Mark 3:21 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

²¹ When His relatives [or friends] heard about this [i.e., all that He was doing], they went out to take custody of Him [for safety reasons (?)], for people were saying, “He has lost his mind.”

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²¹ And when his friends heard of it, they went out to lay hold on him: for they said, He is beside himself.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²¹ And when those who belonged to Him (His kinsmen) heard it, they went out to take Him by force, for they kept saying, He is out of His mind (beside Himself, deranged)!

American Standard Version (1901)

²¹ And when his friends heard it, they went out to lay hold on him: for they said, He is beside himself.

Common English Bible

²¹ When his family heard what was happening, they came to take control of him. They were saying, “He’s out of his mind!”

Catholic Public Domain Version

²¹ And when his own had heard of it, they went out to take hold of him. For they said: "Because he has gone mad."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²¹ And when his friends had heard of it, they went out to lay hold on him. For they said: He is become mad.

Mark 3:21 Cross References

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?”

Acts 26:24

As Paul made his defense in this way, Festus said to him loudly, “Paul, you are crazy. All your education is driving you insane.”

2 Corinthians 5:13

For if we [seem to] be crazy, it is for the sake [of the work] of God, or if we [seem to] be sensible, it is for your benefit.