Mark 2
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Jesus Heals a Paralytic
1And when he returned to #[Matt. 9:1]Capernaum after some days, it was reported that he was at home. 2And many were gathered together, so that there was no more room, not even at the door. And he was preaching the word to them. 3#For ver. 3-12, see Matt. 9:2-8; Luke 5:18-26And they came, bringing to him a paralytic carried by four men. 4And when they could not get near him because of the crowd, #[Luke 5:19]they removed the roof above him, and when they had made an opening, they let down the bed on which the paralytic lay. 5And when Jesus #ch. 10:52; Matt. 8:10, 13; 9:22, 29; 15:28; Luke 7:9, 50; 17:19; 18:42; Acts 3:16; 14:9; James 5:15 saw their faith, he said to the paralytic, “Son, #Luke 7:48; [John 5:14]your sins are forgiven.” 6Now some of the scribes were sitting there, questioning in their hearts, 7“Why does this man speak like that? #ch. 14:64; John 10:36 He is blaspheming! #Ps. 32:5; Isa. 43:25Who can forgive sins but God alone?” 8And immediately Jesus, #See John 2:25perceiving in his spirit that they thus questioned within themselves, said to them, “Why do you question these things in your hearts? 9Which is easier, to say to the paralytic, ‘Your sins are forgiven,’ or to say, ‘Rise, take up your bed and walk’? 10But that you may know that #[ver. 28]the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins”—he said to the paralytic— 11“I say to you, rise, pick up your bed, and go home.” 12And he rose and immediately picked up his bed and went out before them all, so that they were all amazed and #See Luke 7:16glorified God, saying, “We never saw anything like this!”
Jesus Calls Levi
13He went out again beside the sea, and #See ch. 1:45all the crowd was coming to him, and he was teaching them. 14#For ver. 14-22, see Matt. 9:9-17; Luke 5:27-38 And as he passed by, he saw #[Matt. 9:9]Levi the son of Alphaeus sitting at the tax booth, and he said to him, “Follow me.” And he rose and followed him.
15And as he reclined at table in his house, many #Matt. 11:19; Luke 15:2tax collectors and sinners were reclining with Jesus and his disciples, for there were many who followed him. 16And #Acts 4:5; 23:9 the scribes of#2:16 Some manuscripts and the Pharisees, when they saw that he was eating with sinners and tax collectors, said to his disciples, #[See ver. 15 above]“Why does he eat#2:16 Some manuscripts add and drink with tax collectors and sinners?” 17And when Jesus heard it, he said to them, “Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick. #[Luke 15:7; John 9:39] I came not to call the righteous, #1 Tim. 1:15but sinners.”
A Question About Fasting
18Now #Matt. 11:2; 14:12; Luke 11:1; John 1:35; 3:25; 4:1; [Acts 18:25; 19:3] John’s disciples and the Pharisees were fasting. And people came and said to him, #[ch. 7:5] “Why do John’s disciples and #Luke 18:12the disciples of the Pharisees fast, but your disciples do not fast?” 19And Jesus said to them, #John 3:29“Can the wedding guests fast while the bridegroom is with them? As long as they have the bridegroom with them, they cannot fast. 20#See Luke 17:22 The days will come when the bridegroom is taken away from them, and #[John 16:20]then they will fast in that day. 21No one sews a piece of unshrunk cloth on an old garment. If he does, the patch tears away from it, the new from the old, and a worse tear is made. 22And no one puts new wine into old #Josh. 9:4wineskins. If he does, the wine will burst the skins—and the wine is destroyed, and so are the skins. But new wine is for fresh wineskins.”#2:22 Some manuscripts omit But new wine is for fresh wineskins
Jesus Is Lord of the Sabbath
23 # For ver. 23-28, see Matt. 12:1-8; Luke 6:1-5 One Sabbath he was going through the grainfields, and as they made their way, his disciples #Deut. 23:25began to pluck heads of grain. 24And the Pharisees were saying to him, “Look, #[Matt. 9:11] why are they doing #[Ex. 20:9-11]what is not lawful on the Sabbath?” 25And he said to them, #See Matt. 21:16 “Have you never read #1 Sam. 21:1-6what David did, when he was in need and was hungry, he and those who were with him: 26how he entered the house of God, in the time of#2:26 Or in the passage about#1 Chr. 24:6; [1 Sam. 21:1; 2 Sam. 8:17] Abiathar the high priest, and ate #Ex. 25:30; Lev. 24:5-9the bread of the Presence, which it is not lawful for any but the priests to eat, and also gave it to those who were with him?” 27And he said to them, #Ex. 23:12; Deut. 5:14 “The Sabbath was made for man, #Col. 2:16not man for the Sabbath. 28So #[ver. 10]the Son of Man is lord even of the Sabbath.”
