Mark 2:4-14

4 And when they could not get near him because of the crowd, ¹they removed the roof above him, and when they had made an opening, they let down the bed on which the paralytic lay.

5 And when Jesus ²saw their faith, he said to the paralytic, “Son, ³your sins are forgiven. ”

6 Now some of the scribes were sitting there, questioning in their hearts,

7 “Why does this man speak like that? ⁴He is blaspheming! ⁵Who can forgive sins but God alone? ”

8 And immediately Jesus, ⁶perceiving in his spirit that they thus questioned within themselves, said to them, “Why do you question these things in your hearts?

9 Which is easier, to say to the paralytic, ‘Your sins are forgiven, ’ or to say, ‘Rise, take up your bed and walk’?

10 But that you may know that ⁷the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins”—he said to the paralytic—

11 “I say to you, rise, pick up your bed, and go home. ”

12 And he rose and immediately picked up his bed and went out before them all, so that they were all amazed and ⁸glorified God, saying, “We never saw anything like this! ”

Jesus Calls Levi

13 He went out again beside the sea, and ⁹all the crowd was coming to him, and he was teaching them.

14 ¹⁰And as he passed by, he saw ¹¹Levi the son of Alphaeus sitting at the tax booth, and he said to him, “Follow me. ”And he rose and followed him.

Cross References

• 1. 2:4 [Luke 5:19]
• 2. 2:5 ch. 10:52; Matt. 8:10, 13; 9:22, 29; 15:28; Luke 7:9, 50; 17:19; 18:42; Acts 3:16; 14:9; James 5:15
• 3. 2:5 Luke 7:48; [John 5:14]
• 4. 2:7 ch. 14:64; John 10:36
• 5. 2:7 Ps. 32:5; Isa. 43:25
• 6. 2:8 See John 2:25
• 7. 2:10 [ver. 28]
• 8. 2:12 See Luke 7:16
• 9. 2:13 See ch. 1:45
• 10. 2:14 For ver. 14-22, see Matt. 9:9-17; Luke 5:27-38
• 11. 2:14 [Matt. 9:9]