Mark 2
2
The Son of Man Forgives and Heals
1When#Mt 9:1–8; Lk 5:17–26 he entered Capernaum#Lk 10:15 again after some days, it was reported that he was at home. 2So many people gathered together that there was no more room, not even in the doorway, and he was speaking the word#Mk 4:14; Jn 18:32 to them. 3They came to him bringing a paralytic,#Mt 4:24; 8:6; 9:2,6; Mk 2:3–10 carried by four of them. 4Since they were not able to bring him to#2:4 Other mss read able to get near Jesus because of the crowd, they removed the roof above him, and after digging through it, they lowered the mat on which the paralytic was lying. 5Seeing their faith,#Mt 8:10; Ac 3:16; Rm 1:8; 1Co 2:5; Gl 2:16; 1Tm 1:2; Heb 4:2 Jesus told the paralytic, “Son, your sins#Jn 15:22 are forgiven.”#Mt 9:2,5; Lk 5:20,23; 7:48
6But some of the scribes#Mt 2:4 were sitting there, questioning#Mk 9:33 in their hearts: 7“Why does he speak like this? He’s blaspheming!#Ex 22:28; Mk 3:29; Rv 13:6 Who can forgive#Ps 25:11; Mt 9:2 sins#Jn 15:22 but God alone?” #Ex 34:6–7; Is 43:25; 44:2
8Right away#Mk 10:52 Jesus perceived in his spirit#Lk 5:22; 16:15; Jn 2:25 that they were thinking like this within themselves and said to them, “Why are you thinking these things in your hearts? 9Which is easier:#Lk 16:17; 18:25 to say to the paralytic,#Mk 2:3 ‘Your sins are forgiven,’ or to say, ‘Get up, take your mat, and walk’?#Mt 11:5 10But so that you may know that the Son of Man#Ps 8:4; Lk 5:24; Ac 7:56 has authority#Mt 28:18; Mk 1:22 on earth to forgive sins”#Jn 15:22 — he told the paralytic — 11“I tell you: get up,#Mk 5:41 take your mat, and go home.”
12Immediately he got up, took the mat, and went out in front of everyone. As a result, they were all astounded#Ac 10:45 and gave glory#Jn 11:4; 17:1; 1Pt 2:12 to God,#Lk 2:14 saying, “We have never seen anything like this!” #Mt 9:33
The Call of Levi
13Jesus#Mt 9:9–13; Lk 5:27–32 went out again beside the sea. The whole crowd was coming to him, and he was teaching#Mt 28:20; Ac 4:2; 2Tm 4:11 them. 14Then, passing by, he saw Levi#Lk 5:27,29 the son of Alphaeus sitting at the tax office,#Lk 5:27 and he said to him, “Follow me,”#Lk 5:27 and he got up and followed#Lk 5:11; Jn 8:12 him.
15While he was reclining at the table in Levi’s house, many tax collectors#Lk 3:12; 18:13 and sinners#Mt 9:10; 1Tm 1:15 were eating#2:15 Lit reclining together with Jesus and his disciples, for there were many who were following him. 16When the scribes#Mt 2:4 who were Pharisees#2:16 Other mss read scribes and Pharisees#Mk 7:3 saw that he was eating#Mt 11:18 with sinners#1Tm 1:15 and tax collectors,#Lk 3:12 they asked his disciples, “Why does he eat#2:16 Other mss add and drink with tax collectors and sinners?”
17When Jesus heard this, he told them, “It is not those who are well who need#Mt 6:8 a doctor,#Col 4:14 but those who are sick.#Lk 5:31 I didn’t come to call the righteous,#Mt 13:17; Rm 1:17 but sinners.”#Lk 5:32
A Question about Fasting
18Now#Mt 9:14–17; Lk 5:33–39 John’s#Mk 1:4 disciples#Jn 3:25 and the Pharisees#2:18 Other mss read The disciples of John and of the Pharisees#Mk 7:3 were fasting.#Lk 18:12; Ac 13:2 People came and asked him, “Why do John’s disciples and the Pharisees’ disciples fast, but your disciples do not fast?”
19Jesus said to them, “The wedding guests cannot fast while the groom#Jn 2:9 is with them, can they? As long as they have the groom with them, they cannot fast. 20But the time#2:20 Or the days will come#Mk 13:24 when the groom will be taken away from them,#Lk 17:22; Jn 16:16–20 and then they will fast#Lk 18:12 on that day. 21No one sews a patch of unshrunk cloth on an old garment. Otherwise, the new patch pulls away from the old cloth,#Lk 19:36 and a worse tear is made. 22And no one puts new wine#Lk 5:37 into old wineskins. Otherwise, the wine will burst#Jn 6:27 the skins, and the wine is lost as well as the skins. No, new wine is put into fresh wineskins.”
