Mark 3:21 “When His family heard about this, they went out to take custody of Him…”

Mark 3:21

When His family heard about this, they went out to take custody of Him, saying, “He is out of His mind.”

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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

World English Bible

When his friends heard it, they went out to seize him; for they said, “He is insane.”

American Standard Version

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

Geneva Bible 1599

And when his kinsfolkes heard of it, they went out to laie hold on him: for they sayde that he was beside himselfe.

Darby Translation

And his relatives having heard [of it] went out to lay hold on him, for they said, He is out of his mind.

Young's Literal Translation

and his friends having heard, went forth to lay hold on him, for they said that he was beside himself,

Bible in Basic English

And when his friends had news of it, they went out to get him, saying, He is off his head.

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Cross references

“friends”

Mark 3:31 John 7:3–10

Mark 3:31 · BSB

Then Jesus’ mother and brothers came and stood outside. They sent someone in to summon Him,

John 7:3–10 · BSB

So Jesus’ brothers said to Him, “Leave here and go to Judea, so that Your disciples there may see the works You are doing.

“He is”

Acts 26:24 John 10:20 2 Corinthians 5:13 2 Kings 9:11 Hosea 9:7 Jeremiah 29:26

Acts 26:24 · BSB

At this stage of Paul’s defense, Festus exclaimed in a loud voice, “You are insane, Paul! Your great learning is driving you to madness!”

John 10:20 · BSB

Many of them said, “He is demon-possessed and insane. Why would you listen to Him?”

2 Corinthians 5:13 · BSB

If we are out of our mind, it is for God; if we are of sound mind, it is for you.

2 Kings 9:11 · BSB

When Jehu went out to the servants of his master, they asked, “Is everything all right? Why did this madman come to you?” “You know his kind and their babble,” he replied.

Hosea 9:7 · BSB

The days of punishment have come; the days of retribution have arrived— let Israel know it. The prophet is called a fool, and the inspired man insane, because of the greatness of your iniquity and hostility.

Jeremiah 29:26 · BSB

‘The LORD has appointed you priest in place of Jehoiada, to be the chief officer in the house of the LORD, responsible for any madman who acts like a prophet—you must put him in stocks and neck irons.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

20Then Jesus went home, and once again a crowd gathered, so that He and His disciples could not even eat.

22And the scribes who had come down from Jerusalem were saying, “He is possessed by Beelzebul, ” and, “By the prince of the demons He drives out demons.”

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