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 Paralysed Man
(Mt 9.1–8; Lk 5.17–26)
1A few days later Jesus went back to Capernaum, and the news spread that he was at home. 2So many people came together that there was no room left, not even out in front of the door. Jesus was preaching the message to them 3when four men arrived, carrying a paralysed man to Jesus. 4Because of the crowd, however, they could not get the man to him. So they made a hole in the roof right above the place where Jesus was. When they had made an opening, they let the man down, lying on his mat. 5Seeing how much faith they had, Jesus said to the paralysed man, “My son, your sins are forgiven.”
6Some teachers of the Law who were sitting there thought to themselves, 7“How does he dare to talk like this? This is blasphemy! God is the only one who can forgive sins!”
8At once Jesus knew what they were thinking, so he said to them, “Why do you think such things? 9Is it easier to say to this paralysed man, ‘Your sins are forgiven’, or to say, ‘Get up, pick up your mat, and walk’? 10I will prove to you, then, that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins.” So he said to the paralysed man, 11“I tell you, get up, pick up your mat, and go home!”
12While they all watched, the man got up, picked up his mat, and hurried away. They were all completely amazed and praised God, saying, “We have never seen anything like this!”
Jesus Calls Levi
(Mt 9.9–13; Lk 5.27–32)
13Jesus went back again to the shore of Lake Galilee. A crowd came to him, and he started teaching them. 14As he walked along, he saw a tax collector, Levi son of Alphaeus, sitting in his office. Jesus said to him, “Follow me.” Levi got up and followed him.
15Later on Jesus was having a meal in Levi's house.#2.15 in Levi's house; or in his (that is, Jesus') house. A large number of tax collectors and other outcasts were following Jesus, and many of them joined him and his disciples at the table. 16Some teachers of the Law, who were Pharisees, saw that Jesus was eating with these outcasts and tax collectors, so they asked his disciples, “Why does he eat with such people?”
17Jesus heard them and answered, “People who are well do not need a doctor, but only those who are sick. I have not come to call respectable people, but outcasts.”
The Question about Fasting
(Mt 9.14–17; Lk 5.33–39)
18On one occasion the followers of John the Baptist and the Pharisees were fasting. Some people came to Jesus and asked him, “Why is it that the disciples of John the Baptist and the disciples of the Pharisees fast, but yours do not?”
19Jesus answered, “Do you expect the guests at a wedding party to go without food? Of course not! As long as the bridegroom is with them, they will not do that. 20But the day will come when the bridegroom will be taken away from them, and then they will fast.
21 “No one uses a piece of new cloth to patch up an old coat, because the new patch will shrink and tear off some of the old cloth, making an even bigger hole. 22Nor does anyone pour new wine into used wineskins, because the wine will burst the skins, and both the wine and the skins will be ruined. Instead, new wine must be poured into fresh wineskins.”
The Question about the Sabbath
(Mt 12.1–8; Lk 6.1–5)
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Deut 23.25
Jesus was walking through some cornfields on the Sabbath. As his disciples walked along with him, they began to pick the ears of corn. 24So the Pharisees said to Jesus, “Look, it is against our Law for your disciples to do that on the Sabbath!”
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1 Sam 21.1–6
Jesus answered, “Have you never read what David did that time when he needed something to eat? He and his men were hungry, 26#Lev 24.9so he went into the house of God and ate the bread offered to God. This happened when Abiathar was the High Priest. According to our Law only the priests may eat this bread — but David ate it and even gave it to his men.”
27And Jesus concluded, “The Sabbath was made for the good of human beings; they were not made for the Sabbath. 28So the Son of Man is Lord even of the Sabbath.”
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