Mark 2
1 Well a few days later, He again entered Capernaum, and it was heard that He was at home.
After many days, he returned to Capernaum; and when it was known that he was in the house,
2 Without delay so many were gathered together that there was no more room, not even around the door, and He was speaking the Word to them.
such a multitude flocked thither, that there was no room for them, not even near the door, and he taught them the word.
3 Then four men came, carrying a paralytic to Him.
A paralytic was then brought, carried by four men,
4 And not being able to get near Him because of the crowd, they removed the roof where He was; upon breaking through they lowered the pallet on which the paralytic was lying.
who, not being able to come nigh him for the crowd, uncovered the place where Jesus was; and, through the opening, let down the conch, on which the paralytic lay.
5 So seeing their faith Jesus says to the paralytic, “Son, your sins are forgiven you.”
Jesus perceiving their faith, said to the paralytic, Son, your sins are forgiven you.
6 Now some of the scribes were sitting there, and reasoning in their hearts:
But certain scribes who were present, reasoned thus within themselves:
7 “Why does this guy speak blasphemies like that? Who can forgive sins but God alone?”
How does this man speak such blasphemies? Who can forgive sins but God?
8 Immediately Jesus perceived in His spirit what they were reasoning within themselves and said to them: “Why are you reasoning these things in your hearts?
Jesus, immediately knowing in himself that they made these reflections, said to them, Why do you reason thus within yourselves?
9 Which is easier: to say to the paralytic, ‘Your sins have been forgiven’, or to say, ‘Get up, pick up your pallet and start walking!’?
Which is easier, to say to the paralytic, Your sins are forgiven, or to say, with effect, Arise, take up your couch and walk?
10 But so that you may know that the Son of the Man has authority on the earth to forgive sins”—He says to the paralytic:
But that you may know that the Son of Man has power upon the earth to forgive sins, rise, (he said to the paralytic, )
11 “To you I say, get up, pick up your pallet and go to your house!”
I command you, take up your couch, and go home.
12 So forthwith he got up, picked up his pallet and went out in front of them all; so that all were amazed and glorified God, saying, “We never saw anything like this!”
Immediately he rose, took up the couch, and walked out before them all; insomuch that they were all amazed, and glorified God, saying, We never saw anything like this.
13 Then He went out again by the sea; and the whole crowd came to Him, and He began to teach them.
Again, he went out toward the sea, and all the multitude repaired to him, and he taught them.
14 As He passed by, He saw Levi the son of Alphaeus sitting at the tax office, and He said to him, “Follow me!” So he got up and followed Him.
Passing along, he saw Levi, son of Alpheus, sitting at the toll office, and said to him, Follow me. And he arose and followed him.
15 Now it happened, as He was reclining at the table in his house, that many tax collectors and sinners joined Jesus and His disciples at the table; for there were many and they followed Him.
Now when Jesus was eating in this man's house, several publicans and sinners placed themselves at table with him and his disciples: for many of these people followed him.
16 The scribes and the Pharisees, seeing Him eating with the tax collectors and sinners, said to His disciples, “Why is it that He is eating and drinking with the tax collectors and sinners?”
The Scribes and the Pharisees, seeing him eat with publicans and sinners, said to his disciples, Wherefore does he eat and drink with publicans and sinners?
17 Upon hearing it Jesus said to them: “It is not the healthy who have need of a doctor, but those who are sick. I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.”
Jesus, hearing this, replied, The whole need not a physician, but the sick. I came not to call the righteous, but sinners.
18 Now John's disciples and those of the Pharisees were fasting; and they came and said to Him, “Why do John's disciples and those of the Pharisees fast, but your disciples do not?”
The disciples of John, and those of the Pharisees, accustomed to fasting, came to him and said, John's disciples, and those of the Pharisees, fast; why do not your disciples fast?
19 So Jesus said to them: “Can the groomsmen fast while the bridegroom is with them? As long as they have the bridegroom to themselves they cannot fast.
Jesus answered, Do the bridemen fast while the bridegroom is with them? While the bridegroom is with them they do not fast.
20 But the time will come when the bridegroom will be taken away from them, and then they will fast, in those days.
But the days will come when the bridegroom shall be take from them; and in those days they will fast.
21 “Further, no one sews a patch of unshrunk cloth on an old garment, or else the new tears away some of the old, and a worse hole results.
No person sews a piece of undressed cloth on an old garment; otherwise the new patch tears the old cloth, and makes a worse rent.
22 And no one puts new wine into old wineskins, or else the new wine bursts the wineskins, the wine spills out and the skins will be ruined; rather, new wine must be put into new wineskins.”
No person puts new wine into old leather bottles; else the new wine bursts the bottle; and thus both the wine is split, and the bottles are rendered useless; but new wine must be put into new bottles.
23 Now it happened, on a Sabbath, that He was passing through some grain fields, and His disciples began to make a path, picking the heads of grain.
Once, when he was going through the corn on the Sabbath, his disciples began to pluck the ears of corn as they went.
24 So the Pharisees said to Him, “Just look, why are they doing on a Sabbath that which is not permitted?”
The Pharisees said to him, Why do they that which on the Sabbath, it is unlawful to do?
25 And He said to them: “Did you never read what David did when he was in need and hungry, he and those with him?
He answered, Did you never read what David and his attendants did, in a strait, when they were hungry,
26 How he entered the house of God (making Abiathar high priest) and ate the consecrated bread, which only priests are permitted to eat, and shared it with those who were with him?”
how he entered the tabernacle of God, in the days of Abiathar the high priest, and eat the loaves of the presence, which none but the priests could lawfully eat, and gave of them also to his attendants?
27 Then He said to them: “The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath.
He added, The Sabbath was made for man, and not man for the Sabbath.
28 Therefore the Son of the Man is Lord even of the Sabbath.”
Therefore the Son of Man is master even of the Sabbath.
