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Being unable* to get to Him because of the crowd, they removed the roofabove Him; and when they had dug an opening, they letdown the pallet on which the paralytic was lying.
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ImmediatelyJesus, aware in His spirit that they were reasoning that waywithinthemselves, said to them, "Why are you reasoning about thesethings in your hearts?
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And he got up and immediatelypicked up the pallet and went out in the sight of everyone, so that they were allamazed and were glorifyingGod, saying, "We have neverseen anything likethis."
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And it happened that He was reclining at the table in his house, and manytaxcollectors and sinners were dining with Jesus and His disciples; for there were many of them, and they were following Him.
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When the scribes of the Phariseessaw that He was eating with the sinners and taxcollectors, they said to His disciples, "Why is He eating and drinking with taxcollectors and sinners?"
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And hearing this, Jesussaid to them, "It is not those who are healthy who need a physician, but those who are sick; I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners."
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John'sdisciples and the Pharisees were fasting; and they came and said to Him, "Why* do John'sdisciples and the disciples of the Phariseesfast, but Your disciples do not fast?"
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And Jesussaid to them, "While* the bridegroom is with them, the attendants of the bridegroomcannotfast, can they? Solong as they have the bridegroom with them, they cannot*fast.
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"Nooneputsnewwine into oldwineskins; otherwise the wine will burst the skins, and the wine is lost and the skins as well; but one puts newwine into freshwineskins."