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2 So they awatched Him closely, whether He would bheal him on the Sabbath, so that they might1 accuse Him.  
3 And He said to the man who had the withered hand,1 “Step forward.”  
4 Then He said to them, “Is it lawful on the Sabbath to do good or to do evil, to save life or to kill?” But they kept silent.
5 And when He had looked around at them with anger, being grieved by the ahardness of their hearts, He said to the man, “Stretch out your hand.” And he stretched it out, and his hand was restored1 as whole as the other.  
6 aThen the Pharisees went out and immediately plotted with bthe Herodians against Him, how they might destroy Him.  

A Great Multitude Follows Jesus

7 But Jesus withdrew with His disciples to the sea. And a great multitude from Galilee followed Him, aand from Judea  
8 and Jerusalem and Idumea and beyond the Jordan; and those from Tyre and Sidon, a great multitude, when they heard how amany things He was doing, came to Him.  
9 So He told His disciples that a small boat should be kept ready for Him because of the multitude, lest they should crush Him.
Commentaries:
Adam Clarke
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Mark 3:4

To do good - or - evil? to save life, or to kill? - It was a maxim with the Jews, as it should be with all men, that he who neglected to preserve life when it was in his power, was to be reputed a murderer. Every principle of sound justice requires that he should be considered in this light. But, if this be the case, how many murderers are there against whom there is no law but the law of God!

To kill - but instead of , several MSS. and versions have to destroy. Wetstein and Griesbach quote Theophylact for this reading; but it is not in my copy. Paris edit. 1635.




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