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What is easier to say to the paralytic,
Thy sins are forgiven thee, or to say, Arise and take up thy bed and walk?
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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),
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I say unto thee, Arise and take up thy bed and go to thy house.
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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.
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And he went again unto the sea; and all the multitude resorted unto him, and he taught them.
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And as he passed by, he saw Levi the
son of Alphaeus sitting at the receipt of custom and said unto him, Follow me. And he arose and followed him.
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And it came to pass, that as
Jesus 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.
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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?
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When Jesus heard
it, 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.
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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?
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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.