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{{stub}}The third chapter of the [[Gospel of Mark]] tells of conflict over [[Jesus]] healing on the [[Sabbath]], Jesus calling of the twelve disciples, and his conflicts with some scribes and his own family. === Healing - [[Miracles of Jesus]]=== Continuing the theme of the Sabbath from [[Mark 2]], Mark 3 begins with Jesus healing a man with a shrivelled hand on the Sabbath in the [[Synagogue]]. [[Apostle Mark|Mark]] uses the adverb [[palin]] (again), indicating this is the same Synagogue as the one in [[Mark 1]]:21-28. According to Mark "some" people were specifically waiting to see if Jesus would heal someone on the Sabbath so that they could accuse him of breaking it. He asks the people "Which is lawful on the Sabbath: to do good or to do evil, to save life or to kill?" ([[Mark 3:4]]). They do not answer and he angrily looks around at the crowd and is "distressed at their stubborn hearts", ([[Mark 3:5]]). He tells the man to put out his hand which he does and then, seemingly instantaneously, it is healed. Many other stories of healing at the time involved the healer doing work in some way to effect a cure as compared to this quick almost effortless action here. Mark could be highlighting how great he viewed Jesus' powers as being. Jesus also equates not doing good with doing evil and says it is more important to not let evil and suffering occur through inaction. According to Mark, this miracle is what completely sets the [[Pharisee]]s, as well as the [[Herodian]]s, against him, having them go out after this and plot to kill him. Thus the reaction of a substantial number of Jews has gone from being amazed to one of outright opposition. Mark has already begun to foreshadow Jesus' death, with this as well as the saying about the bridegroom and fasting in [[Mark 2]]:19-20. This also occurs in [[Matthew 12]]:9-14, although Jesus asks about how one would save a sheep on the Sabbath and how helping a person is more important than helping a sheep. [[Luke 6]]:6-11 is almost the same as this section of Mark although Luke does not state that they planned to kill him, only that they were "furious" and talked about what to do about Jesus. Jesus then "withdraws", anechoresen, and goes down by a lake, presumably the [[Sea of Galilee]], and people follow him there. Mark says the people had come from "...[[Judea]], [[Jerusalem]], [[Idumea]] and the regions across the [[Jordan]] and around [[Tyre]] and [[Sidon]]" ([[Mark 3:8]]). Mark thus shows that people are coming from many areas, not just Galilee. He has the disciples prepare a boat for him to avoid "crowding". Evil (or unclean) spirits in the people brought before him fall down and call him the [[Son of God]], but he tells them not to tell people who he is. === Choosing the twelve disciples === === A house divided and [[Blasphemy against the Holy Spirit]]===
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