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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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 message # Mk 4:14; Jn 18:32 to them. 3Then they came to Him bringing a paralytic, # Mt 4:24; 8:6; 9:2,6; Mk 2:3-10 carried by four men. 4Since they were not able to bring him to # Other mss read able to get near Jesus because of the crowd, they removed the roof above where He was. And when they had broken through, 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, thinking # Mk 9:33 to themselves: # Or thinking 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 understood 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? # Or minds 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, pick up your mat, and walk’? # Mt 11:5 10But so 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 pick up your mat, and go home.”
12Immediately he got up, picked up 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 Matthew
13Then # Mt 9:9-13; Lk 5:27-32 Jesus went out again beside the sea. The whole crowd was coming to Him, and He taught # Mt 28:20; Ac 4:2; 2Tm 4:11 them. 14Then, moving on, 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 So he got up and followed # Lk 5:11; Jn 8:12 Him.
Dining with Sinners
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 also guests # Lit reclining (at the table); at important meals the custom was to recline on a mat at a low table and lean on the left elbow. # Mt 14:9; Rm 12:13 with Jesus and His disciples, because there were many who were following Him. 16When the scribes # Mt 2:4 of the Pharisees # 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 # Other mss add and drink with tax collectors and sinners? ”
17When Jesus heard this, He told them, “Those who are well don’t need # Mt 6:8 a doctor, # Col 4:14 but the sick # Lk 5:31 do need one. 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 # 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 # Lit The sons of the bridal chamber 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 # Lit the days will come # Mk 13:24 when the groom is taken away from them, # Lk 17:22; Jn 16:16-20 and then they will fast # Lk 18:12 in 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. # Other mss read the wine spills out and the skins will be ruined But new wine is for 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 sacred bread # 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 # Or because of man and not man for # Or because of the Sabbath. # Col 2:16 28Therefore, 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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