Mark 3:21
And when his family heard it, they went out to seize him, for they were saying, “He is out of his mind.”
In context
18 Andrew, and Philip, and Bartholomew, and Matthew, and Thomas, and James the son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus, and Simon the Zealot, 19 and Judas Iscariot, who betrayed him. 20 Then he went home, and the crowd gathered again, so that they could not even eat. 21 And when his family heard it, they went out to seize him, for they were saying, “He is out of his mind.” 22 And the scribes who came down from Jerusalem were saying, “He is possessed by Beelzebul,” and “by the prince of demons he casts out the demons.”
23 And he called them to him and said to them in parables, “How can Satan cast out Satan? 24 If a kingdom is divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand.
Compare in other versions
- KJV King James Version
— Mark 3:21 in the KJV
And when his friends heard of it, they went out to lay hold on him: for they said, He is beside himself.
- NIV New International Version
— Mark 3:21 in the NIV
When his family heard about this, they went to take charge of him, for they said, “He is out of his mind.”