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Mark 3:20 — Meaning and Application
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King James Version
" And the multitude cometh together again, so that they could not so much as eat bread. "
Mark 3:20
Verse in Context
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And Andrew, and Philip, and Bartholomew, and Matthew, and Thomas, and James the son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus, and Simon the Canaanite,
And Judas Iscariot, which also betrayed him: and they went into an house.
And the multitude cometh together again, so that they could not so much as eat bread.
And when his friends heard of it, they went out to lay hold on him: for they said, He is beside himself.
And the scribes which came down from Jerusalem said, He hath Beelzebub, and by the prince of the devils casteth he out devils.
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Mark 3:1
"And he entered again into the synagogue; and there was a man there which had a withered hand."
Mark 3:2
"And they watched him, whether he would heal him on the sabbath day; that they might accuse him."
Mark 3:3
"And he saith unto the man which had the withered hand, Stand forth."
Mark 3:4
"And he saith unto them, Is it lawful to do good on the sabbath days, or to do evil? to save life, or to kill? But they held their peace."
Mark 3:5
"And when he had looked round about on them with anger, being grieved for the hardness of their hearts, he saith unto the man, Stretch forth thine hand. And he stretched it out: and his hand was restored whole as the other."
Mark 3:6
"And the Pharisees went forth, and straightway took counsel with the Herodians against him, how they might destroy him."
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