Jesus goes to someone's house and a large crowd follows him there. According to Mark, this prevented Jesus and his disciples from being able to eat. "When his family ("hoi par' autou") heard about this, they went to take charge of him, for they said, 'He is out of his mind'." (), or "beside himself", "exestē" (Strong's G1839), which could be read as Jesus' family accusing him of being crazy or describing what others had said about Jesus. Either way they go to assert their control over him, perhaps to stop him from embarrassing the family. Hearing Jesus is being followed by so many people does not seem to accord with their view of him. Whether it was Jesus teaching and attracting large crowds or not eating that disturbs them so much is not clear. A few early manuscripts have "the scribes and the others" instead of his family, but these are usually seen as alterations perhaps designed to tone down the impression of Jesus' own family toward him.