The Turker’s Gospel

The Bible According To Mechanical Turk Workers

Mark 3:1-10

Mark 3:1 - When he went back into the synagogue he saw a man with a crippled hand.

Mark 3:2 - And they watched to see whether he would perform a healing on the sabbath day so that they could say he had broken the law.

Mark 3:3 - And he spoke to the man that the crippled hand, stand up and come forward.

Mark 3:4 - And he implored them: Should one do good on the sabbath days, or do evil? Save life, or take it? But they did not respond.

Mark 3:5 - He looked upon them all with anger and was seized with grief over their hard-heartedness but he asked the man to stretch out his hand. And when the man did so, the hand became whole again, just as his other hand.

Mark 3:6 - And the Pharisees went out looking to get information from the Herodians about how they might go about destroying him.

Mark 3:7 - Jesus left with his disciple and traveled to the sea followed by a large crowd from both Galilee and Judaea.

Mark 3:8 - When they heard about all the great things he had done, huge crowds came to see him from Jerusalem, Idumaea, and the regions of Tyre and Sidon, and other places far from Jordan.

Mark 3:9 - A small ship should be at his service, otherwise he will get mauled by the huge crowd of fans.

Mark 3:10 - Since he had healed so many others, they moved closer in order to touch him, because many of them were suffering from various diseases.