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NIrV The Illustrated Holy Bible for Kids
Mark 3 – 4
T
homas,
a
nd James, son of Alphaeus.
A
nd t here were Thaddaeus
a
nd Simon the Zealot.
Judas Iscariot was one of them too. He was the one who was later going to hand Jesus over to
his enemies.
Jesus Is Accused by Teachers of the Law
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MARK 3:20–30
esus entered a h
ouse. Again a c rowd gathered. It was so l arge that Jesus and his disciples
were not even able to eat. His family heard a
bout this. So they went to take c harge of him.
They said, “He is out of his mind.”
Some teachers of the law were t here. They had come down from Jerusalem. They said, “He is
controlled by Beelzebul! He is driving out demons by the power of the prince of demons.”
So Jesus called them over to him. He began to speak to them using stories. He said, “How can
Satan drive out Satan? If a kingdom f ights a
gainst itself, it c an’t stand. If a family is divided, it
can’t s tand. And if Satan f ights a
gainst himself, and his helpers are divided, he c an’t stand. That
an’s house unless you tie him up f irst.
is the end of him. In fact, none of you can enter a s trong m
Then you can s teal t hings from his h
ouse. What I’m a
bout to tell you is true. Everyone’s sins and
evil words a
gainst God will be forgiven. But whoever s peaks evil t hings a
gainst the Holy Spirit
will never be forgiven. Their guilt will last forever.”
Jesus said this because the teachers of the law were saying, “He has an evil spirit.”
Jesus’ Mother and Brothers
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MARK 3:31–35
esus’ mother and brothers came and stood outside. They sent someone in to get him. A
crowd was sitting around Jesus. They told him, “Your mother and your brothers are outside.
They are looking for you.”
“Who is my mother? Who are my brothers?” he asked.
Then Jesus l ooked at the people sitting in a circle a
round him. He said, “Here is my mother!
Here are my brothers! Anyone who does what God wants is my brother or sister or mother.”
The Story of the Farmer
A
MARK 4:1–20
gain Jesus began to teach by the Sea of Galilee. The crowd that gathered around him
was very large. So he got into a boat. He sat down in it out on the lake. All the people
were a
long the s hore at the water’s edge. He t aught them many t hings using stories. In
his teaching he said, “Listen! A farmer went out to p
lant his seed. He scattered the seed on the
ground. Some fell on a path. B
irds came and ate it up. Some seed fell on r ocky places, where
there wasn’t much soil. The p
lants came up quickly, because the soil wasn’t deep. When the sun
came up, it b
urned the p
lants. They d
ried up because they had no r oots. Other seed fell a
mong
thorns. The t horns grew up and crowded out the p
lants. So the p
lants did not bear g
rain. S
till
other seed fell on good soil. It grew up and produced a crop 30, 60, or even 100 t imes more than
the farmer planted.”
Then Jesus said, “Whoever has ears should listen.”
Later Jesus was a
lone. The 12 disciples a
sked him a
bout the stories. So did the others around
od’s kingdom has been given to you. But to outsiders every
him. He told them, “The secret of G
thing is told using stories. In that way,
“ ‘They will see but never know what they are seeing.
They will hear but never understand.
Otherwise they might turn and be forgiven!’ ” (Isaiah 6:9,10)
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