Mark 3:5

3 Then Jesus said to the man with the withered hand, “Stand up among us.”

4 And He asked them, “Which is lawful on the Sabbath: to do good or to do evil, to save life or to destroy it?” But they were silent.

Jesus looked around at them with anger and sorrow at their hardness of heart. Then He said to the man, “Stretch out your hand.” So he stretched it out, and it was restored.

6 At this, the Pharisees went out and began plotting with the Herodians how they might kill Jesus.

7 So Jesus withdrew with His disciples to the sea, accompanied by a large crowd from Galilee, Judea,

Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
Jesus looked around at them with anger and sorrow at their hardness of heart. Then He said to the man, “Stretch out your hand.” So he stretched it out, and it was restored.
KJV
And when he had looked round about on them with anger, being grieved for the hardness of their hearts, he saith unto the man, Stretch forth thine hand. And he stretched it out: and his hand was restored whole as the other.
WEB
When he had looked around at them with anger, being grieved at the hardening of their hearts, he said to the man, “Stretch out your hand.” He stretched it out, and his hand was restored as healthy as the other.
ASV
And when he had looked round about on them with anger, being grieved at the hardening of their heart, he saith unto the man, Stretch forth thy hand. And he stretched it forth; and his hand was restored.
DARBY
And looking round upon them with anger, distressed at the hardening of their heart, he says to the man, Stretch out thy hand. And he stretched [it] out, and his hand was restored.
BLB
And having looked around at them with anger, being grieved at the hardness of their heart, He says to the man, “Stretch out your hand.” And he stretched [it] out, and his hand was restored.
ÅB
Og han så omkring på dem med harme, full av sorg over deres hjertes forherdelse, og sa til mannen: Rekk din hånd ut! Og han rakte den ut, og hans hånd ble frisk igjen.
OTB
Han så rundt på dem med sinne, og sørget over deres harde hjerter, og sa til mannen: «Rekk ut hånden din.» Han rakte den ut, og hånden hans ble gjenopprettet.
B1930
Og han så omkring på dem med harme, full av sorg over deres hjertes forherdelse, og sa til mannen: Rekk din hånd ut! Og han rakte den ut, og hans hånd blev frisk igjen.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Luke 6:10

    And after looking around at all of them, He said to the man, “Stretch out your hand.” He did so, and it was restored.

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  • Ephesians 4:18

    They are darkened in their understanding and alienated from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them due to the hardness of their hearts.

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  • Romans 11:25

    I do not want you to be ignorant of this mystery, brothers, so that you will not be conceited: A hardening in part has come to Israel, until the full number of the Gentiles has come in.

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  • 1 Kings 13:6

    Then the king responded to the man of God, “Intercede with the LORD your God and pray that my hand may be restored.” So the man of God interceded with the LORD, and the king’s hand was restored to him as it was before.

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  • Matthew 13:14–15

    In them the prophecy of Isaiah is fulfilled: ‘You will be ever hearing but never understanding; you will be ever seeing but never perceiving.

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  • Matthew 12:13

    Then Jesus said to the man, “Stretch out your hand.” So he stretched it out, and it was restored to full use, just like the other.

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  • Romans 11:7–10

    What then? What Israel was seeking, it failed to obtain, but the elect did. The others were hardened,

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  • Judges 10:16

    So they put away the foreign gods from among them and served the LORD, and He could no longer bear the misery of Israel.

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