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Mark 2

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1 And again he entered into Capernaum after <em>some</em> days, and it was heard that he was in the house.
1 A few days later, when Jesus again entered Capernaum, the people heard that he had come home.
2 And soon many were gathered together, insomuch that there was no room to receive <em>them</em>, no, not so much as about the door; and he preached the word unto 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 And they came unto him, bringing a paralytic, carried by four <em>men</em>.
3 Some men came, bringing to him a paralyzed man, carried by four of them.
4 And when they could not come near unto him for the crowd, they uncovered the roof <em>of the house</em> where he was; and when they had broken it open, they let down the bed in 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 unto the paralytic, Son, thy sins are forgiven thee.
5 When Jesus saw their faith, he said to the paralyzed man, “Son, your sins are forgiven.”
6 But there were certain of the scribes sitting there and thinking in their hearts,
6 Now some teachers of the law were sitting there, thinking to themselves,
7 Why does this <em>fellow</em> so blaspheme? Who can forgive sins but God only?
7 “Why does this fellow talk like that? He’s blaspheming! Who can forgive sins but God alone?”
8 And Jesus, knowing afterward in his spirit that they so reasoned within themselves, said unto them, Why think ye these things 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 What is easier to say to the paralytic, <em>Thy</em> sins are forgiven thee, or to say, Arise and take up thy bed 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 that ye may know that the Son of man has power on earth to forgive sins (he spoke to the sick of the palsy),
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 unto thee, Arise and take up thy bed and go to thy house.
11 “I tell you, get up, take your mat and go home.”
12 And by and by he arose, took up the bed, and went forth before them all; insomuch that they were all amazed and glorified God, saying, We never saw anything like unto 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 And he went again unto the sea; and all the multitude resorted unto 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 And as he passed by, he saw Levi the <em>son</em> of Alphaeus sitting at the receipt of custom and said unto him, Follow me. And he arose 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 it came to pass, that as <em>Jesus</em> sat at the table in his house, many publicans and sinners sat also at the table together with Jesus and his disciples: for there were many and they had 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 And the scribes and Pharisees, seeing him eat with publicans and sinners, said unto his disciples, How is it that he eats and drinks with publicans 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 <em>it</em>, he said unto them, They that are whole have no need of the physician, but they that are sick; I came not to call the righteous, but the sinners to repentance.
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 And the disciples of John and of the Pharisees did fast and therefore came and said unto him, Why do the disciples of John and of the Pharisees fast, but thy disciples fast 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 And Jesus said unto them, Can those who are in a wedding fast while the bridegroom is with them? 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 But the days will come when the bridegroom shall be taken away from them, and then they shall fast in those days.
20 But the time will come when the bridegroom will be taken from them, and on that day they will fast.
21 No one mends an old garment with a new piece of cloth, <em>or</em> else the new piece that filled it up tears away from the old, and the rent is made worse.
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 pours new wine into old wineskins; <em>or</em> else the new wine bursts the wineskins, and the wine is spilled, and the wineskins are lost; but new wine must be poured into new 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 And it came to pass that as he went through the planted fields <em>again</em> on the sabbath day, his disciples began, as they walked, to pluck the ears 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 And the Pharisees said unto him, Behold, why do they on the sabbath day that which is not lawful?
24 The Pharisees said to him, “Look, why are they doing what is unlawful on the Sabbath?”
25 And he said unto them, Have ye never read what David did when he had need and was hungry, he and those that were with him?
25 He answered, “Have you never read what David did when he and his companions were hungry and in need?
26 How he went into the house of God in the days of Abiathar the high priest and ate the showbread, which is not lawful to eat but for the priests, and gave also to those who were with him?
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 he said unto them, The sabbath was made for man, and not man for the sabbath;
27 Then he said to them, “The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath.
28 therefore 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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