Mark 3:30 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

Jesus said all this because these experts in the Law of Moses had been saying; “He has an evil spirit in him.”

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

because they said, He hath an unclean spirit.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

For they persisted in saying, He has an unclean spirit.

American Standard Version (1901)

because they said, He hath an unclean spirit.

Common English Bible

He said this because the legal experts were saying, “He’s possessed by an evil spirit.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

For they said: "He has an unclean spirit."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

Because they said: He hath an unclean spirit.

Mark 3:30 Cross References

Mark 3:22

And the experts in the Law of Moses who had come down from Jerusalem were saying [Note: This followed the incident of Jesus healing a man with an evil spirit. See Matt. 12:22-28], “He has Beelzebub [in him],” and “He is driving out evil spirits by [the power of] the chief of evil spirits.”

Mark 3:29

But the person who speaks against the Holy Spirit can never be forgiven, for he is guilty of a never ending sin.”

Mark 3:31

Then Jesus’ mother and [half-] brothers came and stood outside [i.e., of a large house. See Matt. 12:46-13:1]. They sent a message to Him, asking Him to come out to them.

John 10:20

Many of them said, “This man is dominated by an evil spirit; he is crazy, why listen to him?”