Mark 3:21

When His family heard about this, they went out to take custody of Him, saying, “He is out of His mind.”

Berean Standard Bible

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

20Then Jesus went home, and once again a crowd gathered, so that He and His disciples could not even eat.

22And the scribes who had come down from Jerusalem were saying, “He is possessed by Beelzebul,” and, “By the prince of the demons He drives out demons.”

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Cross References

Jeremiah 29:26‘The LORD has appointed you priest in place of Jehoiada, to be the chief officer in the house of the LORD, responsible for any madman who acts like a prophet—you must put him in stocks and neck irons.

Mark 3:31Then Jesus’ mother and brothers came and stood outside. They sent someone in to summon Him,

John 10:20Many of them said, “He is demon-possessed and insane. Why would you listen to Him?”

2 Corinthians 5:13If we are out of our mind, it is for God; if we are of sound mind, 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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