Mark 2
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1A few days later Jesus returned home to Capernaum, and news spread that he was there. 2So many people crowded inside the house that it was packed, even outside the door, as Jesus explained the message#2:2. Literally, “the word,” here used for the first time to mean the message of God's good news. to them. 3Four men had brought a man who was paralyzed, 4but they could not get near Jesus because of the crowds. So they went up on the roof and took it apart. After they had made an opening above Jesus, they lowered down the mat with the paralyzed man lying on it.
5When Jesus saw the trust these men had, Jesus said to the paralyzed man, “Friend, your sins are forgiven.”
6Some of the religious teachers sitting there thought to themselves, 7“Why is he talking like this? He is blaspheming! Who can forgive sins? Only God can do that!”
8Jesus knew right away what they were thinking. He said to them, “Why are you thinking like this? 9What's easier: to say to the paralyzed man, ‘Your sins are forgiven,’ or ‘Get up, pick up your mat, and walk’? 10But to convince you that the Son of man has the right to forgive sins, 11I say to you (the paralyzed man), ‘Get up, pick up your mat, and go home.’”
12He stood up, picked up his mat, and walked out in front of everyone there. They were all amazed, and praised God, saying, “We've never ever seen anything like this!”
13Jesus went out beside the sea once more and taught the crowds that came to him. 14As he walked along, he saw Levi son of Alphaeus sitting at the tax collector's booth.
“Follow me,” Jesus told him. Levi got up and followed Jesus.
15That evening Jesus ate dinner at Levi's house. Many tax collectors and “sinners”#2:15. “Sinners” here refers to those who were not seen as so strict in their keeping of the religious law as the religious teachers and the Pharisees. joined Jesus and his disciples for the meal, for there were many of these people that followed Jesus.
16When the religious leaders of the Pharisees saw Jesus eating with such people, they asked Jesus' disciples, “Why does he eat with tax collectors and sinners?”
17When Jesus heard this, he told them, “It's not healthy people who need a doctor, but those who are sick. I haven't come to invite those who live right, but those who don't—the sinners.”
18Now John's disciples and the Pharisees were fasting.#2:18. Fasting: choosing not to eat on certain days for religious reasons. Some of them came to Jesus, and asked him, “Why is it that John's disciples and the Pharisees fast, but your disciples don't?”
19“Do wedding guests fast while the bridegroom is with them?” Jesus asked them. “No. While the bridegroom's with them, they can't fast. 20But the day is coming when the bridegroom will be taken from them, and then they'll fast. 21No one puts a patch that's not shrunk on old clothes. Otherwise the new piece will shrink away from the old, and make the tear worse. 22No one puts new wine in old wineskins. Otherwise the wine will burst the wineskins, and both the wine and wineskins will be wasted. No. You put new wine in new wineskins.”
23One Sabbath day as Jesus was walking through the grain fields, his disciples started picking heads of grain as they walked along. 24The Pharisees asked Jesus, “Look, why are they doing what is not permitted on the Sabbath?”
25“Haven't you ever read what David did when he and his men were hungry and in need?” Jesus asked them. 26“He went into God's house when Abiathar was high priest, and ate the consecrated bread which no one except the priests are permitted to eat, and gave it to his men too.”
27“The Sabbath was made for your benefit, not for you to benefit the Sabbath,” he told them. 28“So the Son of man is Lord even of the Sabbath.”
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Mark 2
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Healing and forgiveness
1After a few days, Jesus went back to Capernaum, and people heard that he was at home. 2So many gathered that there was no longer space, not even near the door. Jesus was speaking the word to them. 3Some people arrived, and four of them were bringing to him a man who was paralyzed. 4They couldn’t carry him through the crowd, so they tore off part of the roof above where Jesus was. When they had made an opening, they lowered the mat on which the paralyzed man was lying. 5When Jesus saw their faith, he said to the paralytic, “Child, your sins are forgiven!”
6Some legal experts were sitting there, muttering among themselves, 7“Why does he speak this way? He’s insulting God. Only the one God can forgive sins.”
8Jesus immediately recognized what they were discussing, and he said to them, “Why do you fill your minds with these questions? 9Which is easier—to say to a paralyzed person, ‘Your sins are forgiven,’ or to say, ‘Get up, take up your bed, and walk’? 10But so you will know that the Human One#2.10 Or Son of Man has authority on the earth to forgive sins”—he said to the man who was paralyzed, 11“Get up, take your mat, and go home.”
12Jesus raised him up, and right away he picked up his mat and walked out in front of everybody. They were all amazed and praised God, saying, “We’ve never seen anything like this!”
Eating with sinners
13Jesus went out beside the lake again. The whole crowd came to him, and he began to teach them. 14As he continued along, he saw Levi, Alphaeus’ son, sitting at a kiosk for collecting taxes. Jesus said to him, “Follow me.” Levi got up and followed him.
15Jesus sat down to eat at Levi’s house. Many tax collectors and sinners were eating with Jesus and his disciples. Indeed, many of them had become his followers. 16When some of the legal experts from among the Pharisees saw that he was eating with sinners and tax collectors, they asked his disciples, “Why is he eating with sinners and tax collectors?”
17When Jesus heard it, he said to them, “Healthy people don’t need a doctor, but sick people do. I didn’t come to call righteous people, but sinners.”
When to fast
18John’s disciples and the Pharisees had a habit of fasting. Some people asked Jesus, “Why do John’s disciples and the Pharisees’ disciples fast, but yours don’t?”
19Jesus said, “The wedding guests can’t fast while the groom is with them, can they? As long as they have the groom with them, they can’t fast. 20But the days will come when the groom will be taken away from them, and then they will fast.
21“No one sews a piece of new, unshrunk cloth on old clothes; otherwise, the patch tears away from it, the new from the old, and makes a worse tear. 22No one pours new wine into old leather wineskins; otherwise, the wine would burst the wineskins and the wine would be lost and the wineskins destroyed. But new wine is for new wineskins.”
Scripture and the Sabbath
23Jesus went through the wheat fields on the Sabbath. As the disciples made their way, they were picking the heads of wheat. 24The Pharisees said to Jesus, “Look! Why are they breaking the Sabbath law?”
25He said to them, “Haven’t you ever read what David did when he was in need, when he and those with him were hungry? 26During the time when Abiathar was high priest, David went into God’s house and ate the bread of the presence, which only the priests were allowed to eat. He also gave bread to those who were with him.” 27Then he said, “The Sabbath was created for humans; humans weren’t created for the Sabbath. 28This is why the Human One#2.28 Or Son of Man is Lord even over the Sabbath.”
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