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Mark 2
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Jesus Heals a Palsied Man
(Matthew 9.1-8; Luke 5.17-26)
1And again he entered into Caper´na-um after some days; and it was noised that he was in the house. 2And straightway many were gathered together, insomuch that there was no room to receive them, no, not so much as about the door: and he preached the word unto them. 3And they come unto him, bringing one sick of the palsy, which was borne of four. 4And when they could not come nigh unto him for the press, they uncovered the roof where he was: and when they had broken it up, they let down the bed wherein the sick of the palsy lay. 5When Jesus saw their faith, he said unto the sick of the palsy, Son, thy sins be forgiven thee. 6But there were certain of the scribes sitting there, and reasoning in their hearts, 7Why doth this man thus speak blasphemies? who can forgive sins but God only? 8And immediately, when Jesus perceived in his spirit that they so reasoned within themselves, he said unto them, Why reason ye these things in your hearts? 9whether is it easier to say to the sick of the palsy, Thy sins be forgiven thee; or to say, Arise, and take up thy bed, and walk? 10But that ye may know that the Son of man hath power on earth to forgive sins, (he saith to the sick of the palsy,) 11I say unto thee, Arise, and take up thy bed, and go thy way into thine house. 12And immediately he arose, took up the bed, and went forth before them all; insomuch that they were all amazed, and glorified God, saying, We never saw it on this fashion.
The Call of Levi
(Matthew 9.9-13; Luke 5.27-32)
13And he went forth again by the sea side; and all the multitude resorted unto him, and he taught them. 14And as he passed by, he saw Levi the son of Al´pheus sitting at the receipt of custom, and said unto him, Follow me. And he arose and followed him.
15And it came to pass, that, as Jesus sat at meat in his house, many publicans and sinners sat also together with Jesus and his disciples; for there were many, and they followed him. 16And when the scribes and Pharisees saw him eat with publicans and sinners, they said unto his disciples, How is it that he eateth and drinketh with publicans and sinners? 17When Jesus heard it, he saith unto them, They that are whole have no need of the physician, but they that are sick: I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.
The Question about Fasting
(Matthew 9.14-17; Luke 5.33-39)
18And the disciples of John and of the Pharisees used to fast: and they come and say unto him, Why do the disciples of John and of the Pharisees fast, but thy disciples fast not? 19And Jesus said unto them, Can the children of the bridechamber fast, while the bridegroom is with them? as long as they have the bridegroom with them, they cannot fast. 20But the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken away from them, and then shall they fast in those days. 21No man also seweth a piece of new cloth on an old garment; else the new piece that filled it up taketh away from the old, and the rent is made worse. 22And no man putteth new wine into old bottles; else the new wine doth burst the bottles, and the wine is spilled, and the bottles will be marred: but new wine must be put into new bottles.
The Disciples Pluck Grain on the Sabbath
(Matthew 12.1-8; Luke 6.1-5)
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Deut 23.25. And it came to pass, that he went through the corn fields on the sabbath day; and his disciples began, as they went, to pluck the ears of corn. 24And the Pharisees said unto him, Behold, why do they on the sabbath day that which is not lawful? 25#1 Sam 21.1-6. And he said unto them, Have ye never read what David did, when he had need, and was ahungered, he, and they that were with him? 26#Lev 24.9. How he went into the house of God in the days of Abi´athar the high priest, and did eat the showbread, which is not lawful to eat but for the priests, and gave also to them which were with him? 27And he said unto them, The sabbath was made for man, and not man for the sabbath: 28therefore the Son of man is Lord also of the sabbath.
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