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Time after Pentecost · Proper 5 · Year B

Mark 3:20-35

A House Divided and Jesus' True Family

June 6, 2027

Christ in Limbo, Fra Angelico
Christ in Limbo, Fra Angelico, c. 1442–50Museo di San Marco, Florence
A fresco in a cell at San Marco. Christ pulls Adam out by the hand while the broken door lies flat on the ground, with a demon crushed underneath it.No one can enter a strong man's house and plunder his property without first tying up the strong man. The reading gives the principle; this is the house being plundered.Fra AngelicoA Dominican friar who painted, canonised in 1982, whose work was made for the cells and corridors his brothers lived in.Museo di San Marco, FlorenceThe Dominican friary where Fra Angelico painted a fresco in every cell, left in place, so the pictures are still in the rooms they were made for.Museo di San Marco, Florence
LSB Three-Year Lectionary
GospelMark 3:20-35Mk 3:20-35
Epistle2 Cor. 4:13-5:12 Cor 4:13-5:1
Old TestamentGen. 3:8-15Gn 3:8-15
PsalterPs. 130Ps 130

Overview & Insights

"Whoever does the will of God is my brother and sister and mother." (Mark 3:35)

Jesus' family thinks he has lost his mind and scribes charge that he drives out demons by Beelzebul, but he answers that a kingdom divided against itself cannot stand and warns against blaspheming the Holy Spirit. He then redraws the boundaries of kinship, naming those who do God's will as his true mother and brothers and sisters.

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Commentary

Commentary on Mark 3:20-35Commentary on Mk 3:20-35 Working Preacher

Luther Seminary exegesis of the Beelzebul charge and Jesus redefining who counts as his family.

Mark 3:20-35 CommentaryMk 3:20-35 Commentary Center for Excellence in Preaching

Reformed, sermon shaped reading of the twin rejections of Jesus by his family and by the scribes.

Mark 3: A House Divided Cannot StandMk 3: A House Divided Cannot Stand Enduring Word · David Guzik

David Guzik's verse by verse evangelical commentary on the whole chapter.

Mark 3 CommentaryMk 3 Commentary Precept Austin

A deep gathering of quotations, word studies, and cross references worked verse by verse.

Mark 3:20 CommentariesMk 3:20 Commentaries BibleHub

Aggregates classic commentaries such as Barnes, Gill, and Ellicott on the passage in one place.

Mark 3, Expository NotesMk 3, Expository Notes StudyLight

Thomas Constable's expository notes on the house divided and the sin against the Holy Spirit.

Background & Word Study

Book of Mark OverviewBook of Mk Overview BibleProject

An animated walk through Mark's structure and themes to place the conflict stories.

Mark 3:20 Greek InterlinearMk 3:20 Greek Interlinear BibleHub

Greek word by word with parsing and Strong's numbers for close study of the passage.

The Church Fathers

Catena on Mark 3Catena on Mk 3 Catena

Patristic comments gathered verse by verse on the Beelzebul charge and the true family.

Podcast

#968: Third Sunday after Pentecost (Ord. 10B) – June 9, 2024 Working Preacher (Sermon Brainwave)

Luther Seminary’s homiletics roundtable on this Sunday’s appointed texts, including Mark 3:20-35.

Art & Music

Art in the Christian Tradition Vanderbilt

A curated image index for the readings of the day across the history of Christian art.

Study Hub

The Text This Week: Proper 5 B Textweek

A curated index of commentaries, art, and sermons for the day's readings across traditions (a few links may be dated).

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