Mark 3:30

That’s what Jesus said to those Jewish law teachers. You see, they reckoned that Jesus had a bad spirit in him. That is the reason why Jesus talked so straight to them.

Plain English Version

In The King James Version

Because they said, He hath an unclean spirit.

In Context

29But if somebody says bad things about the Holy Spirit, they are always guilty. God will blame them and punish them for ever.”

31Jesus’s mother and his brothers came to the house where Jesus was teaching, and they sent somebody in to tell him to come out and talk to them.

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Cross References

John 10:20Lots of them said, “He’s got a bad spirit in him. He is crazy. Don’t listen to him.”

Matthew Henry on Mark 3:23-31

The Blasphemy of the Scribes. 22 And the scribes which came down from Jerusalem said, He hath Beelzebub, and by the prince of the devils casteth he out devils. 23 And he called them unto him, and said unto them in parables, How can Satan cast out Satan? 24 And if a kingdom be divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand. 25 And if a house be divided against itself, that house cannot stand. 26 And if Satan rise up against himself, and be divided, he cannot stand, but hath an end. 27 No man can enter into a… Read the whole commentary →

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