Lord of the Sabbath
23On#Mt 12:1–8; Lk 6:1–5 the Sabbath he was going through the grainfields, and his disciples#Mk 10:10 began to make their way, picking some heads of grain. 24The Pharisees#Mk 7:3 said to him, “Look, why are they doing what is not lawful#Lk 6:2 on the Sabbath?”
25He said to them, “Have you never read what David#Lk 1:27 and those who were with him did when he was in need#Ac 2:45 and hungry#Rv 7:16 — 26how he entered the house of God in the time of Abiathar#1Sm 21:1–6 the high priest#Lv 16:32 and ate the bread of the Presence#Ex 25:30 — which is not lawful for anyone to eat except the priests#Ac 4:1 — and also gave some to his companions?” 27Then he told them, “The Sabbath was made for#2:27 Or because of man and not man for the Sabbath.#Col 2:16 28So then, the Son of Man#Mk 2:10 is Lord#Rm 7:25; 1Co 8:6; Col 3:22 even of the Sabbath.”#Lk 6:5
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Mark 2
2
Jesus Heals a Paralyzed Man
1A few days later, Jesus came back to Capernaum. The news spread that he was home. 2So many people gathered to hear him preach that the house was full. There was no place to stand, not even outside the door. Jesus was teaching them. 3Some people came, bringing a paralyzed man to Jesus. Four of them were carrying the paralyzed man. 4But they could not get to Jesus because of the crowd. So they went to the roof above Jesus and made a hole in the roof. Then they lowered the mat with the paralyzed man on it. 5Jesus saw that these men had great faith. So he said to the paralyzed man, “Young man, your sins are forgiven.”
6Some of the teachers of the law were sitting there. They saw what Jesus did, and they said to themselves, 7“Why does this man say things like that? He is saying things that are against God. Only God can forgive sins.”
8At once Jesus knew what these teachers of the law were thinking. So he said to them, “Why are you thinking these things? 9Which is easier: to tell this paralyzed man, ‘Your sins are forgiven,’ or to tell him, ‘Stand up. Take your mat and walk’? 10But I will prove to you that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins.” So Jesus said to the paralyzed man, 11“I tell you, stand up. Take your mat and go home.” 12Immediately the paralyzed man stood up. He took his mat and walked out while everyone was watching him.
The people were amazed and praised God. They said, “We have never seen anything like this!”
13Jesus went to the lake again. A crowd followed him there, and he taught them. 14While he was walking beside the lake, he saw a tax collector named Levi son of Alphaeus. Levi was sitting in the tax office. Jesus said to him, “Follow me.” And Levi stood up and followed Jesus.
15Later that day, Jesus ate at Levi’s house. There were many tax collectors and “sinners” eating there with Jesus and his followers. Many people like this followed Jesus. 16The teachers of the law who were Pharisees saw Jesus eating with the tax collectors and “sinners.” They asked his followers, “Why does he eat with tax collectors and sinners?”
17Jesus heard this and said to them, “Healthy people don’t need a doctor. It is the sick who need a doctor. I did not come to invite good people. I came to invite sinners.”
Jesus’ Followers Are Criticized
18One day the followers of John# John the Baptist who preached to the Jews about Christ’s coming (Mark 1:4–8). and the Pharisees were giving up eating.# This is called “fasting.” The people would give up eating for a special time of prayer and worship to God. It was also done to show sadness. Some people came to Jesus and said, “John’s followers and the followers of the Pharisees give up eating. But your followers don’t. Why?”
19Jesus answered, “When there is a wedding, the friends of the bridegroom are not sad while he is with them. They do not give up eating while the bridegroom is still there. 20But the time will come when the bridegroom will leave them. Then the friends will be sad and will give up eating.
21“When a person sews a patch over a hole on an old coat, he never uses a piece of cloth that is not yet shrunk. If he does, the patch will shrink and pull away from the coat. Then the hole will be worse. 22Also, no one ever pours new wine into old leather bags for holding wine. If he does, the new wine will break the bags, and the wine will be ruined along with the bags for the wine. People always put new wine into new leather bags.”
Jesus Is Lord of the Sabbath
23On the Sabbath day, Jesus was walking through some grainfields. His followers were with him and picked some grain to eat. 24The Pharisees saw this and said to Jesus, “Why are your followers doing what is not lawful on the Sabbath?”
25Jesus answered, “You have read what David did when he and those with him were hungry and needed food. 26It was during the time of Abiathar the high priest. David went into God’s house and ate the bread that was made holy for God. The law of Moses says that only priests may eat that bread. But David also gave some of the bread to those who were with him.”
27Then Jesus said to the Pharisees, “The Sabbath day was made to help people. They were not made to be ruled by the Sabbath day. 28The Son of Man is Lord even of the Sabbath.”
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