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The Bible – Old Testament

 Genesis

Chapter 3

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Now the serpent was the most cunning of all the animals that the LORD God had made. The serpent asked the woman, «Did God really tell you not to eat from any of the trees in the garden?»

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The woman answered the serpent: «We may eat of the fruit of the trees in the garden;

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it is only about the fruit of the tree in the middle of the garden that God said, ‘You shall not eat it or even touch it, lest you die.'»

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But the serpent said to the woman: «You certainly will not die!

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1 No, God knows well that the moment you eat of it your eyes will be opened and you will be like gods who know what is good and what is bad.»

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The woman saw that the tree was good for food, pleasing to the eyes, and desirable for gaining wisdom. So she took some of its fruit and ate it; and she also gave some to her husband, who was with her, and he ate it.

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Then the eyes of both of them were opened, and they realized that they were naked; so they sewed fig leaves together and made loincloths for themselves.

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2 When they heard the sound of the LORD God moving about in the garden at the breezy time of the day, the man and his wife hid themselves from the LORD God among the trees of the garden.

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The LORD God then called to the man and asked him, «Where are you?»

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He answered, «I heard you in the garden; but I was afraid, because I was naked, so I hid myself.»

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Then he asked, «Who told you that you were naked? You have eaten, then, from the tree of which I had forbidden you to eat!»

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The man replied, «The woman whom you put here with me – she gave me fruit from the tree, so I ate it.»

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The LORD God then asked the woman, «Why did you do such a thing?» The woman answered, «The serpent tricked me into it, so I ate it.»

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Then the LORD God said to the serpent: «Because you have done this, you shall be banned from all the animals and from all the wild creatures; On your belly shall you crawl, and dirt shall you eat all the days of your life.

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3 I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and hers; He will strike at your head, while you strike at his heel.»

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To the woman he said: «I will intensify the pangs of your childbearing; in pain shall you bring forth children. Yet your urge shall be for your husband, and he shall be your master.»

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To the man he said: «Because you listened to your wife and ate from the tree of which I had forbidden you to eat, «Cursed be the ground because of you! In toil shall you eat its yield all the days of your life.

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Thorns and thistles shall it bring forth to you, as you eat of the plants of the field.

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By the sweat of your face shall you get bread to eat, Until you return to the ground, from which you were taken; For you are dirt, and to dirt you shall return.»

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4 The man called his wife Eve, because she became the mother of all the living.

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For the man and his wife the LORD God made leather garments, with which he clothed them.

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Then the LORD God said: «See! The man has become like one of us, knowing what is good and what is bad! Therefore, he must not be allowed to put out his hand to take fruit from the tree of life also, and thus eat of it and live forever.»

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The LORD God therefore banished him from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from which he had been taken.

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5 When he expelled the man, he settled him east of the garden of Eden; and he stationed the cherubim and the fiery revolving sword, to guard the way to the tree of life.

 1 [5] Like gods who know: or «like God who knows.»
2 [8] The breezy time of the day: literally «the wind of the day.» On most days in Palestine a cooling breeze blows from the sea shortly before sunset.
3 [15] He will strike . . . at his heel: since the antecedent for he and his is the collective noun offspring, i.e., all the descendants of the woman, a more exact rendering of the sacred writer’s words would be, «They will strike . . . at their heels.» However, later theology saw in this passage more than unending hostility between snakes and men. The serpent was regarded as the devil (⇒ Wisdom 2:24; ⇒ John 8:44; ⇒ Rev 12:9; ⇒ 20:2), whose eventual defeat seems implied in the contrast between head and heel. Because «the Son of God appeared that he might destroy the works of the devil» (⇒ 1 John 3:8), the passage can be understood as the first promise of a Redeemer for fallen mankind. The woman’s offspring then is primarily Jesus Christ.
4 [20] This verse seems to be out of place; it would fit better after ⇒ Genesis 3:24. The Hebrew name hawwa («Eve») is related to the Hebrew word hay («living»).
5 [24] The above rendering is based on the ancient Greek version; that of the current Hebrew is, When he expelled the man, he settled east of the garden of Eden, the cherubim.

The Bible – New Testament

Saint Mark

Sain Mark

Chapter 3

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1 Again he entered the synagogue. There was a man there who had a withered hand.

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They watched him closely to see if he would cure him on the sabbath so that they might accuse him.

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He said to the man with the withered hand, «Come up here before us.»

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Then he said to them, «Is it lawful to do good on the sabbath rather than to do evil, to save life rather than to destroy it?» But they remained silent.

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Looking around at them with anger and grieved at their hardness of heart, he said to the man, «Stretch out your hand.» He stretched it out and his hand was restored.

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2 The Pharisees went out and immediately took counsel with the Herodians against him to put him to death.

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3 Jesus withdrew toward the sea with his disciples. A large number of people (followed) from Galilee and from Judea.

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Hearing what he was doing, a large number of people came to him also from Jerusalem, from Idumea, from beyond the Jordan, and from the neighborhood of Tyre and Sidon.

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He told his disciples to have a boat ready for him because of the crowd, so that they would not crush him.

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He had cured many and, as a result, those who had diseases were pressing upon him to touch him.

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4 And whenever unclean spirits saw him they would fall down before him and shout, «You are the Son of God.»

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He warned them sternly not to make him known.

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He went up the mountain 5 and summoned those whom he wanted and they came to him.

