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Mark 2

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1 When he returned to Capernaum after some days, it was reported 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 gathered around that there was no longer room for them, not even in front of the door; and he was speaking the word 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 Then some people came, bringing to him a paralyzed man, carried by four of them.
3 Some men came, bringing to him a paralyzed man, carried by four of them.
4 And when they could not bring him to Jesus because of the crowd, they removed the roof above him; and after having dug through it, they let down the mat on which the paralytic lay.
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 When Jesus saw their faith, he said to the paralytic, "Son, your sins are forgiven."
5 When Jesus saw their faith, he said to the paralyzed man, “Son, your sins are forgiven.”
6 Now some of the scribes were sitting there, questioning in their hearts,
6 Now some teachers of the law were sitting there, thinking to themselves,
7 "Why does this fellow speak in this way? It is blasphemy! Who can forgive sins but God alone?"
7 “Why does this fellow talk like that? He’s blaspheming! Who can forgive sins but God alone?”
8 At once Jesus perceived in his spirit that they were discussing these questions among themselves; and he said to them, "Why do you raise such questions in your hearts?
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 Which is easier, to say to the paralytic, "Your sins are forgiven,' or to say, "Stand up and take 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 But so that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins"—he said to the paralytic—
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 say to you, stand up, take your mat and go to your home."
11 “I tell you, get up, take your mat and go home.”
12 And he stood up, and immediately took the mat and went out before all of them; so that they were all amazed and glorified 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 out again beside the sea; the whole crowd gathered around him, and he taught 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 was walking along, he saw Levi son of Alphaeus sitting at the tax booth, and he said to him, "Follow me." And he 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 And as he sat at dinner in Levi's house, many tax collectors and sinners were also sitting with Jesus and his disciples—for there were many who followed him.
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 When the scribes of the Pharisees saw that he was eating with sinners and tax collectors, they said to his disciples, "Why does he eat with tax collectors and sinners?"
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 When Jesus heard this, he said to them, "Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick; I have come to call not the righteous but sinners."
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 Now John's disciples and the Pharisees were fasting; and people came and said to him, "Why do John's disciples and the disciples of the Pharisees fast, but your disciples do not fast?"
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 said to them, "The wedding guests cannot fast while the bridegroom is with them, can they? As long as they have the bridegroom with them, they cannot fast.
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 The days will come when the bridegroom is taken away from them, and then they will fast on that day.
20 But the time will come when the bridegroom will be taken from them, and on that day they will fast.
21 "No one sews a piece of unshrunk cloth on an old cloak; otherwise, the patch pulls away from it, the new from the old, and a worse tear is made.
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 And no one puts new wine into old wineskins; otherwise, the wine will burst the skins, and the wine is lost, and so are the skins; but one puts new wine 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 One sabbath he was going through the grainfields; and as they made their way his disciples began to pluck heads of grain.
23 One Sabbath Jesus was going through the grainfields, and as his disciples walked along, they began to pick some heads of grain.
24 The Pharisees said to him, "Look, why are they doing what is not lawful on the sabbath?"
24 The Pharisees said to him, “Look, why are they doing what is unlawful on the Sabbath?”
25 And he said to them, "Have you never read what David did when he and his companions were hungry and in need of food?
25 He answered, “Have you never read what David did when he and his companions were hungry and in need?
26 He entered the house of God, when Abiathar was high priest, and ate the bread of the Presence, which it is not lawful for any but the priests to eat, and he gave some to his companions."
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 Then he said to them, "The sabbath was made for humankind, and not humankind 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.”
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