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Mark 3:12 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition
" He sternly warned them that they should not make him known. "
Mark 3:12
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10 For he had healed many, so that as many as had diseases pressed on him that they might touch him.
11 The unclean spirits, whenever they saw him, fell down before him and cried, “You are the Son of God!”
12 He sternly warned them that they should not make him known.
13 He went up into the mountain and called to himself those whom he wanted, and they went to him.
14 He appointed twelve, that they might be with him, and that he might send them out to preach
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Mark 3:1
"He entered again into the synagogue, and there was a man there whose hand was withered."
Mark 3:2
"They watched him, whether he would heal him on the Sabbath day, that they might accuse him."
Mark 3:3
"He said to the man whose hand was withered, “Stand up.”"
Mark 3:4
"He said to them, “Is it lawful on the Sabbath day to do good or to do harm? To save a life or to kill?” But they were silent."
Mark 3:5
"When he had looked around at them with anger, being grieved at the hardening of their hearts, he said to the man, “Stretch out your hand.” He stretched it out, and his hand was restored as healthy as the other."
Mark 3:6
"The Pharisees went out, and immediately conspired with the Herodians against him, how they might destroy him."
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