Mark 2
1 A few days later Jesus went back to Capernaum. And when the people heard that He was home,
And after some days He went again into Capernaum; and it being heard that He was in the house,
2 they gathered in such large numbers that there was no more room, not even outside the door, as Jesus spoke the word to them.
great numbers were immediately gathered together, so that there was no more room to contain them, not even about the door: and as he was preaching the word unto them,
3 Then a paralytic was brought to Him, carried by four men.
there came some to Him, bringing a paralytic who was carried by four men:
4 Since they were unable to get to Jesus through the crowd, they uncovered the roof above Him, made an opening, and lowered the paralytic on his mat.
and not being able to come near to Him for the croud, they uncovered the roof where He was, and when they had made an openning, they let down the couch on which the paralytic was laid.
5 When Jesus saw their faith, He said to the paralytic, “Son, your sins are forgiven.”
And Jesus, seeing their faith, saith to him that had the palsy, Son, thy sins are forgiven thee.
6 But some of the scribes were sitting there and thinking in their hearts,
But there were some of the scribes sitting there, and reasoning in their hearts,
7 “Why does this man speak like this? He is blaspheming! Who can forgive sins but God alone?”
Why doth this man thus speak blasphemies? who can forgive sins but God?
8 At once Jesus knew in His spirit that they were thinking this way within themselves. “Why are you thinking these things in your hearts?” He asked.
And Jesus, who knew immediately in his spirit that they were thus reasoning within themselves, said unto them, Why do ye dispute these things in your hearts?
9 “Which is easier: to say to a paralytic, ‘Your sins are forgiven,’ or to say, ‘Get up, pick up your mat, and walk’?
Which is easier, to say to the paralytic, Thy sins are forgiven; or to say, Rise, take up thy couch, and walk?
10 But so that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins...” He said to the paralytic,
But that ye may know, that the Son of man hath power on earth to forgive sins,
11 “I tell you, get up, pick up your mat, and go home.”
I say unto thee (saith He to the paralytic, ) Arise, and take up thy couch, and go thy way to thine own house.
12 And immediately the man got up, picked up his mat, and walked out in front of them all. As a result, they were all astounded and glorified God, saying, “We have never seen anything like this!”
And he instantly arose, and taking up his couch, went out before them all, so that they were all amazed, and glorified God, saying, we never saw the like.
13 Once again Jesus went out beside the sea. All the people came to Him, and He taught them there.
And He went out again towards the sea-side, and all the people resorted to Him, and He taught them.
14 As He was walking along, He saw Levi son of Alphaeus sitting at the tax booth. “Follow Me,” He told him, and Levi got up and followed Him.
And as He went along, He saw Levi the son of Alpheus, sitting at the receit of custom, and saith unto him, Follow me: and he rose up and followed Him.
15 While Jesus was dining at Levi’s house, many tax collectors and sinners were eating with Him and His disciples—for there were many who followed Him.
And as He sat at table in his house, many publicans and sinners also sat down with Jesus and his disciples: for there were many, and they followed Him.
16 When the scribes who were Pharisees saw Jesus eating with these people, they asked His disciples, “Why does He eat with tax collectors and sinners?”
And the scribes and pharisees, when they saw Him eating with publicans and sinners, said to his disciples, What is the meaning that He eateth with publicans and sinners?
17 On hearing this, Jesus told them, “It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners.”
Which Jesus hearing, saith unto them, They that are in health have no need of a physician, but they that are ill: I came not to call the righteous, but sinners.
18 Now John’s disciples and the Pharisees were often fasting. So people came to Jesus and asked, “Why don’t Your disciples fast like John’s disciples and those of the Pharisees?”
And as the disciples of John, and of the pharisees used to fast, they came to Him, saying, Why do the disciples of John and of the pharisees fast, but thy disciples fast not?
19 Jesus replied, “How can the guests of the bridegroom fast while He is with them? As long as He is with them, they cannot fast.
And Jesus said unto them, Can the bridemen fast, when the bridegroom is with them? while the bridegroom is with them, they cannot fast:
20 But the time will come when the bridegroom will be taken from them; then they will fast.
but the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken from them; and then shall they fast.
21 No one sews a patch of unshrunk cloth on an old garment. If he does, the new piece will pull away from the old, and a worse tear will result.
No man seweth a piece of new cloth on an old garment; otherwise, it's new patch teareth from the old, and the rent is made worse:
22 And no one pours new wine into old wineskins. If he does, the wine will burst the skins, and both the wine and the wineskins will be ruined. Instead, new wine is poured into new wineskins.”
nor does any one put new wine into old vessels; otherwise the new wine bursteth the vessels, and the wine is spilt, and the vessels are destroyed: but new wine should be put into new vessels.
23 One Sabbath Jesus was passing through the grainfields, and His disciples began to pick the heads of grain as they walked along.
And as He was going thro' the corn-fields on the sabbath-day, his disciples began as they went along to pluck the ears of corn.
24 So the Pharisees said to Him, “Look, why are they doing what is unlawful on the Sabbath?”
And the pharisees said to Him, See, why do they what is not lawful to be done on the sabbath-day?
25 Jesus replied, “Have you never read what David did when he and his companions were hungry and in need?
And He said unto them, Have ye never read what David did, in his necessity, when he was hungry, himself and those that were with him?
26 During the high priesthood of Abiathar, he entered the house of God and ate the consecrated bread, which was lawful only for the priests. And he gave some to his companions as well.”
how he went into the house of God in the days of Abiathar, who was afterwards the high priest, and did eat the shew-bread, which it is not lawful for any to eat, but the priests, and gave also to them that were with him!
27 Then Jesus declared, “The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath.
And He said moreover unto them, The sabbath was made for man, not man for the sabbath:
28 Therefore, the Son of Man is Lord even of the Sabbath.”
and therefore the Son of man is Lord even of the sabbath.
