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1 And when he returned to Capernaum after some days, it was reported that he was at home.
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After a few days, Jesus went back to Capernaum, and people heard that he was at home.
2 And many were gathered together, so that there was no more room, not even at the door. And he was preaching the word to them.
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So many gathered that there was no longer space, not even near the door. Jesus was speaking the word to them.
3 And they came, bringing to him a paralytic carried by four men.
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Some people arrived, and four of them were bringing to him a man who was paralyzed.
4 And when they could not get near him because of the crowd, they removed the roof above him, and when they had made an opening, they let down the bed on which the paralytic lay.
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They couldn't carry him through the crowd, so they tore off part of the roof above where Jesus was. When they had made an opening, they lowered the mat on which the paralyzed man was lying.
5 And when Jesus saw their faith, he said to the paralytic, “Son, your sins are forgiven. ”
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When Jesus saw their faith, he said to the paralytic, "Child, your sins are forgiven!"
6 Now some of the scribes were sitting there, questioning in their hearts,
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Some legal experts were sitting there, muttering among themselves,
7 “Why does this man speak like that? He is blaspheming! Who can forgive sins but God alone? ”
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"Why does he speak this way? He's insulting God. Only the one God can forgive sins."
8 And immediately Jesus, perceiving in his spirit that they thus questioned within themselves, said to them, “Why do you question these things in your hearts?
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Jesus immediately recognized what they were discussing, and he said to them, "Why do you fill your minds with these questions?
9 Which is easier, to say to the paralytic, ‘Your sins are forgiven, ’ or to say, ‘Rise, take up your bed and walk’?
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Which is easier—to say to a paralyzed person, ‘Your sins are forgiven,' or to say, ‘Get up, take up your bed, and walk'?
10 But that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins”—he said to the paralytic—
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But so you will know that the Human One has authority on the earth to forgive sins"—he said to the man who was paralyzed,
11 “I say to you, rise, pick up your bed, and go home. ”
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"Get up, take your mat, 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 glorified God, saying, “We never saw anything like this! ”
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Jesus raised him up, and right away he picked up his mat and walked out in front of everybody. They were all amazed and praised God, saying, "We've never seen anything like this!"
13 He went out again beside the sea, and all the crowd was coming to him, and he was teaching them.
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Jesus went out beside the lake again. The whole crowd came to him, and he began to teach them.
14 And as he passed by, he saw Levi the son of Alphaeus sitting at the tax booth, and he said to him, “Follow me. ”And he rose and followed him.
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As he continued along, he saw Levi, Alphaeus' son, sitting at a kiosk for collecting taxes. Jesus said to him, "Follow me." Levi got up and followed him.
15 And as he reclined at table in his house, many tax collectors and sinners were reclining with Jesus and his disciples, for there were many who followed him.
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Jesus sat down to eat at Levi's house. Many tax collectors and sinners were eating with Jesus and his disciples. Indeed, many of them had become his followers.
16 And the scribes of the Pharisees, when they saw that he was eating with sinners and tax collectors, said to his disciples, “Why does he eat with tax collectors and sinners? ”
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When some of the legal experts from among the Pharisees saw that he was eating with sinners and tax collectors, they asked his disciples, "Why is he eating with sinners and tax collectors?"
17 And when Jesus heard it, he said to them, “Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick. I came not to call the righteous, but sinners. ”
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When Jesus heard it, he said to them, "Healthy people don't need a doctor, but sick people do. I didn't come to call righteous people, 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? ”
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John's disciples and the Pharisees had a habit of fasting. Some people asked Jesus, "Why do John's disciples and the Pharisees' disciples fast, but yours don't?"
19 And Jesus said to them, “Can the wedding guests fast while the bridegroom is with them? As long as they have the bridegroom with them, they cannot fast.
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Jesus said, “The wedding guests can't fast while the groom is with them, can they? As long as they have the groom with them, they can't fast.
20 The days will come when the bridegroom is taken away from them, and then they will fast in that day.
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But the days will come when the groom will be taken away from them, and then they will fast.
21 No one sews a piece of unshrunk cloth on an old garment. If he does, the patch tears away from it, the new from the old, and a worse tear is made.
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"No one sews a piece of new, unshrunk cloth on old clothes; otherwise, the patch tears away from it, the new from the old, and makes a worse tear.
22 And no one puts new wine into old wineskins. If he does, the wine will burst the skins—and the wine is destroyed, and so are the skins. But new wine is for fresh wineskins. ”
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No one pours new wine into old leather wineskins; otherwise, the wine would burst the wineskins and the wine would be lost and the wineskins destroyed. But new wine is for 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.
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Jesus went through the wheat fields on the Sabbath. As the disciples made their way, they were picking the heads of wheat.
24 And the Pharisees were saying to him, “Look, why are they doing what is not lawful on the Sabbath? ”
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The Pharisees said to Jesus, "Look! Why are they breaking the Sabbath law?"
25 And he said to them, “Have you never read what David did, when he was in need and was hungry, he and those who were with him:
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He said to them, "Haven't you ever read what David did when he was in need, when he and those with him were hungry?
26 how he entered the house of God, in the time of Abiathar the high priest, and ate the bread of the Presence, which it is not lawful for any but the priests to eat, and also gave it to those who were with him? ”
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During the time when Abiathar was high priest, David went into God's house and ate the bread of the presence, which only the priests were allowed to eat. He also gave bread to those who were with him."
27 And he said to them, “The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath.
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Then he said, "The Sabbath was created for humans; humans weren't created for the Sabbath.
28 So the Son of Man is lord even of the Sabbath. ”
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This is why the Human One is Lord even over the Sabbath."
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