Mark 2
1 Some days later when Jesus entered Capernaum again the news spread, "He is in the house";
And again he entered into Capernaum after some days; and it was noised that he was in the house.
2 and at once such a crowd gathered that there was no longer room for them, even around the door.
And immediately many were gathered together, insomuch that there was no room to receive them, no, not so much as about the door: and he preached the word (logos) unto them.
3 While he was speaking his message, they came bringing to him a paralytic, carried by four men.
And they come unto him, bringing one sick of the palsy, which was borne of four.
4 When they could not get him near to Jesus because of the crowd, they removed the roof under which he stood, and after making an opening, they let down the cot on which the paralytic was lying.
And when they could not come nigh unto him for the press, they uncovered the roof where he was: and when they had broken it up, they let down the bed wherein the sick of the palsy lay.
5 Then Jesus, when he perceived their faith, said to the paralytic, "Son your sins are forgiven."
When Jesus saw their faith, he said unto the sick of the palsy, Son, your sins be forgiven you.
6 But there were some Scribes sitting there who reasoned in their hearts.
But there was certain of the scribes sitting there, and reasoning in their hearts,
7 "Why does this man speak like this? He blasphemes. Who is able to forgive sins but One, God himself?"
Why does this man thus speak blasphemies? who can forgive sins but God only?
8 Jesus clearly perceived at once be the Spirit that they were thus reasoning in their hearts and said to them.
And immediately when Jesus perceived in his spirit (pneuma) that they so reasoned within themselves, he said unto them, Why reason all of you these things in your hearts?
9 "Why do you reason thus in your hearts? Which is easier, to say to the paralytic, ‘Your sins are forgiven,’ or to say, ‘Rise, take up your cot and walk’?
Whether is it easier to say to the sick of the palsy, Your sins be forgiven you; or to say, Arise, and take up your bed, and walk?
10 But to let you see that the Son of man has authority on earth to forgive sins" -he said to the paralytic-
But that all of you may know that the Son of man has power on earth to forgive sins, (he says to the sick of the palsy, )
11 "I bid you rise, take up your cot, and go home."
I say unto you, Arise, and take up your bed, and go your way into your house.
12 The man rose, at once took up his cot, and went out before them all; at which they were all astounded, and gave God glory, saying, "We never saw anything like this."
And immediately he arose, took up the bed, and went forth before them all; insomuch that they were all amazed, and glorified God, saying, We never saw it on this fashion.
13 Then Jesus went again to the seaside, and the whole crowd kept coming to him, and he taught them.
And he went forth again by the sea side; and all the multitude resorted unto him, and he taught them.
14 As he was passing by he saw Levi, the son of Alphaeus, sitting in the tax-office; and he said to him, "Follow me." So he rose and followed him.
And as he passed by, he saw Levi the son of Alphaeus sitting at the receipt of custom, and said unto him, Follow me. And he arose and followed him.
15 Later on Levi was sitting at table in his house, and together with Jesus and his disciples a number of tax-gatherers and sinners were guests, for there were many of them who used to follow him.
And it came to pass, that, as Jesus sat at food in his house, many publicans and sinners sat also together with Jesus and his disciples: for there were many, and they followed him.
16 But when some scribes of the Pharisees saw him eating with the sinners and tax-gatherers, they said to his disciples, "Is he eating and drinking with tax-gatherers and sinners?"
And when the scribes and Pharisees saw him eat with publicans and sinners, they said unto his disciples, How is it that he eats and drinks with publicans and sinners?
17 On hearing this Jesus said to them. "It is not the healthy who need a physician, but the sick. I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners."
When Jesus heard it, he says unto them, They that are whole have no need of the physician, but they that are sick: I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.
18 Now the disciples of Johnand the Pharisees were keeping a fast, and people came to ask him, "How is it that the disciples of Johnand the Pharisees are fasting, but your disciples are not?"
And the disciples of John and of the Pharisees used to fast: and they come and say unto him, Why do the disciples of John and of the Pharisees fast, but your disciples fast not?
19 "Can friends of the bridegroom fast while he is still with them?" asked Jesus. "As long as they have the bridegroom with them, they cannot fast.
And Jesus said unto them, Can the children of the bride-chamber fast, while the bridegroom is with them? as long as they have the bridegroom with them, they cannot fast.
20 But the days will come when the Bridegroom will be taken away from them; then, on that day, they will fast.
But the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken away from them, and then shall they fast in those days.
21 No one ever sews a piece of unshrunk cloth onto an old garment, otherwise the patch tears away from it - the new from the old - and a worse tear is made.
No man also sews a piece of new cloth on an old garment: else the new piece that filled it up takes away from the old, and the rent is made worse.
22 And no one ever pours new wine into old wine-skins, else the wine would burst the skins, and both wine and skins would be lost. New wine is poured into fresh wine-skins.
And no man puts new wine into old bottles: else the new wine does burst the bottles, and the wine is spilled, and the bottles will be ruined: but new wine must be put into new bottles.
23 One Sabbath he was walking along through the wheat-fields, and his disciples, as they began to make their way across, were pulling the heads of wheat.
And it came to pass, that he went through the corn fields on the sabbath day; and his disciples began, as they went, to pluck the ears of corn.
24 "Look," said the Pharisees to him, "Why are they doing on the Sabbath Day what is against the law?"
And the Pharisees said unto him, Behold, why do they on the sabbath day that which is not lawful?
25 He answered them. "Have you never read what David did when he was needy and hungry, he and his men?
And he said unto them, Have all of you never read what David did, when he had need, and was an hungered, he, and they that were with him?
26 How he went into the house of God when Abiathar was priest, and ate the consecrated bread, which none but priests may eat, and gave some to his men?
How he went into the house of God in the days of Abiathar the high priest, and did eat the showbread, which is not lawful to eat but for the priests, and gave also to them which were with him?
27 "The Sabbath," he told them, "was made for man, and not man for the Sabbath;
And he said unto them, The sabbath was made for man, and not man for the sabbath:
28 so the Son of man is Master even of the Sabbath."
Therefore the Son of man is Lord also of the sabbath.
