Mark 3:15

King James Version

And to have power to heal sicknesses, and to cast out devils:

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
and to have authority to drive out demons.

King James Version (1611)
And to haue power to heale sickenesses, and to cast out deuils.

English Standard Version
and have authority to cast out demons.

New American Standard Bible
and to have authority to cast out the demons.

New Century Version
and to have the authority to force demons out of people.

Amplified Bible
and to have authority and power to cast out demons.

Legacy Standard Bible
and to have authority to cast out the demons.

Berean Standard Bible
and to have authority to drive out demons.

Contemporary English Version
and to force out demons.

Complete Jewish Bible
and to have authority to expel demons:

Darby Translation
and to have power [to heal diseases, and] to cast out demons.

Easy-to-Read Version
He also wanted them to have the power to force demons out of people.

Geneva Bible (1587)
And that they might haue power to heale sicknesses, and to cast out deuils.

George Lamsa Translation
And to have power to heal the sick, and cast out devils.

Good News Translation
and you will have authority to drive out demons."

Lexham English Bible
and to have authority to expel demons.

Literal Translation
and to have authority to heal diseases, and to cast out the demons.

American Standard Version
and to have authority to cast out demons:

Bible in Basic English
And give them the power of driving out evil spirits:

Hebrew Names Version
and to have authority to heal sicknesses and to cast out demons:

International Standard Version
and to have the authority to drive out demons.

Etheridge Translation
and to have authority to heal diseases and to cast out devils.

Murdock Translation
and who would have power to heal the sick, and to cast out demons.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And that they myght haue power to heale sicknesses, and to cast out deuyls.

English Revised Version
and to have authority to cast out devils:

World English Bible
and to have authority to heal sicknesses and to cast out demons:

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
And to have power to heal diseases and to cast out devils.

Weymouth's New Testament
with authority to expel the demons.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And he yaf to hem pouwer to heele sijknessis, and to caste out feendis.

Update Bible Version
and to have authority to cast out demons.

Webster's Bible Translation
And to have power to heal sicknesses, and to cast out demons.

New English Translation
and to have authority to cast out demons.

New King James Version
and to have power to heal sicknesses and [fn] to cast out demons:

New Living Translation
giving them authority to cast out demons.

New Life Bible
They would have the right and the power to heal diseases and to put out demons.

New Revised Standard
and to have authority to cast out demons.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
and to have authority to cast out the demons;

Douay-Rheims Bible
And he gave them power to heal sicknesses, and to cast out devils.

Revised Standard Version
and have authority to cast out demons:

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
and that they might have power to heale syknesses and to cast out devyls.

Young's Literal Translation
and to have power to heal the sicknesses, and to cast out the demons.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
and that they might haue power to heale sicknesses, and to cast out deuyls.

Mace New Testament (1729)
with full power to heal diseases, and dispossess demons.

Simplified Cowboy Version
whip demons that were hurting people.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
and to have authority to cast out the demons.

Contextual Overview

¹³ And he goeth up into a mountain, and calleth unto him whom he would: and they came unto him. ¹⁴ And he ordained twelve, that they should be with him, and that he might send them forth to preach, ¹⁵ And to have power to heal sicknesses, and to cast out devils: ¹⁶ And Simon he surnamed Peter; ¹⁷ And James the son of Zebedee, and John the brother of James; and he surnamed them Boanerges, which is, The sons of thunder: ¹⁸ And Andrew, and Philip, and Bartholomew, and Matthew, and Thomas, and James the son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus, 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.

Bible Verse Review
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Reciprocal: Matthew 10:1 - he gave

Cross-References

Genesis 3:1
Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the Lord God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?

Genesis 3:3
But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die.

Genesis 3:4
And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die:

Genesis 3:6
And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat.

Genesis 3:7
And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together, and made themselves aprons.

Genesis 3:8
And they heard the voice of the Lord God walking in the garden in the cool of the day: and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the Lord God amongst the trees of the garden.

Genesis 3:10
And he said, I heard thy voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked; and I hid myself.

Genesis 3:13
And the Lord God said unto the woman, What is this that thou hast done? And the woman said, The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat.

Genesis 3:14
And the Lord God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, thou art cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life:

Genesis 3:15
And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And to have power to heal sicknesses,.... All manner of corporeal diseases that attend men and women:

and to cast out devils; from such who were possessed with them: that is, he chose and appointed them to be his apostles, with a view of conferring such powers upon them hereafter; for as yet, they were not vested with them, nor sent out to exercise them; no, not till near twelve months after.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

For an account of the appointment of the apostles, see the notes at Matthew 10:1-4.

And calleth unto him whom he would - Those whom he chose; whom he was about to appoint to the apostleship. See the notes at John 15:16.

Mark 3:14

He ordained twelve - The word rendered “ordained” here does not express our notion of ordination to the ministry. It means, literally, “he made” - that is, he “appointed” twelve to be with him.

Twelve - The reason why “twelve” were chosen was, probably, that such a number would be deemed competent witnesses of what they saw; that they could not be easily charged with being excited by sympathy, or being deluded, as a multitude might; and that, being destined to go into all the world, a considerable number seemed indispensable. Perhaps, also, there was some reference to the fact that “twelve” was the number of the twelve tribes of Israel.

Mark 3:17

Boanerges - This word is made up of two Hebrew words signifying “sons of thunder,” meaning that they, on some accounts, “resembled” thunder. See the notes at Matthew 1:1. It is not known why this name was given to James and John. They are nowhere else called by it. Some suppose it was because they wished to call down fire from heaven and consume a certain village of the Samaritans, Luke 9:54. It is, however, more probable that it was on account of something fervid, and glowing, and powerful in their genius and eloquence.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Mark 3:15. To have power to heal - and to cast out devils — The business of a minister of Christ is,

1st. To preach the Gospel.

2dly. To be the physician of souls. And,

3dly. To wage war with the devil, and destroy his kingdom.