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Mark 3:21 KJV

Mark · chapter 3 · verse 21

And when his friends heard of it, they went out to lay hold on him: for they said, He is beside himself.Mark 3:21 · King James Version

Mark 3:21 in context

19And Judas Iscariot, which also betrayed him: and they went into an house.

20And the multitude cometh together again, so that they could not so much as eat bread.

21And when his friends heard of it, they went out to lay hold on him: for they said, He is beside himself.

22And the scribes which came down from Jerusalem said, He hath Beelzebub, and by the prince of the devils casteth he out devils.

23And he called them unto him, and said unto them in parables, How can Satan cast out Satan?

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Commentary

In these verses, we have, I. The choice Christ made of the twelve apostles to be his constant followers and attendants, and to be sent abroad as there was occasion, to preach the gospel. Observe, 1. The introduction to this call or promotion of disciples; He goes up into a mountain, and his errand thither was to pray.

— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 13-21

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