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Butthat ye may knowthat the Son of manhathpoweronearth to forgivesins,* (then saith he to the sick of the palsy,) Arise, take upthybed,andgountothinehouse.
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But when the multitudessaw it, they marvelled, andglorifiedGod,which had givensuchpower unto men.
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And asJesus passed forth from thence, he saw a man,namedMatthew,sittingat the receipt of custom:and he saith unto him,Followme.And he arose, and followedhim.
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And it came to pass, as Jesus sat at meatin the house*, behold, manypublicansandsinnerscame and sat down with himandhisdisciples.
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And when the Phariseessaw it, they said unto hisdisciples,WhyeatethyourMasterwithpublicansandsinners?
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But when Jesusheard that, he said unto them,They that bewholeneednot a physician,but they that aresick.
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But go ye and learnwhat that meaneth, I will have mercy,andnotsacrifice:for I amnotcome to call the righteous,butsinnerstorepentance.
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Thencame to him the disciples of John,saying, Why do weand the Phariseesfastoft,butthydisciplesfastnot?
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AndJesussaid unto them,Can* the children of the bridechambermourn, as long asthebridegroomiswiththem?but the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be takenfromthem,andthen shall they fast.
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Nomanputteth a piece of new[a]clothunto an oldgarment,for that which is put in to fill it uptaketh*from the garment,and the rent is madeworse.