Mark 3:30

Amplified Bible

[Jesus said this] because the scribes and Pharisees were [attributing His miracles to Satan by] saying, "He has an unclean spirit."

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
because they were saying, “He has an unclean spirit.”

King James Version (1611)
Because they said, He hath an vncleane spirit.

King James Version
Because they said, He hath an unclean spirit.

English Standard Version
for they were saying, "He has an unclean spirit."

New American Standard Bible
because they were saying, "He has an unclean spirit."

New Century Version
Jesus said this because the teachers of the law said that he had an evil spirit inside him.

Legacy Standard Bible
because they were saying, "He has an unclean spirit."

Berean Standard Bible
Jesus made this statement because they were saying, "He has an unclean spirit."

Contemporary English Version
Jesus said this because the people were saying that he had an evil spirit in him.

Complete Jewish Bible
For they had been saying, "He has an unclean spirit in him."

Darby Translation
—because they said, He has an unclean spirit.

Easy-to-Read Version
Jesus said this because the teachers of the law had accused him of having an evil spirit inside him.

Geneva Bible (1587)
Because they saide, Hee had an vncleane spirit.

George Lamsa Translation
Because they had said, He has an unclean spirit.

Good News Translation
(Jesus said this because some people were saying, "He has an evil spirit in him.")

Lexham English Bible
because they were saying, "He has an unclean spirit."

Literal Translation
(because they said, He has an unclean spirit).

American Standard Version
because they said, He hath an unclean spirit.

Bible in Basic English
Because they said, He has an unclean spirit.

Hebrew Names Version
-- because they said, "He has an unclean spirit."

International Standard Version
For they had been saying, "He has an unclean spirit."

Etheridge Translation
Because they had said that an unclean spirit was in him.

Murdock Translation
Because they had said: An unclean spirit is in him.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
For they sayde: he hath an vncleane spirite.

English Revised Version
because they said, He hath an unclean spirit.

World English Bible
-- because they said, "He has an unclean spirit."

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
Because they said, He hath an unclean spirit.

Weymouth's New Testament
This was because they said, "He is possessed by a foul spirit."

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
For thei seiden, He hath an vnclene spirit.

Update Bible Version
because they said, He has an unclean spirit.

Webster's Bible Translation
Because they said, He hath an unclean spirit.

New English Translation
(because they said, "He has an unclean spirit").

New King James Version
because they said, "He has an unclean spirit."

New Living Translation
He told them this because they were saying, "He's possessed by an evil spirit."

New Life Bible
Jesus told them this because they said, "He has a demon."

New Revised Standard
for they had said, "He has an unclean spirit."

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
because they were saying - An impure spirit, he hath!

Douay-Rheims Bible
Because they said: He hath an unclean spirit.

Revised Standard Version
for they had said, "He has an unclean spirit."

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
because they sayde he had an vnclene sprete.

Young's Literal Translation
because they said, `He hath an unclean spirit.'

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
For they sayde: he hath an vncleane sprete.

Mace New Testament (1729)
this was in answer to their saying, he was influenc'd by an impure spirit.

Simplified Cowboy Version
He said all this because they were accusing him of being possessed by a demon.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
because they were saying, "He has an unclean spirit."

Contextual Overview

²²The scribes who came down from Jerusalem were saying, "He is possessed by Beelzebul (Satan)," and "He is driving out the demons by the [power of the] ruler of the demons." ²³So He called them to Himself and spoke to them in parables, "How can Satan drive out Satan? ²⁴"If a kingdom is divided [split into factions and rebelling] against itself, that kingdom cannot stand. ²⁵"And if a house is divided against itself, that house cannot stand. ²⁶"And if Satan has risen up against himself and is divided, he cannot stand, but is coming to an end. ²⁷"But no one can go into a strong man's house and steal his property unless he first overpowers and ties up the strong man, and then he will ransack and rob his house. ²⁸"I assure you and most solemnly say to you, all sins will be forgiven the sons of men, and all the abusive and blasphemous things they say; ²⁹but whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit and His power [by attributing the miracles done by Me to Satan] never has forgiveness, but is guilty of an everlasting sin [a sin which is unforgivable in this present age as well as in the age to come]"— ³⁰[Jesus said this] because the scribes and Pharisees were [attributing His miracles to Satan by] saying, "He has an unclean spirit."

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Mark 3:22, John 10:20

Reciprocal: Mark 5:2 - with John 7:20 - Thou

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Because they, said, he hath an, unclean spirit. They charged Christ with having a devil, and his miracles with being wrought by the help of the devil; when, at the same time, they knew in their own consciences they were works which were wrought by the finger and Spirit of God, and so were guilty of the sin against the Holy Ghost; the unpardonable sin, for which there is no remission: and this is mentioned as a reason why our Lord said what he did concerning that sin; because they had been guilty of it, and so were liable to everlasting punishment on account of it.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

And the scribes ... - See the notes at Matthew 12:24-32. The occasion of their saying this was, that he had healed a man possessed with a devil. The scribes, who came from Jerusalem to watch his conduct, charged him with having made a compact or agreement with the prince of the devils.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 30. Mark 3:27; Mark 3:27.