Mark (Mrk) 2
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1After a while, Yeshua returned to K’far-Nachum. The word spread that he was back, 2and so many people gathered around the house that there was no longer any room, not even in front of the door. While he was preaching the message to them, 3four men came to him carrying a paralyzed man. 4They could not get near Yeshua because of the crowd, so they stripped the roof over the place where he was, made an opening, and lowered the stretcher with the paralytic lying on it. 5Seeing their trust, Yeshua said to the paralyzed man, “Son, your sins are forgiven.” 6Some Torah-teachers sitting there thought to themselves, 7“How can this fellow say such a thing? He is blaspheming! Who can forgive sins except God?” 8But immediately Yeshua, perceiving in his spirit what they were thinking, said to them, “Why are you thinking these things? 9Which is easier to say to the paralyzed man? ‘Your sins are forgiven’? or ‘Get up, pick up your stretcher and walk’? 10But look! I will prove to you that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins.” He then said to the paralytic, 11“I say to you: get up, pick up your stretcher and go home!” 12In front of everyone the man got up, picked up his stretcher at once and left. They were all utterly amazed and praised God, saying, “We have never seen anything like this!”
13Yeshua went out again by the lake. All the crowd came to him, and he began teaching them. 14As he passed on from there, he saw Levi Ben-Halfai sitting in his tax-collection booth and said to him, “Follow me!” And he got up and followed him.
15As Yeshua was in Levi’s house eating, many tax-collectors and sinners were sitting with Yeshua and his talmidim, for there were many of them among his followers. 16When the Torah-teachers and the P’rushim saw that he was eating with sinners and tax-collectors, they said to his talmidim, “Why does he eat with tax-collectors and sinners?” 17But, hearing the question, Yeshua answered them, “The ones who need a doctor aren’t the healthy but the sick. I didn’t come to call the ‘righteous’ but sinners!”
18Also Yochanan’s talmidim and the P’rushim were fasting; and they came and asked Yeshua, “Why is it that Yochanan’s talmidim and the talmidim of the P’rushim fast, but your talmidim don’t fast?” 19Yeshua answered them, “Can wedding guests fast while the bridegroom is still with them? As long as they have the bridegroom with them, fasting is out of the question. 20But the time will come when the bridegroom is taken away from them; and when that day comes, they will fast. 21No one sews a piece of unshrunk cloth on an old coat; if he does, the new patch tears away from the old cloth and leaves a worse hole. 22And no one puts new wine in old wineskins; if he does, the wine will burst the skins, and both the wine and the skins will be ruined. Rather, new wine is for freshly prepared wineskins.”
23One Shabbat Yeshua was passing through some wheat fields; and as they went along, his talmidim began picking heads of grain. 24The P’rushim said to him, “Look! Why are they violating Shabbat?” 25He said to them, “Haven’t you ever read what David did when he and those with him were hungry and needed food? 26He entered the House of God when Evyatar was cohen gadol and ate the Bread of the Presence,” — which is forbidden for anyone to eat but the cohanim — “and even gave some to his companions.” 27Then he said to them, “Shabbat was made for mankind, not mankind for Shabbat; 28So the Son of Man is Lord even of Shabbat.”
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A Paralytic Healed
1 And when he#*Here “when” is supplied as a component of the participle (“entered”) which is understood as temporal entered again into Capernaum after some days, it became known that he was at home. 2And many had gathered, so that there was no longer room, not even at the door, and he was speaking the word to them. 3And they came bringing to him a paralytic, carried by four of them. 4And when#*Here “when” is supplied as a component of the participle (“able”) which is understood as temporal they were not able to bring him#*Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation to him because of the crowd, they removed the roof where he was. And after#*Here “after” is supplied as a component of the participle (“digging through”) which is understood as temporal digging through, they lowered the stretcher on which the paralytic was lying. 5And when#*Here “when” is supplied as a component of the participle (“saw”) which is understood as temporal Jesus saw their faith, he said to the paralytic, “Child, your sins are forgiven.”
6Now some of the scribes were sitting there and reasoning in their hearts, 7“Why does this man speak like this? He is blaspheming! Who is able to forgive sins except God alone?” 8And immediately Jesus, perceiving in his spirit that they were reasoning like this within themselves, said to them, “Why are you considering these things in your hearts? 9Which is easier to say to the paralytic, ‘Your sins are forgiven,’ or to say ‘Get up and pick up your stretcher and walk’? 10But so 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, get up, pick up your stretcher, and go to your home.” 12And he got up and immediately picked up his#Literally “the”; the Greek article is used here as a possessive pronoun stretcher and#*Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“picked up”) has been translated as a finite verb went out in front of them all, so that they were all amazed and glorified God, saying, “We have never seen anything#*Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation like this!”
Levi Called to Follow Jesus
13And he went out again beside the sea,#That is, the Sea of Galilee and all the crowd was coming to him, and he began to teach#The imperfect tense has been translated as ingressive here (“began to teach”) them. 14And as he#*Here “as” is supplied as a component of the participle (“was passing by”) which is understood as temporal was passing by, he saw Levi the son of Alphaeus sitting at the tax booth, and he said to him, “Follow me!” And he stood up and#*Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“stood up”) has been translated as a finite verb followed him.
15And it happened that he was dining#Literally “was reclining for a meal” in his house, and many tax collectors and sinners were dining with#Literally “were reclining at table with” Jesus and his disciples, for there were many and they were following him. 16And the scribes of the Pharisees, when they#*Here “when” is supplied as a component of the participle (“saw”) which is understood as temporal saw that he was eating with sinners and tax collectors, began to say#The imperfect tense has been translated as ingressive here (“began to say”) to his disciples, “Why does he eat with tax collectors and sinners?” 17And when#*Here “when” is supplied as a component of the participle (“heard”) which is understood as temporal Jesus heard it#*Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation, he said to them, “Those who are healthy do not have need of a physician, but those who are sick.#Literally “having badly” I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners.”
On Fasting
18And John’s disciples and the Pharisees were fasting, and they came and said to him, “Why#Literally “for what” reason do the disciples of John and the disciples of the Pharisees fast, but your disciples do not fast?” 19And Jesus said to them, “The bridegroom’s attendants#Literally “the sons of the bridal chamber” are not able to fast while the bridegroom is with them, are they?#The negative construction in Greek anticipates a negative answer here, indicated in the translation by the phrase “are they” As long a time as they have the bridegroom with them, they are not able to fast. 20But days will come when the bridegroom is taken away from them, and then they will fast in that day. 21No one sews a patch of unshrunken cloth on an old garment. Otherwise#Literally “but if not” the patch pulls away from it—the new from the old—and the tear becomes worse. 22And no one puts new wine into old wineskins. Otherwise#Literally “but if not” the wine will burst the wineskins and the wine is destroyed and the wineskins too. But new wine is put into new wineskins.”
Plucking Grain on the Sabbath
23And it happened that he was going through the grain fields on the Sabbath, and his disciples began to make their way while#*Here “while” is supplied as a component of the participle (“picking”) which is understood as temporal plucking off the heads of grain. 24And the Pharisees began to say#The imperfect tense has been translated as ingressive here (“began to say”) to him, “Behold, why are they doing what is not permitted on the Sabbath?” 25And he said to them, “Have you never read what David did when he had need and he and those who were with him were hungry—26how he entered into the house of God in the time of Abiathar the high priest and ate the bread of the presentation, which it is not permitted to eat (except the priests) and also gave it#*Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation to those who were with him?” 27And he said to them, “The Sabbath was established for people, and not people for the Sabbath. 28So then, the Son of Man is lord even of the Sabbath.”
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