Mark 2
1 A few days later Jesus went back to Capernaum. And when the people heard that He was home,
And again he entered into Capernaum, after [some] days, and it was heard that he is 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.
and immediately many were gathered together, so that there was no more room, not even at the door, and he was speaking to them the word.
3 Then a paralytic was brought to Him, carried by four men.
And they come unto him, bringing a paralytic, borne by four,
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 because of the multitude, they uncovered the roof where he was, and, having broken [it] up, they let down the couch on which the paralytic was lying,
5 When Jesus saw their faith, He said to the paralytic, “Son, your sins are forgiven.”
and Jesus having seen their faith, saith to the paralytic, 'Child, thy sins have been forgiven thee.'
6 But some of the scribes were sitting there and thinking in their hearts,
And there were certain of the scribes there sitting, 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 one thus speak evil words? who is able to forgive sins except one — 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 immediately Jesus, having known in his spirit that they thus reason in themselves, said to them, 'Why these things reason ye 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, The sins have been forgiven to thee? or to say, Rise, and 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,
'And, that ye may know that the Son of Man hath authority on the earth to forgive sins — (he saith to the paralytic) —
11 “I tell you, get up, pick up your mat, and go home.”
I say to thee, Rise, and take up thy couch, and go away to thy 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 rose immediately, and having taken up the couch, he went forth before all, so that all were astonished, and do glorify God, saying — 'Never thus did we see.'
13 Once again Jesus went out beside the sea. All the people came to Him, and He taught them there.
And he went forth again by the sea, and all the multitude was coming unto him, and he was teaching 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 passing by, he saw Levi of Alpheus sitting at the tax-office, and saith to him, 'Be following me,' and he, having risen, did follow 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 it came to pass, in his reclining (at meat) in his house, that many tax-gatherers and sinners were reclining (at meat) 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 the Pharisees, having seen him eating with the tax-gatherers and sinners, said to his disciples, 'Why — that with the tax-gatherers and sinners he doth eat and drink?'
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.”
And Jesus, having heard, saith to them, 'They who are strong have no need of a physician, but they who are ill; I came not to call righteous men, but sinners to reformation.'
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 the disciples of John and those of the Pharisees were fasting, and they come and say to him, 'Wherefore do the disciples of John and those of the Pharisees fast, and thy disciples do not fast?'
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 to them, 'Are the sons of the bride-chamber able, while the bridegroom is with them, to fast? so long time as they have the bridegroom with them they are not able to fast;
20 But the time will come when the bridegroom will be taken from them; then they will fast.
but days shall come when the bridegroom may be taken from them, and then they shall fast — in those days.
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.
'And no one a patch of undressed cloth doth sew on an old garment, and if not — the new filling it up doth take from the old and the rent doth become 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.”
and no one doth put new wine into old skins, and if not — the new wine doth burst the skins, and the wine is poured out, and the skins will be destroyed; but new wine into new skins is to be put.'
23 One Sabbath Jesus was passing through the grainfields, and His disciples began to pick the heads of grain as they walked along.
And it came to pass — he is going along on the sabbaths through the corn-fields — and his disciples began to make a way, plucking the ears,
24 So the Pharisees said to Him, “Look, why are they doing what is unlawful on the Sabbath?”
and the Pharisees said to him, 'Lo, why do they on the sabbaths that which is not lawful?'
25 Jesus replied, “Have you never read what David did when he and his companions were hungry and in need?
And he said to them, 'Did ye never read what David did, when he had need and was hungry, he and those 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, (at 'Abiathar the chief priest,') and the loaves of the presentation did eat, which it is not lawful to eat, except to the priests, and he gave also to those who were with him?'
27 Then Jesus declared, “The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath.
And he said to them, 'The sabbath for man was made, not man for the sabbath,
28 Therefore, the Son of Man is Lord even of the Sabbath.”
so that the son of man is lord also of the sabbath.'
