Parallel Bible results for "Mark 2"

Mark 2

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1 A few days later Jesus went back to Capernaum, and the news spread that he was at home.
1 A few days later, when Jesus again entered Capernaum, the people heard that he had come home.
2 So many people came together that there was no room left, not even out in front of the door. Jesus was preaching the message to them
2 They gathered in such large numbers that there was no room left, not even outside the door, and he preached the word to them.
3 when four men arrived, carrying a paralyzed man to Jesus.
3 Some men came, bringing to him a paralyzed man, carried by four of them.
4 Because of the crowd, however, they could not get the man to him. So they made a hole in the roof right above the place where Jesus was. When they had made an opening, they let the man down, lying on his mat.
4 Since they could not get him to Jesus because of the crowd, they made an opening in the roof above Jesus by digging through it and then lowered the mat the man was lying on.
5 Seeing how much faith they had, Jesus said to the paralyzed man, "My son, your sins are forgiven."
5 When Jesus saw their faith, he said to the paralyzed man, “Son, your sins are forgiven.”
6 Some teachers of the Law who were sitting there thought to themselves,
6 Now some teachers of the law were sitting there, thinking to themselves,
7 "How does he dare talk like this? This is blasphemy! God is the only one who can forgive sins!"
7 “Why does this fellow talk like that? He’s blaspheming! Who can forgive sins but God alone?”
8 At once Jesus knew what they were thinking, so he said to them, "Why do you think such things?
8 Immediately Jesus knew in his spirit that this was what they were thinking in their hearts, and he said to them, “Why are you thinking these things?
9 Is it easier to say to this paralyzed man, "Your sins are forgiven,' or to say, "Get up, pick up your mat, and walk'?
9 Which is easier: to say to this paralyzed man, ‘Your sins are forgiven,’ or to say, ‘Get up, take your mat and walk’?
10 I will prove to you, then, that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins." So he said to the paralyzed man,
10 But I want you to know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins.” So he said to the man,
11 "I tell you, get up, pick up your mat, and go home!"
11 “I tell you, get up, take your mat and go home.”
12 While they all watched, the man got up, picked up his mat, and hurried away. They were all completely amazed and praised God, saying, "We have never seen anything like this!"
12 He got up, took his mat and walked out in full view of them all. This amazed everyone and they praised God, saying, “We have never seen anything like this!”
13 Jesus went back again to the shore of Lake Galilee. A crowd came to him, and he started teaching them.
13 Once again Jesus went out beside the lake. A large crowd came to him, and he began to teach them.
14 As he walked along, he saw a tax collector, Levi son of Alphaeus, sitting in his office. Jesus said to him, "Follow me." Levi got up and followed him.
14 As he walked along, he saw Levi son of Alphaeus sitting at the tax collector’s booth. “Follow me,” Jesus told him, and Levi got up and followed him.
15 Later on Jesus was having a meal in Levi's house. A large number of tax collectors and other outcasts was following Jesus, and many of them joined him and his disciples at the table.
15 While Jesus was having dinner at Levi’s house, many tax collectors and sinners were eating with him and his disciples, for there were many who followed him.
16 Some teachers of the Law, who were Pharisees, saw that Jesus was eating with these outcasts and tax collectors, so they asked his disciples, "Why does he eat with such people?"
16 When the teachers of the law who were Pharisees saw him eating with the sinners and tax collectors, they asked his disciples: “Why does he eat with tax collectors and sinners?”
17 Jesus heard them and answered, "People who are well do not need a doctor, but only those who are sick. I have not come to call respectable people, but outcasts."
17 On hearing this, Jesus said to them, “It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners.”
18 On one occasion the followers of John the Baptist and the Pharisees were fasting. Some people came to Jesus and asked him, "Why is it that the disciples of John the Baptist and the disciples of the Pharisees fast, but yours do not?"
18 Now John’s disciples and the Pharisees were fasting. Some people came and asked Jesus, “How is it that John’s disciples and the disciples of the Pharisees are fasting, but yours are not?”
19 Jesus answered, "Do you expect the guests at a wedding party to go without food? Of course not! As long as the bridegroom is with them, they will not do that.
19 Jesus answered, “How can the guests of the bridegroom fast while he is with them? They cannot, so long as they have him with them.
20 But the day will come when the bridegroom will be taken away from them, and then they will fast.
20 But the time will come when the bridegroom will be taken from them, and on that day they will fast.
21 "No one uses a piece of new cloth to patch up an old coat, because the new patch will shrink and tear off some of the old cloth, making an even bigger hole.
21 “No one sews a patch of unshrunk cloth on an old garment. Otherwise, the new piece will pull away from the old, making the tear worse.
22 Nor does anyone pour new wine into used wineskins, because the wine will burst the skins, and both the wine and the skins will be ruined. Instead, new wine must be poured into fresh wineskins."
22 And no one pours new wine into old wineskins. Otherwise, the wine will burst the skins, and both the wine and the wineskins will be ruined. No, they pour new wine into new wineskins.”
23 Jesus was walking through some wheat fields on a Sabbath. As his disciples walked along with him, they began to pick the heads of wheat.
23 One Sabbath Jesus was going through the grainfields, and as his disciples walked along, they began to pick some heads of grain.
24 So the Pharisees said to Jesus, "Look, it is against our Law for your disciples to do that on the Sabbath!"
24 The Pharisees said to him, “Look, why are they doing what is unlawful on the Sabbath?”
25 Jesus answered, "Have you never read what David did that time when he needed something to eat? He and his men were hungry,
25 He answered, “Have you never read what David did when he and his companions were hungry and in need?
26 so he went into the house of God and ate the bread offered to God. This happened when Abiathar was the High Priest. According to our Law only the priests may eat this bread - but David ate it and even gave it to his men."
26 In the days of Abiathar the high priest, he entered the house of God and ate the consecrated bread, which is lawful only for priests to eat. And he also gave some to his companions.”
27 And Jesus concluded, "The Sabbath was made for the good of human beings; they were not made for the Sabbath.
27 Then he 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."
28 So the Son of Man is Lord even of the Sabbath.”
Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission.
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