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Mark Chapter 3a

1) Jesus heals a man's damaged hand on the Sabbath, angering the Pharisees who were watching to accuse him of breaking the law. Jesus questions them about whether the law allows good deeds or bad on the Sabbath. He heals the man, angering the Pharisees further. 2) A large crowd follows Jesus by the Sea of Galilee to hear him teach. Those who were sick pushed close to touch him, hoping to be healed. When people with evil spirits saw Jesus, they fell down shouting that he was the Son of God. Jesus ordered them not to reveal his identity.

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Mark Chapter 3a

1) Jesus heals a man's damaged hand on the Sabbath, angering the Pharisees who were watching to accuse him of breaking the law. Jesus questions them about whether the law allows good deeds or bad on the Sabbath. He heals the man, angering the Pharisees further. 2) A large crowd follows Jesus by the Sea of Galilee to hear him teach. Those who were sick pushed close to touch him, hoping to be healed. When people with evil spirits saw Jesus, they fell down shouting that he was the Son of God. Jesus ordered them not to reveal his identity.

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Chapter 3

Jesus cures a mans hand on Gods rest day 3:1-6


v1 Jesus went again into the building where they met to *worship God. A man was there. Something had damaged his hand. v2 The *Pharisees wanted a reason to say that Jesus was not obeying the law. So they watched him to see if he would cure on Gods rest day. v3 Jesus said to the man with the bad hand, Come here. v4 And Jesus asked them, Does the law allow us to do good things on Gods rest day or to do bad things? Does it allow us to save life or to kill? But they would not answer. v5 Jesus looked round at them in anger. He was very upset because their hearts were so hard. He said to the man, Reach out your hand. So the man reached out his hand, and it became well again. It was quite as good as his other hand. v6 The *Pharisees went out and they immediately plotted with the *Herodians. They tried to decide how to kill Jesus. Verse 2 The *Pharisees were jealous of Jesus popularity. He had shown that their attitudes were wrong. They were very careful about what they should not do on the rest day. They were less careful about what they should do. They allowed someone to cure on the rest day if the patient might die. Anyone else who was ill must wait until the end of the rest day. Verse 4 Jesus was going to use the rest day to do a good deed. They were already trying to find a reason to kill him. Verse 5 Mark made it clear that Jesus was angry. Many people are angry for selfish reasons. They are angry when other people have not been kind to them. Jesus was angry because the *Pharisees were going to use the man as a way to oppose Jesus. They were showing no love towards a man who needed their sympathy. Jesus cured the man with a brief order. Verse 6 The *Herodians were friends of Herod Antipas, the ruler of Galilee. Usually the *Pharisees hated the *Herodians because Herods *disciples were friends with the *Romans. But both the *Pharisees and the *Herodians were afraid of Jesus. The *Pharisees thought that they might lose their *religious authority. The *Herodians thought that trouble with the *Romans would spoil their political ambitions. So the *Pharisees and the *Herodians joined together in order to oppose Jesus.

Jesus teaches by the lake 3:7-12


v7 Jesus went off to the Sea of Galilee with his *disciples. A large crowd from Galilee followed. v8 Many people heard about all that Jesus was doing. So they came to him. They came from Judea, Jerusalem and Idumea. They came from the lands east of the River Jordan. They came from the area of Tyre and Sidon. v9 Because of the crowd, Jesus told his *disciples to get a boat ready for him. Crowds of people were coming too close to Jesus. There was a danger that they would hurt him by their pressure. v10 Jesus had cured many people. So all those with diseases were pushing forward in order to touch him. v11 Whenever people with evil *spirits saw him, they fell down in front of him. They shouted, You are the Son of God. v12 But Jesus gave them a strict order not to tell who he was. Verse 7 Jesus left the *Jewish meeting places because the *scribes were trying stop his work. He wanted to teach more people. So he chose the side of the lake as a place where he could teach. Verse 8 The crowds came to him from beyond the region called Galilee. They travelled long distances from Jerusalem in the south, and from the region called Idumea even further south. People came from the *Gentile cities east of the Jordan. They even came from the foreign ports of Tyre and Sidon in the north.

Verses 9-10 The crowd was so large that it was difficult for Jesus to teach them. Also, people who wanted Jesus to cure them were trying to get near enough to touch him. Jesus was therefore in danger because the crowd were pressing against him. So he used a small boat a little way from the shore. Then everyone could see and hear him. Verse 11 The men with evil *spirits knew that Jesus had a very close *relationship with God. They were afraid and they fell down in front of him. Verse 12 It was too soon for people to know that Jesus was the *Messiah. They needed to know that Jesus brought freedom from *sin. They were hoping for a country free from *Roman rule. Jesus did not want people to think that a political *Messiah had arrived. There would have been trouble if people thought that. They would want him to lead them against the *Romans. So Jesus insisted that the men with evil *spirits should keep their knowledge secret.

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