Mark 3:21

In 9 translations

BSB

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

KJV

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

WEB

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

ASV

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

LSV

and those alongside Him having heard, went forth to lay hold on Him, for they said that He was beside Himself,

YLT

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

DBY

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

DRC

And when his friends had heard of it, they went out to lay hold on him. For they said: He is become mad.

GNV

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

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Original-language editions

SBLGNT

καὶ ἀκούσαντες οἱ παρʼ αὐτοῦ ἐξῆλθον κρατῆσαι αὐτόν, ἔλεγον γὰρ ὅτι ἐξέστη.

RP2018

Καὶ ἀκούσαντες οἱ παρ’ αὐτοῦ ἐξῆλθον κρατῆσαι αὐτόν· ἔλεγον γὰρ ὅτι Ἐξέστη.

TR-Boyd

Καὶ ἀκούσαντες οἱ παρ᾿ αὐτοῦ ἐξῆλθον κρατῆσαι αὐτόν· ἔλεγον γὰρ ὅτι Ἐξέστη.

SCR1894

και ακουσαντες οι παρ αυτου εξηλθον κρατησαι αυτον ελεγον γαρ οτι εξεστη

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• Acts 26:24At 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 10:20Many of them said, “He is demon-possessed and insane. Why would you listen to Him?”
• John 7:3–10So Jesus’ brothers said to Him, “Leave here and go to Judea, so that Your disciples there may see the works You are doing. For no one who wants to be known publicly acts in secret. Since You are doing these things,…
• Mark 3:31Then Jesus’ mother and brothers came and stood outside. They sent someone in to summon Him,
• 2 Corinthians 5:13If we are out of our mind, it is for God; if we are of sound mind, it is for you.
• 2 Kings 9:11When 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 9:7The 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‘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.

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