Mark 2
1 And when he entered again into Capernaum after some days, it was heard that he was in the house.
Some days later, when Jesus came back to Capernaum, the news spread that he was in a house there;
2 And many were gathered together, so that there was no more room, not even around the door; and he spoke the word to them.
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 four people came, carrying a paralytic to him.
And some people came, bringing to him a paralysed man, who was being carried by four bearers.
4 And when they could not bring him because of the crowd, they removed the roof above him. When they had broken it up, they let down the mat that the paralytic was lying on.
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, seeing their faith, said to the paralytic, "Son, your sins are forgiven you."
When Jesus saw their faith, he said to the man: “Child, your sins are forgiven.”
6 But there were some 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 man speak like that? He is blaspheming; who can forgive sins but God alone?"
“Why does this man speak like this? He is blaspheming! Who can forgive sins except God?”
8 And immediately Jesus, perceiving in his spirit that they so reasoned within 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 tell the paralytic, 'Your sins are forgiven;' or to say, 'Arise, and take up your bed, 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 But that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins", he said 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 tell you, arise, take up your mat, and go to your house."
“To you I say, Get up, take up your mat, and return to your home.”
12 And he arose immediately, and took up the mat, and went out in front of them all; so that they were all amazed, and glorified God, saying, "We never saw anything like this."
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 out again by the seaside. All the crowd came to him, and he taught them.
Jesus went out again to the Sea; and all the people came to him, and he taught them.
14 And as he passed by, he saw Levi, the son of Alphaeus, sitting at the tax office, and he said to him, "Follow me." And he arose and 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 It happened, that he was reclining at the table in his house, and many tax collectors and sinners sat down 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 of the Pharisees, when they saw him eating with the tax collectors and sinners, said to his disciples, "Why is it that he eats and drinks with tax collectors and sinners?"
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 when Jesus heard it, he said to them, "Those who are healthy have no need for a physician, but those who are sick. I came not to call the righteous, 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 John's disciples and the Pharisees were fasting, and they came and asked him, "Why do the disciples of John and those of the Pharisees fast, but 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, "Can the groomsmen fast while the bridegroom is with them? As long as they have the bridegroom with them, they cannot 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 the days will come when the bridegroom will be taken away from them, and then will they fast in that day.
But the days will come, when the bridegroom will be parted from them, and they will fast then — when that day comes.
21 No one sews a piece of unshrunk cloth on an old garment, or else the patch shrinks and the new tears away from the old, and a worse hole is made.
“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 wineskins, or else the wine will burst the skins, and the wine is lost, and the skins will be destroyed; but one puts new wine into fresh wineskins."
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 happened that he was going on the Sabbath day through the grain fields, and his disciples began, as they went, to pluck the ears of grain.
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, "Look, why do they do that which is not lawful on the Sabbath day?"
“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 who were 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 entered into the house of God in the time of Abiathar the high priest, and ate the show bread, which is not lawful to eat except for the priests, and gave also 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 people, not people for the Sabbath.
Then Jesus added: “The Sabbath was made for man, and not man for the Sabbath;
28 Therefore the Son of Man is lord even of the Sabbath."
so the Son of Man is lord even of the Sabbath.”
