Mark 2
2
The Healing of a Paralytic
Mt 9:1–8; Lk 5:17–26
1#Mt 9:1Again, He entered Capernaum after some days. And it was reported that He was in the house. 2#Mk 1:45; 2:13Immediately many were gathered together, so that there was no room to receive them, not even at the door. And He preached the word to them. 3#Lk 5:18–26They came to Him bringing one sick with paralysis, who was carried by four men. 4#Lk 5:19When they could not come near Him due to the crowding, they uncovered the roof where He was. When they had broken it open, they let down the bed on which the paralytic lay. 5#Mt 9:2; 9:22When Jesus saw their faith, He said to the paralytic, “Son, your sins are forgiven you.”
6But some of the scribes were sitting there, reasoning in their hearts, 7#Isa 43:25; Mk 14:64; Jn 10:36“Why does this Man speak such blasphemies? Who can forgive sins but God alone?”
8Immediately, when Jesus perceived in His spirit that they so reasoned within themselves, He said to them, “Why do you contemplate these things in your hearts? 9Which is easier to say to the paralytic: ‘Your sins are forgiven you,’ or to say, ‘Rise, take up your bed and walk’? 10But that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins,” He said to the paralytic, 11“I say to you, rise, and take up your bed, and go your way to your house.” 12#Mt 9:8; 9:33Immediately he rose, picked up the bed, and went out in front of them all, so that they were all amazed and glorified God, saying, “We never saw anything like this!”
The Calling of Levi
Mt 9:9–13; Lk 5:27–32
13#Mk 1:45He went out again by the seaside, and the whole crowd came to Him, and He taught them. 14#Mk 3:18As He passed by, He saw Levi the son of Alphaeus sitting at the tax collector’s station, and He said to him, “Follow Me.” And he rose and followed Him.
15As Jesus was at supper in his house, many tax collectors and sinners also sat together with Jesus and His disciples. For there were many, and they followed Him. 16#Ac 23:9When the scribes and Pharisees saw Him eating with tax collectors and sinners, they said to His disciples, “How is it that He eats and drinks with tax collectors and sinners?”
17#Mt 9:12–13; Lk 5:31–32When 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 to repentance.”
The Question About Fasting
Mt 9:14–17; Lk 5:33–39
18#Mt 6:16; 6:18Now the disciples of John and of the Pharisees were fasting. And people came and said to Him, “Why do the disciples of John and of the Pharisees fast, but Your disciples do not fast?”
19Jesus 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. 20#Lk 17:22But the days will come when the bridegroom will be taken away from them, and then they will fast in those days.
21“No one sews a piece of new cloth on an old garment, or else the new piece that covered it tears away from the old, and the tear is made worse. 22#Jos 9:4And no one pours new wine into old wineskins, or else the new wine bursts the wineskins, and the wine is spilled, and the wineskins will be marred. But new wine must be poured into new wineskins.”
The Question About the Sabbath
Mt 12:1–8; Lk 6:1–5
23#Mt 12:1–8; Lk 6:1–5He went through the grain fields on the Sabbath. As they went, His disciples began to pluck the heads of grain. 24#Ex 20:10The Pharisees said to Him, “Look, why are they doing on the Sabbath what is not lawful?”
25#1Sa 21:3–6; Mt 21:16He said to them, “Have you never read what David did, when he and those who were with him were in need and hungry: 26#2Sa 8:17; Lev 24:5–9how he went into the house of God, in the days Abiathar was the high priest, and ate the ritual bread, which is lawful only for the priests to eat, and also gave it to those who were with him?”
27#Col 2:16; Ex 23:12; Dt 5:14Then He said to them, “The Sabbath was made for man, and not man for the Sabbath. 28#Rev 1:10So the Son of Man is Lord even of the Sabbath.”
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Mark 2
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Power to Pardon the Paralyzed
1When He returned to Capernaum after some days, it was heard that He was at the house.
2So many were gathered that there was no longer room for them even outside the door. He kept proclaiming the word to them.
3Some people came bringing to Him a paralyzed man, carried by four men.
4When they couldn’t get near Yeshua because of the crowd, they removed the roof where He was. After digging through, they lowered the mat on which the paralyzed man was lying.
5Yeshua, seeing their faith, said to the paralyzed man, “Son, your sins are forgiven.”
6But some of the Torah scholars were sitting there, questioning in their hearts,
7“Why does this fellow speak like this? He blasphemes! Who can pardon sins but God alone?”
8Immediately Yeshua, knowing in His spirit that they were raising questions this way within themselves, said to them, “Why are you questioning these things in your hearts?
9Which is easier, to say to the paralyzed man, ‘Your sins are forgiven,’ or to say, ‘Get up, and take your mat and walk’?
10But so you may know that the Son of Man has authority to pardon sins on earth….” He tells the paralyzed man,
11“I tell you, get up, take your mat and go home!”
12At once the man got up, took his mat, and walked before them all. They were all astonished and glorified God, saying, “We’ve never seen anything like this!”
Fellowship with Sinners
13Again, Yeshua went out by the sea. The whole crowd kept coming to Him, and He continued to teach them.
14As He was passing by, He saw Levi the son of Alphaeus sitting at the tax collector’s booth. He said to him, “Follow Me.” And he got up and followed Him.
15Now it happens that Yeshua was reclining at the table in Levi’s house, and many tax collectors and sinners were reclining with Yeshua and His disciples. For there were many, and they were following Him.
16When the Torah scholars of the Pharisees saw Him eating with sinners and tax collectors, they began to say to His disciples, “With tax collectors and sinners He eats?”
17And when He heard this, Yeshua said to them, “Those who are healthy have no need for a doctor, but those who are sick do. I did not come to call the righteous, but the sinful.”
Feasting in His Presence
18Now John’s disciples and the Pharisees were fasting. They came and said to Him, “Why do the disciples of John and the disciples of the Pharisees fast, but Your disciples do not fast?”
19And Yeshua said to them, “The guests of the bridegroom cannot fast while the bridegroom is with them, can they? As long as they have the bridegroom with them, they cannot fast.
20But the days will come when the bridegroom is taken away from them, and then they will fast in that day.
21“No one sews a patch of unshrunk cloth on an old garment. Otherwise the patch pulls away from the old, and a worse tear happens.
22And no one puts new wine into old wineskins. Otherwise, the wine will burst the skins; and the wine is lost, also the skins. But one puts new wine into fresh wineskins.”
Shabbat Restoration
23Now it happened on Shabbat that Yeshua was going through the grain fields; and His disciples began to make their way, plucking the heads of grain.
24The Pharisees were saying to Him, “Look, why are they doing what is not permitted on Shabbat?”
25And He said to them, “Haven’t you ever read what David did when he was in need, and he and those with him became hungry?
26How he entered into the house of God when Abiathar was kohen gadol and ate the showbread, which is permitted only for the kohanim to eat, and gave some even to those who were with him?”
27Then He said to them, “Shabbat was made for man, and not man for Shabbat.
28So the Son of Man is Lord even of Shabbat.”
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