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Mark 2

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1 When he entered again into Kafar-Nachum after some days, it was heard that he was in the house.
1 After a few days, Jesus returned to Capernaum, and word got around that he was back home.
2 Immediately many were gathered together, so that there was no more room, not even around the door; and he spoke the word to them.
2 A crowd gathered, jamming the entrance so no one could get in or out. He was teaching the Word.
3 Four people came, carrying a paralytic to him.
3 They brought a paraplegic to him, carried by four men.
4 When they could not come near to him for the crowd, they removed the roof where he was. When they had broken it up, they let down the mat that the paralytic was lying on.
4 When they weren't able to get in because of the crowd, they removed part of the roof and lowered the paraplegic on his stretcher.
5 Yeshua, seeing their faith, said to the paralytic, "Son, your sins are forgiven you."
5 Impressed by their bold belief, Jesus said to the paraplegic, "Son, I forgive your sins."
6 But there were some of the Sofrim sitting there, and reasoning in their hearts,
6 Some religion scholars sitting there started whispering among themselves,
7 "Why does this man speak blasphemies like that? Who can forgive sins but God alone?"
7 "He can't talk that way! That's blasphemy! God and only God can forgive sins."
8 Immediately Yeshua, perceiving in his spirit that they so reasoned within themselves, said to them, "Why do you reason these things in your hearts?
8 Jesus knew right away what they were thinking, and said, "Why are you so skeptical?
9 Which is easier, to tell the paralytic, 'Your sins are forgiven;' or to say, 'Arise, and take up your bed, and walk?'
9 Which is simpler: to say to the paraplegic, 'I forgive your sins,' or say, 'Get up, take your stretcher, and start walking'?
10 But that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on eretz to forgive sins" -- he said to the paralytic --
10 Well, just so it's clear that I'm the Son of Man and authorized to do either, or both . . ." (he looked now at the paraplegic),
11 "I tell you, arise, take up your mat, and go to your house."
11 "Get up. Pick up your stretcher and go home."
12 He arose, and immediately took up the mat, and went out in front of them all; so that they were all amazed, and glorified God, saying, "We never saw anything like this!"
12 And the man did it - got up, grabbed his stretcher, and walked out, with everyone there watching him. They rubbed their eyes, incredulous - and then praised God, saying, "We've never seen anything like this!"
13 He went out again by the seaside. All the multitude came to him, and he taught them.
13 Then Jesus went again to walk alongside the lake. Again a crowd came to him, and he taught them.
14 As he passed by, he saw Levi, the son of Halfai, sitting at the place of toll, and he said to him, "Follow me." And he arose and followed him.
14 Strolling along, he saw Levi, son of Alphaeus, at his work collecting taxes. Jesus said, "Come along with me." He came.
15 It happened, that he was reclining at the table in his house, and many tax collectors and sinners sat down with Yeshua and his talmidim, for there were many, and they followed him.
15 Later Jesus and his disciples were at home having supper with a collection of disreputable guests. Unlikely as it seems, more than a few of them had become followers.
16 The Sofrim and the Perushim, when they saw that he was eating with the sinners and tax collectors, said to his talmidim, "Why is it that he eats and drinks with tax collectors and sinners?"
16 The religion scholars and Pharisees saw him keeping this kind of company and lit into his disciples: "What kind of example is this, acting cozy with the riff-raff?"
17 When Yeshua heard it, he said to them, "Those who are healthy have no need for a physician, but those who are sick. I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance."
17 Jesus, overhearing, shot back, "Who needs a doctor: the healthy or the sick? I'm here inviting the sin-sick, not the spiritually-fit."
18 Yochanan's talmidim and the Perushim were fasting, and they came and asked him, "Why do Yochanan's talmidim and the talmidim of the Perushim fast, but your talmidim don't fast?"
18 The disciples of John and the disciples of the Pharisees made a practice of fasting. Some people confronted Jesus: "Why do the followers of John and the Pharisees take on the discipline of fasting, but your followers don't?"
19 Yeshua said to them, "Can the sons of the bride chamber fast while the bridegroom is with them? As long as they have the bridegroom with them, they can't fast.
19 Jesus said, "When you're celebrating a wedding, you don't skimp on the cake and wine. You feast. Later you may need to pull in your belt, but not now. As long as the bride and groom are with you, you have a good time. No one throws cold water on a friendly bonfire. This is Kingdom Come!"
20 But the days will come when the bridegroom will be taken away from them, and then will they fast in that day.
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21 No one sews a piece of unshrunk cloth on an old garment, or else the patch shrinks and the new tears away from the old, and a worse hole is made.
21 He went on, "No one cuts up a fine silk scarf to patch old work clothes; you want fabrics that match.
22 No one puts new wine into old wineskins, or else the new wine will burst the skins, and the wine pours out, and the skins will be destroyed; but they put new wine into fresh wineskins."
22 And you don't put your wine in cracked bottles."
23 It happened that he was going on the day of Shabbat through the grain fields, and his talmidim began, as they went, to pluck the ears of grain.
23 One Sabbath day he was walking through a field of ripe grain.
24 The Perushim said to him, "Behold, why do they do that which is not lawful on the day of Shabbat?"
24 As his disciples made a path, they pulled off heads of grain. The Pharisees told on them to Jesus: "Look, your disciples are breaking Sabbath rules!"
25 He said to them, "Did you never read what David did, when he had need, and was hungry -- he, and they who were with him?
25 Jesus said, "Really? Haven't you ever read what David did when he was hungry, along with those who were with him?
26 How he entered into the house of God when Avyatar was Kohen Gadol, and ate the show bread, which it is not lawful to eat except for the Kohanim, and gave also to those who were with him?"
26 How he entered the sanctuary and ate fresh bread off the altar, with the Chief Priest Abiathar right there watching - holy bread that no one but priests were allowed to eat - and handed it out to his companions?"
27 He said to them, "The Shabbat was made for man, not man for the Shabbat.
27 Then Jesus said, "The Sabbath was made to serve us; we weren't made to serve the Sabbath.
28 Therefore the Son of Man is lord even of the Shabbat."
28 The Son of Man is no lackey to the Sabbath. He's in charge!"
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