Marcos 3
Portuguese New Testament: Easy-to-Read Version
Jesus cura um homem no sábado
(Mt 12.9-14; Lc 6.6-11)
3 Numa outra ocasião, Jesus entrou novamente na sinagoga. Ali também se encontrava um homem que tinha uma das mãos paralizada. 2 Algumas pessoas, porém, estavam lá somente para observar Jesus de perto. Eles queriam ver se Jesus iria curar alguém no sábado, pois assim eles poderiam acusá-lo. 3 Jesus disse ao homem com a mão paralizada:
—Levante-se e coloque-se de frente para todos.
4 Depois Jesus perguntou:
—O que é permitido fazer no sábado: o bem ou o mal? É permitido salvar uma vida ou destruí-la? Mas ninguém lhe respondeu nada. 5 Jesus, então, olhou muito zangado para eles à sua volta e, ao mesmo tempo, ficou triste por causa da dureza dos seus corações. Ele se dirigiu ao homem e lhe disse:
—Estenda a sua mão.
O homem a estendeu e ela ficou curada. 6 Os fariseus, então, saíram e, encontrando-se com os herodianos, começaram imediatamente a fazer planos para matá-lo.
A cura de muitos na praia
7 Jesus partiu com os seus discípulos para o lago da Galileia, mas uma grande multidão o seguia. Eram pessoas vindas das regiões da Galileia e da Judeia, 8 de Jerusalém e da Idumeia. Muitos também eram de regiões que ficavam do outro lado do rio Jordão e dos arredores das cidades de Tiro e de Sidom. Eles formavam uma enorme multidão e tinham vindo porque ouviram falar de todas as coisas que Jesus fazia. 9 A multidão era tão grande que Jesus pediu aos seus discípulos que lhe arranjassem um barco para que assim ele não fosse apertado pelo povo.
10 Ele já tinha curado muita gente e, por causa disso, muitos doentes tentavam a todo custo chegar mais perto de Jesus, a fim de poder tocar nele. 11 Quando os demônios o viam, caíam no chão na sua frente e gritavam:
—Você é o Filho de Deus!
12 Mas Jesus os advertia severamente para que eles não dissessem quem ele era.
Jesus escolhe os doze apóstolos
(Mt 10.1-4; Lc 6.12-16)
13 Jesus subiu a um monte e chamou para si aqueles que ele queria. Eles foram e, 14 dentre eles, Jesus escolheu doze, a quem chamou de apóstolos. Jesus os escolheu para que eles andassem sempre com ele, e também para que pudesse enviá-los a proclamar sua mensagem, 15 dando-lhes poder até para expulsar demônios. 16 Estes doze foram os escolhidos:
Simão (a quem Jesus deu o nome de Pedro),
17 Tiago e João, filhos de Zebedeu (aos quais deu o nome de Boanerges, que quer dizer “Filhos do Trovão”),
18 André,
Filipe,
Bartolomeu,
Mateus,
Tomé,
Tiago, o filho de Alfeu,
Tadeu,
Simão, que pertencia ao grupo dos zelotes;[a]
19 e Judas Iscariotes (que foi quem o traiu).
O poder de Jesus vem de Deus
(Mt 12.22-32; Lc 11.14-23; 12.10)
20 Depois disso Jesus voltou para casa, mas novamente uma grande multidão se reuniu. Havia tanta gente que Jesus e seus discípulos nem sequer podiam comer. 21 Quando os parentes de Jesus ficaram sabendo dessas coisas, foram buscá-lo, pois as pessoas estavam dizendo que ele tinha perdido a razão.
22 Os professores da lei, que tinham vindo de Jerusalém, diziam:
—Ele está possuído por Belzebu, o chefe dos demônios! É pelo poder dele que Jesus expulsa os demônios!
23 Jesus, então, os chamou para perto dele e, por meio de parábolas, lhes disse:
—Como é que Satanás pode expulsar Satanás? 24 Um reino que estiver dividido e lutar contra si mesmo, não pode durar. 25 Uma família que estiver dividida e lutar contra si mesma, não pode durar. 26 Se Satanás se opuser a si mesmo e estiver dividido, ele não durará, porém este será o seu fim. 27 Ninguém entra na casa de um homem forte para lhe roubar os bens sem primeiro amarrá-lo. Depois de fazer isso, então, o ladrão pode entrar e roubar a casa. 28 Digo a verdade a vocês: Deus perdoará aos homens todos os pecados que cometerem e também todas as coisas más que disserem contra Deus. 29 Mas Deus não perdoará ao homem que insulte o Espírito Santo, esse não será perdoado, uma vez que ele é culpado de pecado eterno.
30 (Jesus disse isto porque eles diziam que ele estava possuído por um demônio.)
A verdadeira família de Jesus são seus discípulos
(Mt 12.46-50; Lc 8.19-21)
31 Logo em seguida chegaram a mãe e os irmãos de Jesus. Eles ficaram do lado de fora e mandaram chamá-lo. 32 A multidão sentada à tua volta lhe disse:
—A tua mãe e os teus irmãos[b] estão aí fora, perguntando por você.
33 Jesus, então, disse:
—Quem é a minha mãe e quem são os meus irmãos?
34 Depois, olhando para os que estavam sentados no círculo ao seu redor, disse:
—Aqui estão a minha mãe e os meus irmãos! 35 Todo aquele que faz a vontade de Deus é meu irmão, minha irmã e minha mãe.
