Mark 2
1 Some days later, when Jesus came back to Capernaum, the news spread that he was in a house there;
After some days He entered Capernaum again, and it soon became known that He was at home;
2 and so many people collected together, that after a while there was no room for them even around the door; and he began to tell them his message.
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 Some people came, bringing to him a paralyzed man, who was being carried by four of them.
when there came a party of people bringing a paralytic--four men carrying him.
4 They were unable to get him near to Jesus, because of the crowd, so they removed the roof above Jesus, and, when they had made an opening, they let down the mat on which the paralyzed man was lying.
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 When Jesus saw their faith, he said to the man, “Child, your sins are forgiven.”
Seeing their faith, Jesus said to the paralytic, "My son, your sins are pardoned."
6 But some of the teachers of the Law who were sitting there were debating in their minds,
Now there were some of the Scribes sitting there, and reasoning in their hearts.
7 “Why does this man speak like this? He is blaspheming! Who can forgive sins except God?”
"Why does this man use such words?" they said; "he is blaspheming. Who can pardon sins but One--that is, God?"
8 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?
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 say to the paralyzed man, ‘Your sins are forgiven’? Or to say ‘Get up, and take up your mat, 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 so you may know that the Son of Man has power to forgive sins on earth” – here he said to the paralyzed man –
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 “To you I say, Get up, take up your mat, and return to your home.”
"To you I say, 'Rise, take up your mat and go home.'"
12 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!”
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 Jesus went out again to the sea; and all the people 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 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.
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 Later on he was in his house having dinner, and a number of tax collectors and outcasts took their places at the table with Jesus and his disciples; for many of them were following 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 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, “Why does he eat with the tax collectors and outcasts?”
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 Hearing this, Jesus said, “It is not those who are healthy who need a doctor, but those who are ill. I did not come to call the religious, but the outcast.”
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 Now John’s disciples and the Pharisees were fasting, and people came and asked Jesus, “Why is it that John’s disciples and the disciples of the Pharisees fast, while yours do not?”
(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 Jesus answered, “Can the groom’s friends fast, while the groom is with them? As long as they have the groom 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 groom will be taken away from them, and they will fast then – when that day comes.”
But a time will come when the Bridegroom will be taken away from them; then they will fast.
21 “No one ever sews a piece of unshrunk cloth on an old garment; if they do, the patch tears away from it – the new from the old – and a worse tear 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 ever puts new wine into old wine-skins; if they do, the wine will burst the skins, and both the wine and the skins are lost. But new wine is put into fresh skins.”
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 One Sabbath, as Jesus was walking through the cornfields, his disciples began to pick the ears of wheat as they went along.
One Sabbath He was walking through the wheatfields when His disciples began to pluck the ears of wheat as they went.
24 “Look!” the Pharisees said to him, “why are they doing what is not allowed on the Sabbath?”
So the Pharisees said to Him, "Look! why are they doing what on the Sabbath is unlawful?"
25 “Have you never read,” answered Jesus, “what David did when he was in need and hungry, he and his companions –
"Have you never read," Jesus replied, "what David did when the necessity arose and he and his men were hungry:
26 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?”
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 Then Jesus added, “The Sabbath was made for people, and not people for the Sabbath;
And Jesus said to them: "The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath;
28 so the Son of Man is lord even of the Sabbath.”
so that the Son of Man is Lord even of the Sabbath."
