Mark 2
1 And when he entered again into Capernaum after some days, it was heard that he was in the house.
After some days He entered Capernaum again, and it soon became known that He was at home;
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 such numbers of people came together that there was no longer room for them even round the door. He was speaking His Message to them,
3 And four people came, carrying a paralytic to him.
when there came a party of people bringing a paralytic--four men carrying him.
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.
Finding themselves unable, however, to bring him to Jesus because of the crowd, they untiled the roof just over His head, and after clearing an opening they lowered the mat on which the paralytic was lying.
5 And Jesus, seeing their faith, said to the paralytic, "Son, your sins are forgiven you."
Seeing their faith, Jesus said to the paralytic, "My son, your sins are pardoned."
6 But there were some of the scribes sitting there, and reasoning in their hearts,
Now there were some of the Scribes sitting there, and reasoning in their hearts.
7 "Why does this man speak like that? He is blaspheming; who can forgive sins but God alone?"
"Why does this man use such words?" they said; "he is blaspheming. Who can pardon sins but One--that is, 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?
At once perceiving by His spirit that they were reasoning within themselves, Jesus asked them, "Why do you thus argue in your minds?
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 this paralytic, 'Your sins are pardoned,' or to say, 'Rise, take up your mat, and walk?'
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 authority on earth to pardon sins" --He turned to the paralytic, and said,
11 "I tell you, arise, take up your mat, and go to your house."
"To you I say, 'Rise, take up your mat and go 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 rose, and immediately under the eyes of all took up his mat and went out, so that they were all filled with astonishment, gave the glory to God, and said, "We never saw anything like this."
13 And he went out again by the seaside. All the crowd came to him, and he taught them.
Again He went out to the shore of the Lake, and the whole multitude kept coming 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.
And as He passed by, He saw Levi the son of Alphaeus sitting at the Toll Office, and said to him, "Follow me." So he rose 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.
When He was sitting at table in Levi's house, a large number of tax-gatherers and notorious sinners were at table with Jesus and His disciples; for there were many such who habitually followed 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?"
But when the Scribes of the Pharisee sect saw Him eating with the sinners and the tax-gatherers, they said to His disciples, "He is eating and drinking with the tax-gatherers and sinners!"
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."
Jesus heard the words, and He said, "It is not the healthy who require a doctor, but the sick: I did not come to appeal to the righteous, but to sinners."
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 those of the Pharisees were keeping a fast.) And they came and asked Him, "How is it that John's disciples and those of the Pharisees are fasting, and yours are 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.
"Can a wedding party fast while the bridegroom is among them?" replied Jesus. "So long as they have the bridegroom with them, fasting is impossible.
20 But the days will come when the bridegroom will be taken away from them, and then will they fast in that day.
But a time will come when the Bridegroom will be taken away from them; then they will fast.
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 one mends an old garment with a piece of unshrunk cloth. Otherwise, the patch put on would tear away from it--the new from the old--and a worse hole would be 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 one pours new wine into old wineskins. Otherwise the wine would burst the skins, and both wine and skins would be lost. New wine needs 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 He was walking through the wheatfields when His disciples began to pluck the ears of wheat as they went.
24 And the Pharisees said to him, "Look, why do they do that which is not lawful on the Sabbath day?"
So the Pharisees said to Him, "Look! why are they doing what on the Sabbath is unlawful?"
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," Jesus replied, "what David did when the necessity arose and he and his men were hungry:
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 entered the house of God in the High-priesthood of Abiathar, and ate the Presented Loaves--which none but the priests are allowed to eat--and gave some to his men also?"
27 And he said to them, "The Sabbath was made for people, not people for the Sabbath.
And Jesus said to them: "The Sabbath was made for man, 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 even of the Sabbath."
