The Book of Mark, Chapter 3, Verse 15

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.

And the Pharisees went forth, and straightway took counsel with the Herodians against him, how they might destroy him.

But Jesus withdrew himself with his disciples to the sea: and a great multitude from Galilee followed him, and from Judaea,

And from Jerusalem, and from Idumaea, and [from] beyond Jordan; and they about Tyre and Sidon, a great multitude, when they had heard what great things he did, came unto him.

And he spake to his disciples, that a small ship should wait on him because of the multitude, lest they should throng him.

For he had healed many; insomuch that they pressed upon him for to touch him, as many as had plagues.

And unclean spirits, when they saw him, fell down before him, and cried, saying, Thou art the Son of God.

And he straitly charged them that they should not make him known.

And he goeth up into a mountain, and calleth [unto him] whom he would: and they came unto him.

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And he ordained twelve, that they should be with him, and that he might send them forth to preach,

King James Version

And to have power to heal sicknesses, and to cast out devils:

American Standard Version

and to have authority to cast out demons:

New English Translation

and Andrew, Philip, Bartholomew, Matthew, Thomas, James the son of Alphaeus, Thaddaeus, Simon the Zealot,

World English Bible

and to have authority to heal sicknesses and to cast out demons:

And Simon he surnamed Peter;

And James the [son] of Zebedee, and John the brother of James; and he surnamed them Boanerges, which is, The sons of thunder:

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.

And he called them [unto him], and said unto them in parables, ‹How can Satan cast out Satan?›

‹And if a kingdom be divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand.›

‹And if a house be divided against itself, that house cannot stand.›