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He appointed twelve (whom he also named apostles) that they might be with him 6 and he might send them forth to preach

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and to have authority to drive out demons:

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7 (he appointed the twelve:) Simon, whom he named Peter;

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James, son of Zebedee, and John the brother of James, whom he named Boanerges, that is, sons of thunder;

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Andrew, Philip, Bartholomew, Matthew, Thomas, James the son of Alphaeus; Thaddeus, Simon the Cananean,

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and Judas Iscariot who betrayed him.

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8 9 He came home. Again (the) crowd gathered, making it impossible for them even to eat.

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When his relatives heard of this they set out to seize him, for they said, «He is out of his mind.»

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The scribes who had come from Jerusalem said, «He is possessed by Beelzebul,» 10 and «By the prince of demons he drives out demons.»

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Summoning them, he began to speak to them in parables, «How can Satan drive out Satan?

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If a kingdom is divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand.

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And if a house is divided against itself, that house will not be able to stand.

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And if Satan has risen up against himself and is divided, he cannot stand; that is the end of him.

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But no one can enter a strong man’s house to plunder his property unless he first ties up the strong man. Then he can plunder his house.

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Amen, I say to you, all sins and all blasphemies that people utter will be forgiven them.

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But whoever blasphemes against the holy Spirit 11 will never have forgiveness, but is guilty of an everlasting sin.»

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For they had said, «He has an unclean spirit.»

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His mother and his brothers arrived. Standing outside they sent word to him and called him.

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A crowd seated around him told him, «Your mother and your brothers 12 (and your sisters) are outside asking for you.»

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But he said to them in reply, «Who are my mother and (my) brothers?»

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And looking around at those seated in the circle he said, «Here are my mother and my brothers.

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(For) whoever does the will of God is my brother and sister and mother.»

 
1 [1-5] Here Jesus is again depicted in conflict with his adversaries over the question of sabbath-day observance. His opponents were already ill disposed toward him because they regarded Jesus as a violator of the sabbath. Jesus’ question Is it lawful to do good on the sabbath rather than to do evil? places the matter in the broader theological context outside the casuistry of the scribes. The answer is obvious. Jesus heals the man with the withered hand in the sight of all and reduces his opponents to silence; cf ⇒ John 5:17-18.
2 [6] In reporting the plot of the Pharisees and Herodians to put Jesus to death after this series of conflicts in Galilee, Mark uses a pattern that recurs in his account of later controversies in Jerusalem (⇒ Mark 11:17-18; ⇒ 12:13-17). The help of the Herodians, supporters of Herod Antipas, tetrarch of Galilee and Perea, is needed to take action against Jesus. Both series of conflicts point to their gravity and to the impending passion of Jesus.
3 [7-19] This overview of the Galilean ministry manifests the power of Jesus to draw people to himself through his teaching and deeds of power. The crowds of Jews from many regions surround Jesus (⇒ Mark 3:7-12). This phenomenon prepares the way for creating a new people of Israel. The choice and mission of the Twelve is the prelude (⇒ Mark 3:13-19).

4 [11-12] See the note on ⇒ Mark 1:24-25.

5 [13] He went up the mountain: here and elsewhere the mountain is associated with solemn moments and acts in the mission and self-revelation of Jesus (⇒ Mark 6:46; ⇒ 9:2-8; ⇒ 13:3). Jesus acts with authority as he summoned those whom he wanted and they came to him.
6 [14-15] He appointed twelve [whom he also named apostles] that they might be with him: literally «he made,» i.e., instituted them as apostles to extend his messianic mission through them (⇒ Mark 6:7-13). See the notes on ⇒ Matthew 10:1 and ⇒ 10:2-4.
7 [16] Simon, whom he named Peter: Mark indicates that Simon’s name was changed on this occasion. Peter is first in all lists of the apostles (⇒ Matthew 10:2; ⇒ Luke 6:14; ⇒ Acts 1:13; cf ⇒ 1 Cor 15:5-8).
8 [20-35] Within the narrative of the coming of Jesus’ relatives (⇒ Mark 3:20-21) is inserted the account of the unbelieving scribes from Jerusalem who attributed Jesus’ power over demons to Beelzebul (⇒ Mark 3:22-30); see the note on ⇒ Mark 5:21-43. There were those even among the relatives of Jesus who disbelieved and regarded Jesus as out of his mind (⇒ Mark 3:21). Against this background, Jesus is informed of the arrival of his mother and brothers [and sisters] (⇒ Mark 3:32). He responds by showing that not family ties but doing God’s will (35) is decisive in the kingdom; cf the note on ⇒ Matthew 12:46-50.
9 [20] He came home: cf ⇒ Mark 2:1-2 and see the note on ⇒ Mark 2:15.
10 [22] By Beelzebul: see the note on ⇒ Matthew 10:25. Two accusations are leveled against Jesus: (1) that he is possessed by an unclean spirit, and (2) by the prince of demons he drives out demons. Jesus answers the second charge by a parable (⇒ Mark 3:24-27) and responds to the first charge in ⇒ Mark 3:28-29.
11 [29] Whoever blasphemes against the holy Spirit: this sin is called an everlasting sin because it attributes to Satan, who is the power of evil, what is actually the work of the holy Spirit, namely, victory over the demons.
12 [32] Your brothers: see the note on ⇒ Mark 6:3.