Mark 3:21
And when his friends heard of it, they went out to lay hold on him: for they said, He is beside himself.
In context
18 and Andrew, and Philip, and Bartholomew, and Matthew, and Thomas, and James the son of Alphæus, and Thaddæus, and Simon the Canaanite, 19 and Judas Iscariot, which also betrayed him: and they went into an house. 20 And the multitude cometh together again, so that they could not so much as eat bread. 21 And when his friends heard of it, they went out to lay hold on him: for they said, He is beside himself. 22 And the scribes which came down from Jerusalem said, He hath Beelzebub, and by the prince of the devils casteth he out devils.
23 And he called them unto him, and said unto them in parables, How can Satan cast out Satan? 24 And if a kingdom be divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand.
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- 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.”
- ESV English Standard Version
— Mark 3:21 in the ESV
And when his family heard it, they went out to seize him, for they were saying, “He is out of his mind.”