Mark 2
1 And again He entered into Capernaum, after [some] days, and it was heard that He is in the house,
Some days later, when Jesus came back to Capernaum, the news spread that he was in a house there;
2 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.
and so many people collected together, that after a while there was no room for them even round the door; and he began to tell them his Message.
3 And they come to Him, bringing a paralytic, carried by four,
And some people came, bringing to him a paralysed man, who was being carried by four bearers.
4 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 pallet on which the paralytic was lying,
Being, however, unable to get him near to Jesus, owing to the crowd, they removed the roofing below which Jesus was; and, when they had made an opening, they let down the mat on which the paralysed man was lying.
5 and Jesus having seen their faith, says to the paralytic, “Child, your sins have been forgiven you.”
When Jesus saw their faith, he said to the man: “Child, your sins are forgiven.”
6 And there were certain of the scribes sitting there, and reasoning in their hearts,
But some of the Teachers of the Law who were sitting there were debating in their minds:
7 “Why does this One thus speak evil words? Who is able to forgive sins except one—God?”
“Why does this man speak like this? He is blaspheming! Who can forgive sins except God?”
8 And immediately Jesus, having known in His spirit that they thus reason in themselves, said to them, “Why do you reason these things in your hearts?
Jesus, at once intuitively aware that they were debating with themselves in this way, said to them: “Why are you debating in your minds about this?
9 Which is easier? To say to the paralytic, Your sins are forgiven; or to say, Rise, and take up your pallet, and walk?
Which is easier? — to say to the paralysed man, ‘Your sins are forgiven’? or to say ‘Get up, and take up your mat, and walk about’?
10 And that you may know that the Son of 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 to forgive sins on earth” — here he said to the paralysed man —
11 I say to you, rise, and take up your pallet, and go away to your house”;
“To you I say, Get up, take up your mat, and return to your home.”
12 and he rose immediately, and having taken up the pallet, he went forth before all, so that all were astonished, and glorify God, saying, “Never thus did we see.”
The man got up, and immediately took up his mat, and went out before them all; at which they were amazed, and, as they praised God, they said: “We have never seen anything like this!”
13 And He went forth again by the sea, and all the multitude was coming to Him, and He was teaching them,
Jesus went out again to the Sea; and all the people came to him, and he taught them.
14 and passing by, He saw Levi of Alpheus sitting at the tax office, and says to him, “Follow Me,” and he, having risen, followed Him.
As he went along, he saw Levi, the son of Alphaeus, sitting in the tax-office, and said to him: “Follow me.” Levi got up and followed him.
15 And it came to pass, in His reclining in his house, that many tax collectors and sinners were dining with Jesus and His disciples, for there were many, and they followed Him.
And later on he was in his house at table, and a number of tax-gatherers and outcasts took their places at table with Jesus and his disciples; for many of them were following him.
16 And the scribes and the Pharisees, having seen Him eating with the tax collectors and sinners, said to His disciples, “Why—that with the tax collectors and sinners He eats and drinks?”
When the Teachers of the Law belonging to the party of the Pharisees saw that he was eating in the company of such people, they said to his disciples: “He is eating in the company of tax-gatherers and outcasts!”
17 And Jesus, having heard, says to them, “They who are strong have no need of a physician, but they who are ill; I did not come to call righteous men, but sinners.”
Hearing this, Jesus said: “It is not those who are in health that need a doctor, but those who are ill. I did not come to call the religious, but the outcast.”
18 And the disciples of John and those of the Pharisees were fasting, and they come and say to Him, “Why do the disciples of John and those of the Pharisees fast, and Your disciples do not fast?”
Now John’s disciples and the Pharisees were keeping a fast, and people came and asked Jesus: “Why is it that John’s disciples and the disciples of the Pharisees fast, while yours do not?”
19 And Jesus said to them, “Are the sons of the bride-chamber able, while the bridegroom is with them, to fast? As long a time [as] they have the bridegroom with them they are not able to fast;
Jesus answered: “Can the bridegroom’s friends fast, while the bridegroom is with them? As long as they have the bridegroom with them, they cannot fast.
20 but days will come when the bridegroom may be taken from them, and then they will fast—in those days.
But the days will come, when the bridegroom will be parted from them, and they will fast then — when that day comes.
21 And no one sews a patch of undressed cloth on an old garment, and if not—the new, filling it up, takes from the old and the split becomes worse;
“No man ever sews a piece of unshrunk cloth on an old garment; if he does, the patch tears away from it — the new from the old — and a worse rent is made.
22 and no one puts new wine into old skins, and if not—the new wine bursts the skins, and the wine is poured out, and the skins will be destroyed; but new wine is to be put into new skins.”
And no man ever puts new wine into old wine-skins; if he does, the wine will burst the skins, and both the wine and the skins are lost. But new wine is put into fresh skins.”
23 And it came to pass—He is going along on the Sabbaths through the grainfields—and His disciples began to make a way, plucking the ears,
One Sabbath, as Jesus was walking through the cornfields, his disciples began to pick the ears of wheat as they went along.
24 and the Pharisees said to Him, “Behold, why do they do on the Sabbaths that which is not lawful?”
“Look!” the Pharisees said to him, “why are they doing what is not allowed on the Sabbath?”
25 And He said to them, “Did you never read what David did when he had need and was hungry, he and those with him?
“Have you never read,” answered Jesus, “what David did when he was in want and hungry, he and his companions —
26 How he went into the house of God, in [the days of] Abiathar the chief priest, and ate the Bread of the Presentation, which it is not lawful to eat, except to the priests, and he also gave to those who were with him?”
How he went into the House of God, in the time of Abiathar the High Priest, and ate ‘the consecrated bread,’ which only the priests are allowed to eat, and gave some to his comrades as well?”
27 And He said to them, “The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath,
Then Jesus added: “The Sabbath was made for man, and not man for the Sabbath;
28 so that the Son of Man is also Lord of the Sabbath.”
so the Son of Man is lord even of the Sabbath.”
