)に取りつかれているのだ。だから、手下の悪霊どもがやつの言うことを聞いて、おとなしく引き下がるのだ。」

23 イエスは、そんなことを言う人々をそばに呼び、だれもがわかるように、たとえを使って話されました。「どうして、サタンがサタンを追い出せるでしょうか。 24 内部で分かれ争っている国は、結局自滅してしまいます。 25 争い事や不和が絶えない家庭は、崩壊するだけです。 26 サタンの場合も全く同じことです。内部で争っていたら、何もできないばかりか、生き残ることさえできません。 27 強い人の家に押し入って、その財産を盗み出すには、まずその強い人を縛り上げなければならないでしょう。悪霊を追い出すには、まずサタンを縛り上げなければならないのです。

28 これは大切なことですから、はっきり言います。人が犯す罪は、どんな罪でも赦してもらえます。たとえ、わたしの父を汚すことばでも。 29 しかし、聖霊を汚す罪だけは、決して赦されません。それは永遠の罪なのです。」 30 こう言われたのは、彼らが、イエスの奇跡を聖霊の力によるものだとは認めず、サタンの力によるのだと言っていたからです。

31 さて、イエスの母と弟たちが、教えを聞く人々でごった返す家に来て、イエスに話があるから出て来るようにと、ことづけました。 32 「お母様と弟さんたちが、お会いしたいと外でお待ちです」と言われて、 33 イエスはこうお答えになりました。「わたしの母や兄弟とは、いったいだれのことですか。」 34 それから、ぐるりと回りを見渡し、「この人たちこそわたしの母であり兄弟です。 35 だれでも、神のお心のままに歩む人が、わたしの兄弟、姉妹、また母なのです」と言われました。

治好手枯的人

耶穌又進了會堂,那裡有個人一隻手是萎縮的。 當時有好些人密切地監視耶穌,看祂是否會在安息日醫治這個人,好找藉口控告祂。

耶穌對那一隻手萎縮的人說:「起來,站在中間。」 然後問眾人:「在安息日應該行善還是作惡?救人還是害人?」他們都不吭聲。

耶穌生氣地看著四周這些人,為他們的心剛硬而感到極其難過。祂對那人說:「把手伸出來!」那人一伸手,手就立刻復原了。 法利賽人離開後,立刻和希律黨的人策劃怎樣除掉耶穌。

群眾跟隨耶穌

耶穌和門徒退到湖邊,有一大群人從加利利來跟隨祂。 還有很多人聽見耶穌所做的一切,就從猶太、耶路撒冷、以土買、約旦河東,甚至泰爾和西頓一帶來找祂。 耶穌見人多,就吩咐門徒為祂預備一條小船,以免人群擁擠祂。 10 因為祂醫好了很多人,凡有疾病的人都想擠過來摸祂。 11 每當污鬼看見祂,就俯伏在祂面前,大喊:「你是上帝的兒子!」 12 耶穌卻嚴厲地吩咐牠們不要洩露祂的身分。

選立十二使徒

13 耶穌上了山,把合自己心意的人召集到跟前, 14 從中選出十二個人,設立他們為使徒,讓他們跟隨自己,並且差遣他們出去傳道, 15 賜他們趕鬼的權柄。

16 這十二位使徒是:西門——耶穌給他取名叫彼得、 17 西庇太的兒子雅各和雅各的兄弟約翰——耶穌給他們取名叫「半尼其」,就是「雷霆之子」的意思、 18 安得烈、腓力、巴多羅買、馬太、多馬、亞勒腓的兒子雅各、達太、激進黨人西門、 19 及後來出賣耶穌的加略人猶大。

