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3:1  Another time when Jesus went into a synagogue, a man with a ·crippled [paralyzed; deformed; shriveled] hand was there.
3:2  ·Some people [L They; C probably the Pharisees; see 2:24, 27] watched Jesus closely to see if he would heal the man on the Sabbath day so they could accuse him.
3:3  Jesus said to the man with the crippled hand, “Stand up here in ·the middle [front] of everyone.”
3:4  Then Jesus asked ·the people [L them; C probably the Pharisees], “Which is lawful [C according to the law of Moses] on the Sabbath day: to do good or to do evil, to save a life or to kill?” But they ·said nothing to answer him [remained silent].
3:5  Jesus was angry as he looked at them, and he felt very ·sad [distressed; grieved] because ·they were stubborn [of their hard hearts]. Then he said to the man, “·Hold out [stretch out] your hand.” The man ·held out [stretched out] his hand and it was ·healed [restored].
3:6  Then the Pharisees left and [immediately] began ·making plans [plotting] with the Herodians [C a political group that supported king Herod and his family] about a way to ·kill [destroy] Jesus.
3:7  Jesus left with his ·followers [disciples] for the lake, and a large crowd from Galilee followed him.
3:8  Also many people came from Judea, from Jerusalem, from Idumea [C located to the south], from the lands across the Jordan River, and from the area of Tyre and Sidon [C located to the north]. When they heard what Jesus was doing, many people came to him.
3:9  When Jesus saw the crowds, he told his ·followers [disciples] to get a boat ready for him to keep people from ·crowding against [crushing] him.
3:10  He had healed many people, so all the sick were pushing toward him to touch him.
3:11  When ·evil [defiling; L unclean; see 1:23] spirits [within people] saw Jesus, they fell down before him and shouted, “You are the Son of God!”
3:12  But Jesus strongly ·warned [rebuked; ordered] them not to tell who he was.
3:13  Then Jesus went up ·on a mountain [to the hills] and called to him those he wanted, and they came to him.
3:14  Jesus ·chose [appointed] twelve [C paralleling the twelve tribes of Israel] and called them apostles [C “apostle” means a messenger, or someone sent with a commission]. He wanted them to be with him, and he wanted to send them out to preach
3:15  and to have the authority to ·force [drive; cast] demons out of people.
3:16  These are the twelve he ·chose [appointed]: Simon (Jesus named him Peter),
3:17  James and John, the sons of Zebedee (Jesus named them Boanerges, which [C in Aramaic] means “Sons of Thunder”),
3:18  Andrew, Philip, Bartholomew, Matthew, Thomas, James the son of Alphaeus, Thaddaeus, Simon the Zealot [C either religiously zealous, or a (former) member of the revolutionary movement known as Zealots],
3:19  and Judas Iscariot [C Iscariot probably means “man of Kerioth”], who later ·turned against [betrayed] Jesus.
3:20  Then Jesus went ·home [into a house], but again a crowd gathered. There were so many people that Jesus and his followers could not eat.
3:21  When his ·family [own people] heard this, they went to ·get [seize; take charge of] him because they thought he was out of his mind.
3:22  But the ·teachers of the law [scribes] from Jerusalem were saying, “·Beelzebul [C another name for Satan] is ·living inside [possessing] him! He uses power from the ·ruler [prince] of demons to ·force [drive; cast] demons out of people.”
3:23  So Jesus called the people together and ·taught them with stories [L spoke to them in parables; C Greek parabolē, which can mean stories and analogies of various kinds]. He said, ·“Satan will not force himself out of people. [L “How can Satan drive out Satan?]
3:24  A kingdom that is ·divided [at war with itself] cannot ·continue [stand],
3:25  and a ·family [household; L house] that is divided cannot ·continue [stand].
3:26  And if Satan ·is [rises; rebels] against himself and ·fights against his own people [is divided], he cannot ·continue [stand]; that is the end of Satan.
3:27  No one can enter a strong man’s house and ·steal [seize; plunder] his things unless he first ·ties up [binds] the strong man [Is. 49:24–25]. Then he can ·steal [seize; plunder] things from the house. [C Satan is the strong man and his possessions are the people Jesus is freeing from Satan’s power.]
3:28  I tell you the truth, all sins that people do and all ·the things people say against God [blasphemies] can be forgiven.
3:29  But anyone who ·speaks against [blasphemes] the Holy Spirit will never be forgiven; he is guilty of ·a sin that continues forever [a sin with eternal consequences; L an eternal sin].”
3:30  Jesus said this because the teachers of the law said that he had an ·evil [defiling; L unclean] spirit inside him.
3:31  Then Jesus’ mother and ·brothers [or brothers and sisters; C the Greek word can mean “siblings”; cf. 6:3] arrived. Standing outside, they sent someone in to tell him to come out.
3:32  Many people were sitting around Jesus, and they said to him, “Your mother and brothers are ·waiting [looking; asking] for you outside.”
3:33  Jesus asked, “Who are my mother and my brothers [and sisters]?”
3:34  Then he looked at those sitting around him and said, “·Here are [Look; T Behold,] my mother and my brothers [and sisters]!
3:35  My true brother and sister and mother are those who do ·what God wants [the will of God].”