Mark 2
1 And again he entered into Capernaum after some days; and 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 immediately many were gathered together, so that there was no room to receive them, no, not so much as about the door: and he preached 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 they come to him, bringing one sick with the palsy, who was borne by four.
Some people came, bringing to him a paralysed man, who was being carried by four of them.
4 And when they could not come near to him by reason of the crowd, they uncovered the roof where he was: and when they had broken it up, they let down the bed on which the sick with the palsy lay.
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 paralysed man was lying.
5 When Jesus saw their faith, he said to the sick with the palsy, Son, thy sins are forgiven thee.
When Jesus saw their faith, he said to the man, ‘Child, your sins are forgiven.’
6 But 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 doth this man thus speak blasphemies? who can forgive sins but God only?
‘Why does this man speak like this? He is blaspheming! Who can forgive sins except God?’
8 And immediately when Jesus perceived in his spirit that they so reasoned within themselves, he said to them, Why reason ye 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 sick with the palsy, Thy sins are forgiven thee; or to say, Arise, and take up thy 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”?
10 But that ye may know that the Son of man hath authority on earth to forgive sins, (he saith to the sick with the palsy, )
But so 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 thee, Arise, and take up thy bed, and go into thy house.
‘To you I say, Get up, take up your mat, and return to your home.’
12 And immediately he arose, took up the bed, and went forth before them all; so that they were all amazed, and glorified God, saying, We never saw it on this fashion.
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 side; and all the multitude resorted 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 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 And it came to pass, that, as Jesus was eating in his house, many tax collectors and sinners sat also together with Jesus and his disciples: for there were many, and they followed him.
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.
16 And when the scribes and Pharisees saw him eating with tax collectors and sinners, they said to his disciples, How is it that he eateth and drinketh 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, ‘Why does he eat with the tax collectors and outcasts?’
17 When Jesus heard it, he saith to them, They that are well have no need of a physician, but they that are sick: I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.
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.’
18 And the disciples of John and of the Pharisees used to fast: and they come and say to him, Why do the disciples of John and of the Pharisees fast, but thy disciples fast not?
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?’
19 And Jesus said to them, Can the children of the bridechamber fast, while the bridegroom is with them? as long as they have the bridegroom with them, they cannot fast.
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.
20 But the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken from them, and then they shall fast in those days.
But the days will come, when the groom will be taken away from them, and they will fast then – when that day comes.’
21 No man also seweth a piece of new cloth on an old garment: else the new piece that filled it up taketh away from the old, and the tear is made worse.
‘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.
22 And no man putteth new wine into old bottles: else the new wine doth burst the bottles, and the wine is spilled, and the bottles will be marred: but new wine must be put into new bottles.
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.’
23 And it came to pass, that he went through the grain fields on the sabbath; and his disciples began, as they went, to pluck the heads 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, Behold, why do they on the sabbath 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, Have ye never read what David did, when he had need, and was hungry, he, and they that were with him?
‘Have you never read,’ answered Jesus, ‘what David did when he was in need and hungry, he and his companions –
26 How he went into the house of God in the days of Abiathar the high priest, and ate the showbread, which it is not lawful to eat but for the priests, and gave also to them 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, and not man for the sabbath:
Then Jesus added, ‘The Sabbath was made for people, and not people for the Sabbath;
28 Therefore the Son of man is Lord also of the sabbath.
so the Son of Man is lord even of the Sabbath.’