Mark 3
EasyEnglish Bible
Jesus makes a man well
3 Another time, Jesus went into the Jewish meeting place. A man was there. His hand was very small and weak, so he could not use it. 2 Some Pharisees were watching Jesus carefully. They wanted to find a reason to say that Jesus was doing wrong things. It was the Jewish day of rest. So the Pharisees watched Jesus to see if he would make the man well on this day. 3 Jesus said to the man, ‘Stand here in front of everyone.’
4 Then Jesus said to the Pharisees, ‘Is it right for us to do good things on our day of rest? Or should we do bad things? Should we save a person's life? Or should we kill people?’
Nobody said anything.
5 Jesus looked round at everybody. He felt angry with them. He also felt sad because they did not want to learn. Then he said to the man, ‘Lift up your hand.’ The man lifted his hand and it became well. He could use it again. 6 The Pharisees left the meeting place immediately. They went to meet with some other people who were friends with the ruler, Herod.[a] The Pharisees talked with them about how they could kill Jesus.
Crowds follow Jesus
7 Jesus left that place and he went away to Lake Galilee with his disciples. A large crowd of people from Galilee followed them. 8 Many people also came to him from Judea, from Jerusalem and from a region of Israel called Idumea. They also came from places on the other side of the Jordan River, and from the towns called Tyre and Sidon. Many people had heard about the things that Jesus was doing. That is why all these people came to him. 9 The crowd was very large. So Jesus asked his disciples to prepare a small boat for him. They did this so that the people would not push against him. 10 Sick people were pushing to the front, because they were trying to touch him. They knew that he had made many people well. 11 Often, a person with a bad spirit saw Jesus. Then, the spirit caused the person to fall down on the ground in front of Jesus. The spirit caused that person to shout out, ‘You are the Son of God.’ 12 Jesus often had to say to the bad spirits, ‘You must not tell anyone who I am.’
Jesus chooses 12 apostles
13 Jesus went up a mountain. He chose some men and he asked them to go there with him. So they met together with him there. 14 He chose a group of 12 men. He called them his apostles.[b] He wanted them to be with him. And he would send them to teach people about God. 15 He gave these men authority to cause bad spirits to leave people. 16 These are the names of the 12 apostles:
Simon, (Jesus called him Peter).
17 James and John who were the sons of Zebedee. Jesus called them ‘Boanerges’. It means ‘men who are like thunder’.
18 Andrew,
Philip,
Bartholomew,
Matthew,[c]
Thomas,
James, who was the son of Alphaeus,
Thaddaeus,[d]
Simon the Zealot
19 and Judas Iscariot, who later gave Jesus to his enemies.
Jesus talks about Satan
20 Then Jesus went into a house. A crowd of people came together there again. There were so many people that Jesus and his disciples were not even able to eat. 21 People told his family what was happening. So they went to take him away with them. They thought that Jesus was crazy.[e]
22 Some teachers of God's Law came from Jerusalem. They said, ‘Jesus has a bad spirit called Beelzebul in him. That is Satan, the one who rules all the bad spirits. This man can send bad spirits out of people because Satan gives him authority.’[f]
23 So Jesus spoke to the teachers of God's Law. He said, ‘Come here and listen to me.’ He used stories to explain to them, ‘Satan would not fight against himself! 24 If armies in the same country start to fight each other, then they will destroy their own country. 25 And if the people in one family start to fight against each other, they will destroy their own family. 26 So Satan would not attack himself. If he did that, he would destroy his own power. That would be the end of him. 27 Nobody can easily go into the house of a strong man to rob him. To do that, he must first tie up the strong man. Then he can take away all that man's valuable things. 28 I tell you this: God can forgive all the wrong things that people do. He can also forgive people who say bad things against him. 29 But God will never forgive people who say bad things against the Holy Spirit. Those people will always be guilty of a terrible sin.’
30 Jesus said that to the teachers of God's Law, because they had said, ‘Jesus has a bad spirit in him.’
Jesus' mother and his brothers come to look for him
31 Then, Jesus' mother and his brothers arrived and they stood outside the house. They sent someone into the house with a message. They wanted Jesus to come out to speak to them. 32 A crowd of people was sitting around Jesus. Somebody said to him, ‘Look! Your mother and brothers are outside. They are looking for you.’
33 Jesus replied, ‘I will tell you who my mother and brothers really are.’
34 Then he looked at the people who were sitting around him. He said, ‘Look! Here are my mother and my brothers! 35 My brothers and sisters and my mother are the people who do what God wants.’[g]
Footnotes
- 3:6 The people who were friends with Herod were important Jews. Herod ruled part of Israel on behalf of the Romans. His friends were happy because the Romans had authority in Israel. They did not like Jesus. They thought that he would cause problems for Herod.
- 3:14 Jesus had many disciples. He chose 12 of them to be with him, so that he could teach them. He also called these 12 men apostles. The word apostle means that someone has sent the person out to do a job. Their job was to tell other people about Jesus.
- 3:18 Matthew is another name for Levi.
- 3:18 In Luke 6:16, Thaddaeus is called Judas, the son of James.
- 3:21 Jesus' family lived in Nazareth, which was 40 kilometres away from Capernaum.
- 3:22 Beelzebul is another name for Satan. They are both names for God's greatest enemy.
- 3:35 People who believe in Jesus become part of the family of God.
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