When He had come back
to Capernaum
several days
afterward
, it was heard
that He was at home
.
And amany were gathered
together
, so
that there was no
longer
room
, not even
near
the door
; and He was speaking
the word
to them.
aAnd they *came, bringing
to Him a bparalytic
, carried
by four
men
.
Being unable to 1get
to Him because
of the crowd
, they aremoved
the roof
2above
Him; and when they had dug
an opening, they let
down
the pallet
on which
the bparalytic
was lying
.
And Jesus seeing
their faith
*said
to the paralytic
, " 1Son
, ayour sins
are forgiven
."
But some of the scribes
were sitting
there
and reasoning
in their hearts
,
"Why does this
man
speak
that way
? He is blaspheming
; awho
can
forgive
sins
1but God
alone
?"
Immediately Jesus
, aware
1in His spirit
that they were reasoning
that way
within
themselves
, *said
to them, "Why
are you reasoning
about these
things
in your hearts
?
"Which is easier
, to say
to the aparalytic
, `Your sins
are forgiven
'; or
to say
, `Get
up, and pick
up your pallet
and walk
'?
"But so that you may know
that the Son
of Man
has
authority
on earth
to forgive
sins
"--He *said
to the paralytic
,
"I say to you, get
up, pick
up your pallet
and go
home
."
And he got up and immediately
picked
up the pallet
and went
out in the sight
of everyone
, so
that they were all
amazed
and awere glorifying
God
, saying
, " bWe have never
seen
anything like
this
."
And He went out again
by the seashore
; and aall
the 1people
were coming
to Him, and He was teaching
them.
aAs He passed by, He saw
1 bLevi
the son of Alphaeus
sitting
in the tax
booth
, and He *said
to him, " cFollow
Me!" And he got
up and followed
Him.
And it * 1happened that He was reclining
at the table in his house
, and many
tax
collectors
and 2sinners
3were dining
with Jesus
and His disciples
; for there were many
of them, and they were following
Him.
When athe scribes of the Pharisees
saw
that He was eating
with the sinners
and tax
collectors
, they said
to His disciples
, " bWhy
is He eating
and drinking
with tax
collectors
and 1sinners
?"
And hearing this, Jesus
*said
to them, " aIt is not those
who are healthy
who need
a physician
, but those
who are sick
; I did not come
to call
the righteous
, but sinners
."
aJohn's disciples
and the Pharisees
were fasting
; and they *came
and *said
to Him, "Why
do John's
disciples
and the disciples
of the Pharisees
fast
, but Your disciples
do not fast
?"
And Jesus said
to them, "While
the bridegroom
is with them, 1the attendants
of the bridegroom
cannot
fast
, can they? So
long
as they have
the bridegroom
with them, they cannot
fast
.
"But the adays will come
when
the bridegroom
is taken
away
from them, and then
they will fast
in that day
.
"No one
sews
1a patch
of unshrunk
cloth
on an old
garment
; otherwise
2the patch
pulls
away
from it, the new
from the old
, and a worse
tear
results
.
"No one
puts
new
wine
into old
wineskins
; otherwise
the wine
will burst
the skins
, and the wine
is lost
and the skins
as well; but one puts new
wine
into fresh
wineskins
."
aAnd it happened that He was passing
through
the grainfields
on the Sabbath
, and His disciples
began
to make
their way
along while bpicking
the heads
of grain.
The Pharisees were saying
to Him, "Look
, awhy
are they doing
what
is not lawful
on the Sabbath
?"
And He *said to them, "Have you never
read
what
David
did
when
he was in need
and he and his companions
became hungry
;
how he entered
the house
of God
in the time
of aAbiathar
the high
priest
, and ate
the 1consecrated
bread
, which
bis not lawful
for anyone to eat
except
the priests
, and he also
gave
it to those
who were with him?"
Jesus said to them, " aThe Sabbath
1was made
2for man
, and bnot man
2for the Sabbath
.
"So the Son
of Man
is Lord
even
of the Sabbath
."