Mark 3:21

When his family heard about it, they went out to seize him, for they said, “He is out of his mind.”

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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 he went home, and the crowd came together again, so that they could not even eat bread.

22The scribes who came down from Jerusalem said, “He is possessed by Beelzebul” and “By the ruler of the demons he drives out demons.”

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Cross References

Jeremiah 29:26“Yahweh has made you priest instead of Jehoiada the priest, for you to be in charge of Yahweh's house. You are in control of all the people who rave and make themselves into prophets. You should put them in stocks and chains.

Mark 3:31Then his mother and his brothers came and stood outside. They sent for him, summoning him.

John 10:20Many of them said, “He has a demon and is insane. Why do you listen to him?”

2 Corinthians 5:13For if we are out of our minds, it is for God; and if we are in our right minds, it is for your sake.

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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