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# Mark 3

Mark 3 is chapter 3 of 16 in the Gospel of Mark. Here are all 35 verses in the Catholic Public Domain Version, with the Latin of the Clementine Vulgate beside them.

> Christ heals the withered hand. He chooses the twelve. He confutes the blasphemy of the Pharisees.
>
> — Bp. Richard Challoner, chapter summary

## Mark 3 (Catholic Public Domain Version)

1. And again, he entered into the synagogue. And there was a man there who had a withered hand.
2. And they observed him, to see if he would cure on the Sabbaths, so that they might accuse him.
3. And he said to the man who had the withered hand, “Stand up in the middle.”
4. And he said to them: “Is it lawful to do good on the Sabbaths, or to do evil, to give health to a life, or to destroy?” But they remained silent.
5. And looking around at them with anger, being very saddened over the blindness of their hearts, he said to the man, “Extend your hand.” And he extended it, and his hand was restored to him.
6. Then the Pharisees, going out, immediately took counsel with the Herodians against him, as to how they might destroy him.
7. But Jesus withdrew with his disciples to the sea. And a great crowd followed him from Galilee and Judea,
8. and from Jerusalem, and from Idumea and across the Jordan. And those around Tyre and Sidon, upon hearing what he was doing, came to him in a great multitude.
9. And he told his disciples that a small boat would be useful to him, because of the crowd, lest they press upon him.
10. For he healed so many, that as many of them as had wounds would rush toward him in order to touch him.
11. And the unclean spirits, when they saw him, fell prostrate before him. And they cried out, saying,
12. “You are the Son of God.” And he strongly admonished them, lest they make him known.
13. And ascending onto a mountain, he called to himself those whom he willed, and they came to him.
14. And he acted so that the twelve would be with him, and so that he might send them out to preach.
15. And he gave them authority to cure infirmities, and to cast out demons:
16. and he imposed on Simon the name Peter;
17. and also he imposed on James of Zebedee, and John the brother of James, the name ‘Boanerges,’ that is, ‘Sons of Thunder;’
18. and Andrew, and Philip, and Bartholomew, and Matthew, and Thomas, and James of Alphaeus, and Thaddeus, and Simon the Canaanite,
19. and Judas Iscariot, who also betrayed him.
20. And they went to a house, and the crowd gathered together again, so much so that they were not even able to eat bread.
21. And when his own had heard of it, they went out to take hold of him. For they said: “Because he has gone mad.”
22. And the scribes who had descended from Jerusalem said, “Because he has Beelzebub, and because by the prince of demons does he cast out demons.”
23. And having called them together, he spoke to them in parables: “How can Satan cast out Satan?
24. For if a kingdom is divided against itself, that kingdom is not able to stand.
25. And if a house is divided against itself, that house is not able to stand.
26. And if Satan has risen up against himself, he would be divided, and he would not be able to stand; instead he reaches the end.
27. No one is able to plunder the goods of a strong man, having entered into the house, unless he first binds the strong man, and then he shall plunder his house.
28. Amen I say to you, that all sins will be forgiven the sons of men, and the blasphemies by which they will have blasphemed.
29. But he who will have blasphemed against the Holy Spirit shall not have forgiveness in eternity; instead he shall be guilty of an eternal offense.”
30. For they said: “He has an unclean spirit.”
31. And his mother and brothers arrived. And standing outside, they sent to him, calling him.
32. And the crowd was sitting around him. And they said to him, “Behold, your mother and your brothers are outside, seeking you.”
33. And responding to them, he said, “Who is my mother and my brothers?”
34. And looking around at those who were sitting all around him, he said: “Behold, my mother and my brothers.
35. For whoever has done the will of God, the same is my brother, and my sister and mother.”