耶穌和別西卜

20 耶穌剛進家門,人群又聚集起來,以致祂和門徒連吃飯的時間也沒有。 21 祂的親屬聽見這個消息,就出來要拉住祂,因為人們說祂瘋了。

22 從耶路撒冷下來的律法教師說:「祂被別西卜附體。」又說:「祂是靠鬼王趕鬼。」

23 耶穌叫他們來,用比喻對他們說:「撒旦怎能驅逐撒旦呢? 24 一個國內部自相紛爭,必然崩潰。 25 一個家內部自相紛爭,必然破裂。 26 同樣,撒旦如果與自己為敵,自相紛爭,就站立不住,必然滅亡。 27 沒有人能進入壯漢家裡搶奪他的財物,除非先把那壯漢捆綁起來,才有可能搶劫他的家。

28 「我實在告訴你們,世人一切的罪和褻瀆的話都可以得到赦免, 29 唯有褻瀆聖靈的人永遠得不到赦免,他們要永遠擔罪。」 30 耶穌這樣說是因為他們誣衊祂被污鬼附身。

誰是耶穌的親人

31 這時候,耶穌的母親和兄弟來了,他們站在外面,託人叫耶穌。 32 有許多人圍坐在耶穌身邊,他們告訴祂說:「看啊!你的母親和兄弟在外面找你。」

33 耶穌說:「誰是我的母親?誰是我的弟兄?」 34 然後祂望著周圍坐著的人說:「看啊!我的母親、我的弟兄在這裡。 35 凡遵行上帝旨意的人就是我的弟兄、姊妹和母親。」

Jesus went into the meeting house again. A man was there whose right hand was thin and weak.

The Pharisees watched Jesus to see if he would heal the man on the Sabbath day. They wanted to find something wrong about Jesus.

He spoke to the man whose hand was thin and weak. He said, `Stand here.'

Then he spoke to the Pharisees. He said, `Is it right to do good things on the Sabbath day or to do wrong things? Is it right to heal people so they will live, or to let them die?' But the Pharisees said nothing.

Jesus was angry as he looked at them. And he was sad that their hearts were so hard. Then he said to the man, `Hold out your hand.' The man did so, and it was made well like the other hand.

The Pharisees went out. Right away they and the servants of King Herod planned together how to kill Jesus.

Jesus and his disciples went away to the sea of Galilee. Many people went with Jesus. They came from Galilee, Judea, Jerusalem, Idumea, and from the other side of the Jordan River. And many more people came also, a great many from around the cities of Tyre and Sidon. They also had heard about the great works that Jesus had done.

Jesus saw that the crowd was very big. He told the disciples to have a small boat ready for him so that he would have more room.

10 He did this because he healed many people. All who were sick tried to touch him.

11 When the bad spirits saw Jesus, they bowed down before him. They shouted, `You are God's Son!'

12 He told them they must not tell anyone who he was.

13 Then Jesus went up on the hill. He wanted some of the people to come with him. So he called them and they came.

14 He chose twelve disciples to stay with him. He wanted to send them out to other places to tell people God's word.

15 He gave them power to heal people and to drive bad spirits out of people.

16 One of the twelve was Simon, whom Jesus called Peter.

17 He also chose James and his brother John, the sons of Zebedee, whom he named Boanerges, which means "Men of Thunder."

19 He also chose Andrew, Philip, Bartholomew, Matthew, Thomas, James the son of Alphaeus, Thaddaeus, Simon of Canan, and Judas Iscariot, the one who gave Jesus over to people who hated him. Then Jesus and his disciples went home.

20 So many people came again that they could not even eat.

21 When Jesus' family heard about this, they came to take him away. They said, `He is crazy.'

22 The scribes who came from Jerusalem also talked about Jesus. They said, `Beelzebub, the chief of bad spirits, is in this man. He drives out bad spirits by the help of Beelzebub.'

23 Jesus called the people and talked to them in stories. He asked, `How can Satan drive out Satan?

24 If one part of a country fights against another part of the country, that country cannot be strong.

25 If one part of a family fights against the other part of the family, it cannot stand.

26 If Satan fights against himself and the bad spirits fight against each other, he cannot stand. It will be the end of him.

27 If anyone wants to go into a strong man's house and steal his things, he must first tie the strong man. Then he can steal his things.

28 `I tell you the truth. All wrong things that people do and say about anyone will be forgiven.

