Mark 3:21

And when his friends had news of it, they went out to get him, saying, He is off his head.

Bible in Basic English

In The King James Version

And when his friends heard of it, they went out to lay hold on him: for they said, He is beside himself.

In Context

20And he went into a house. And the people came together again, so that they were not even able to take bread.

22And the scribes who came down from Jerusalem, said, He has Beelzebub, and, By the ruler of evil spirits he sends evil spirits out of men.

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Cross References

Jeremiah 29:26The Lord has made you priest in place of Jehoiada the priest, to be an overseer in the house of the Lord for every man who is off his head and is acting as a prophet, to put such men in prison and in chains.

Mark 3:31And his mother and brothers came and were outside, and sent for him, requesting to see him.

John 10:20And a number of them said, He has an evil spirit and is out of his mind; why do you give ear to him?

2 Corinthians 5:13For if we are foolish, it is to God; or if we are serious, it is for you.

Matthew Henry on Mark 3:14-22

The Calling of the Apostles. 13 And he goeth up into a mountain, and calleth unto him whom he would: and they came unto him. 14 And he ordained twelve, that they should be with him, and that he might send them forth to preach, 15 And to have power to heal sicknesses, and to cast out devils: 16 And Simon he surnamed Peter; 17 And James the son of Zebedee, and John the brother of James; and he surnamed them Boanerges, which is, The sons of thunder: 18 And Andrew, and Philip, and Bartholomew, and Matthew, and Thomas,… Read the whole commentary →

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