Mark 3:21

When his family heard it, they went out to take charge of him: for they said, "He is out of his mind."

New Heart English 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 he came into a house. The multitude came together again, so that they could not so much as eat bread.

22The scribes who came down from Jerusalem said, "He has Beelzebul," and, "By the prince of the demons he casts out the demons."

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Cross References

Jeremiah 29:26'The Lord has made you priest in the place of Jehoiada the priest, that there may be officers in the house of the Lord, for every man who is mad, and makes himself a prophet, that you should put him in the stocks and in shackles.

Mark 3:31Then his brothers and his mother came, and standing outside, they sent to him, calling 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 beside ourselves, it is for God. Or if we are of sober 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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