29 But people who say wrong things against the Holy Spirit will never be forgiven. A person who does that will be punished for ever.'

30 Jesus said all this because the scribes said, `A bad spirit is in him.'

31 Jesus' mother and brothers came to him. They stood outside. They sent someone to him.

32 Many people were sitting around him. They said, `See, your mother and your brothers are outside. They want you.'

33 Jesus asked them, `Who are my mother and my brothers?'

34 Then he looked at the people who sat around him. He said, `These people are my mother and my brothers!

35 Anyone who obeys God is my brother, my sister, and my mother.'

Jesus Heals on the Sabbath

Another time Jesus went into the synagogue,(A) and a man with a shriveled hand was there. Some of them were looking for a reason to accuse Jesus, so they watched him closely(B) to see if he would heal him on the Sabbath.(C) Jesus said to the man with the shriveled hand, “Stand up in front of everyone.”

Then Jesus asked them, “Which is lawful on the Sabbath: to do good or to do evil, to save life or to kill?” But they remained silent.

He looked around at them in anger and, deeply distressed at their stubborn hearts, said to the man, “Stretch out your hand.” He stretched it out, and his hand was completely restored. Then the Pharisees went out and began to plot with the Herodians(D) how they might kill Jesus.(E)

Crowds Follow Jesus(F)

Jesus withdrew with his disciples to the lake, and a large crowd from Galilee followed.(G) When they heard about all he was doing, many people came to him from Judea, Jerusalem, Idumea, and the regions across the Jordan and around Tyre and Sidon.(H) Because of the crowd he told his disciples to have a small boat ready for him, to keep the people from crowding him. 10 For he had healed many,(I) so that those with diseases were pushing forward to touch him.(J) 11 Whenever the impure spirits saw him, they fell down before him and cried out, “You are the Son of God.”(K) 12 But he gave them strict orders not to tell others about him.(L)

Jesus Appoints the Twelve(M)

13 Jesus went up on a mountainside and called to him those he wanted, and they came to him.(N) 14 He appointed twelve[a](O) that they might be with him and that he might send them out to preach 15 and to have authority to drive out demons.(P) 16 These are the twelve he appointed: Simon (to whom he gave the name Peter),(Q) 17 James son of Zebedee and his brother John (to them he gave the name Boanerges, which means “sons of thunder”), 18 Andrew, Philip, Bartholomew, Matthew, Thomas, James son of Alphaeus, Thaddaeus, Simon the Zealot 19 and Judas Iscariot, who betrayed him.

Jesus Accused by His Family and by Teachers of the Law(R)(S)

20 Then Jesus entered a house, and again a crowd gathered,(T) so that he and his disciples were not even able to eat.(U) 21 When his family[b] heard about this, they went to take charge of him, for they said, “He is out of his mind.”(V)

22 And the teachers of the law who came down from Jerusalem(W) said, “He is possessed by Beelzebul!(X) By the prince of demons he is driving out demons.”(Y)

23 So Jesus called them over to him and began to speak to them in parables:(Z) “How can Satan(AA) drive 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 And if Satan opposes himself and is divided, he cannot stand; his end has come. 27 In fact, no one can enter a strong man’s house without first tying him up. Then he can plunder the strong man’s house.(AB) 28 Truly I tell you, people can be forgiven all their sins and every slander they utter, 29 but whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit will never be forgiven; they are guilty of an eternal sin.”(AC)

30 He said this because they were saying, “He has an impure spirit.”

31 Then Jesus’ mother and brothers arrived.(AD) Standing outside, they sent someone in to call him. 32 A crowd was sitting around him, and they told him, “Your mother and brothers are outside looking for you.”

33 “Who are my mother and my brothers?” he asked.

34 Then he looked at those seated in a circle around him and said, “Here are my mother and my brothers! 35 Whoever does God’s will is my brother and sister and mother.”

Footnotes

  1. Mark 3:14 Some manuscripts twelve—designating them apostles—
  2. Mark 3:21 Or his associates