## Mark 3 in Latin (Clementine Vulgate, 1592)

1. Et introivit iterum in synagogam: et erat ibi homo habens manum aridam.
2. Et observabant eum, si sabbatis curaret, ut accusarent illum.
3. Et ait homini habenti manum aridam: Surge in medium.
4. Et dicit eis: Licet sabbatis benefacere, an male? animam salvam facere, an perdere? At illi tacebant.
5. Et circumspiciens eos cum ira, contristatus super cæcitate cordis eorum, dicit homini: Extende manum tuam. Et extendit, et restituta est manus illi.
6. Exeuntes autem pharisæi, statim cum Herodianis consilium faciebant adversus eum quomodo eum perderent.
7. Jesus autem cum discipulis suis secessit ad mare: et multa turba a Galilæa et Judæa secuta est eum,
8. et ab Jerosolymis, et ab Idumæa, et trans Jordanem: et qui circa Tyrum et Sidonem multitudo magna, audientes quæ faciebat, venerunt ad eum.
9. Et dicit discipulis suis ut navicula sibi deserviret propter turbam, ne comprimerent eum:
10. multos enim sanabat, ita ut irruerent in eum ut illum tangerent, quotquot habebant plagas.
11. Et spiritus immundi, cum illum videbant, procidebant ei: et clamabant, dicentes:
12. Tu es Filius Dei. Et vehementer comminabatur eis ne manifestarent illum.
13. Et ascendens in montem vocavit ad se quos voluit ipse: et venerunt ad eum.
14. Et fecit ut essent duodecim cum illo: et ut mitteret eos prædicare.
15. Et dedit illis potestatem curandi infirmitates et ejiciendi dæmonia.
16. Et imposuit Simoni nomen Petrus:
17. et Jacobum Zebedæi, et Joannem fratrem Jacobi, et imposuit eis nomina Boanerges, quod est, Filii tonitrui:
18. et Andream, et Philippum, et Bartholomæum, et Matthæum, et Thomam, et Jacobum Alphæi, et Thaddæum, et Simonem Cananæum,
19. et Judam Iscariotem, qui et tradidit illum.
20. Et veniunt ad domum: et convenit iterum turba, ita ut non possent neque panem manducare.
21. Et cum audissent sui, exierunt tenere eum: dicebant enim: Quoniam in furorem versus est.
22. Et scribæ, qui ab Jerosolymis descenderant, dicebant: Quoniam Beelzebub habet, et quia in principe dæmoniorum ejicit dæmonia.
23. Et convocatis eis in parabolis dicebat illis: Quomodo potest Satanas Satanam ejicere?
24. Et si regnum in se dividatur, non potest regnum illud stare.
25. Et si domus super semetipsam dispertiatur, non potest domus illa stare.
26. Et si Satanas consurrexerit in semetipsum, dispertitus est, et non poterit stare, sed finem habet.
27. Nemo potest vasa fortis ingressus in domum diripere, nisi prius fortem alliget, et tunc domum ejus diripiet.
28. Amen dico vobis, quoniam omnia dimittentur filiis hominum peccata, et blasphemiæ quibus blasphemaverint:
29. qui autem blasphemaverit in Spiritum Sanctum, non habebit remissionem in æternum, sed reus erit æterni delicti.
30. Quoniam dicebant: Spiritum immundum habet.
31. Et veniunt mater ejus et fratres: et foris stantes miserunt ad eum vocantes eum,
32. et sedebat circa eum turba: et dicunt ei: Ecce mater tua et fratres tui foris quærunt te.
33. Et respondens eis, ait: Quæ est mater mea et fratres mei?
34. Et circumspiciens eos, qui in circuitu ejus sedebant, ait: Ecce mater mea et fratres mei.
35. Qui enim fecerit voluntatem Dei, hic frater meus, et soror mea, et mater est.

## Catechism of the Catholic Church

Paragraph numbers and the Catechism's own section headings (never quoted); text at vatican.va.
- CCC ¶ 574: Jesus and Israel ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- cf. CCC ¶ 2173: The Sabbath Day ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- CCC ¶ 591: Jesus and Israel ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- cf. CCC ¶ 1859: The Gravity of Sin: Mortal and Venial Sin ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- cf. CCC ¶ 574: Jesus and Israel ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- cf. CCC ¶ 591: Jesus and Israel ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- cf. CCC ¶ 581: Jesus and Israel ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- CCC ¶ 1504: Its Foundations in the Economy of Salvation ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- CCC ¶ 787: The Church - People of God, Body of Christ, Temple of the Holy Spirit ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- CCC ¶ 858: The Church Is One, Holy, Catholic, and Apostolic ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- cf. CCC ¶ 551: The Mysteries of Christ's Life ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- cf. CCC ¶ 765: The Church in God's Plan ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- cf. CCC ¶ 1577: Who Can Receive This Sacrament? ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- CCC ¶ 1673: Sacramentals ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- cf. CCC ¶ 552: The Mysteries of Christ's Life ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- CCC ¶ 548: The Mysteries of Christ's Life ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- CCC ¶ 539: The Mysteries of Christ's Life ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- CCC ¶ 1864: The Gravity of Sin: Mortal and Venial Sin ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- cf. CCC ¶ 500: "Conceived By the Power of the Holy Spirit and Born of the Virgin Mary" ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))

## Read at Mass (US)

- Wed, Jan 20, 2027: Wednesday of the Second Week in Ordinary Time — Gospel, Mark 3:1-6
- Thu, Jan 21, 2027: St. Agnes, Virgin and Martyr — Gospel, Mark 3:7-12
- Fri, Jan 22, 2027: Day of Prayer for the Legal Protection of Unborn Children — Gospel, Mark 3:13-19
- Sat, Jan 23, 2027: Saturday of the Second Week in Ordinary Time — Gospel, Mark 3:20-21

7 more dates through December 31, 2028, in the [liturgical calendar](https://blessbible.app/calendar/).

Citations as published in the USCCB liturgical calendar (principal Mass, first option).

Source: Catholic Public Domain Version (Ronald L. Conte Jr., 2009), public domain; Latin: Clementine Vulgate (1592).