Mark 2
1 After some days He entered Capernaum again, and it soon became known that He was at home;
And, entering again into Capernaum, after some days, it was heard say—He is in a house;
2 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,
and many were gathered together, so that no longer was there room even in the approaches to the door, —and he began speaking unto them the word;
3 when there came a party of people bringing a paralytic--four men carrying him.
and they come, bearing unto him a paralytic, upborne by four, —
4 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.
and, not being able to get near him by reason of the multitude, they uncovered the roof where he was, and, having broken it up, they began letting down the couch whereon the paralytic was lying;
5 Seeing their faith, Jesus said to the paralytic, "My son, your sins are pardoned."
and, Jesus, seeing their faith, saith unto the paralytic—Child! forgiven are thy sins!
6 Now there were some of the Scribes sitting there, and reasoning in their hearts.
Now there were certain of the Scribes there, sitting and deliberating in their hearts, —
7 "Why does this man use such words?" they said; "he is blaspheming. Who can pardon sins but One--that is, God?"
Why doth, this, man thus talk? he is speaking profanely! Who can forgive sins, save one, God?
8 At once perceiving by His spirit that they were reasoning within themselves, Jesus asked them, "Why do you thus argue in your minds?
And Jesus, straightway, taking note in his spirit, that [thus] they are deliberating within themselves, saith [unto them]—Why, these things, are ye deliberating in your hearts?
9 Which is easier?--to say to this paralytic, 'Your sins are pardoned,' or to say, 'Rise, take up your mat, and walk?'
Which is easier—to say unto the paralytic, Forgiven are thy sins, or to say, Rise, [and] take up thy couch, and be walking?
10 But that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to pardon sins" --He turned to the paralytic, and said,
But, that ye may know that the Son of Man hath authority to be forgiving sins upon the earth, he saith to the paralytic:
11 "To you I say, 'Rise, take up your mat and go home.'"
To thee, I say, Rise, take up thy couch, and be going thy way unto thy house.
12 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."
And he arose, and, straightway taking up the couch, went forth before all, —so that all were beside themselves and were glorifying God, [saying]—Thus, we never saw it!
13 Again He went out to the shore of the Lake, and the whole multitude kept coming to Him, and He taught them.
And he went forth again by the sea, —and all the multitude was coming unto him, and he began teaching them.
14 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.
And, passing by, he saw Levi, the son of Alphaeus, sitting over the tax-office, —and saith unto him—Be following me! And, arising, he followed him.
15 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.
And it cometh to pass, that he is reclining in his house, and many tax-collectors and sinners were reclining with Jesus and his disciples; for there were many, and they began following him.
16 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!"
And the Scribes and Pharisees, seeing that he was eating with the sinners and the tax-collectors, began saying unto his disciples—With the tax-collectors and sinners, is he eating?
17 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."
And, hearing it, Jesus saith unto them—No need, have the strong of a physician, but they who are sick, I came not to call the righteous, but sinners.
18 (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?"
And the disciples of John and the Pharisees were fasting; and they come and say unto him—For what cause, do, the disciples of John and the disciples of the Pharisees, fast, whereas, thy disciples, fast not?
19 "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.
And Jesus said unto them—Is it possible for the sons of the bridechamber, while the bridegroom is with them, to be fasting? So long as they have the bridegroom with them, it is impossible, to fast.
20 But a time will come when the Bridegroom will be taken away from them; then they will fast.
But there will come days, when the bridegroom shall be taken from them, and, then, they will fast, in that day.
21 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.
No one, seweth a patch of unshrunk cloth upon an old mantle, —otherwise, at least, the shrinking teareth away from it—the new from the old—and, a worse rent is made.
22 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!"
And, no one, poureth new wine into fold skins, —otherwise, at least, the wine will burst the skins, and the wine is lost, and, the skins. [But new wine is for unused skins.]
23 One Sabbath He was walking through the wheatfields when His disciples began to pluck the ears of wheat as they went.
And it came to pass, that he, on the Sabbath, was passing through the cornfields, and his disciples began to be going forward, plucking the ears of corn.
24 So the Pharisees said to Him, "Look! why are they doing what on the Sabbath is unlawful?"
And, the Pharisees, were saying, —See! why are they doing, on the Sabbath, what is not allowed?
25 "Have you never read," Jesus replied, "what David did when the necessity arose and he and his men were hungry:
And he saith unto them—Have ye never read what David did, when he had need and hungered, —he, and they who were with him:
26 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?"
[how] he entered into the house of God, while Abiathar was High-priest, and, the presence-bread, did eat, —which it is not allowed to eat, save unto the priests, —and gave, unto them also who were with him?
27 And Jesus said to them: "The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath;
And he was saying unto them—The Sabbath, for man, was made, and not, man, for, the Sabbath:
28 so that the Son of Man is Lord even of the Sabbath."
So that the Son of Man is, Lord, even of the Sabbath.
