Mark 2
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Jesus Forgives Sins
(Matthew 9:1–8; Luke 5:17–26)
1Several days later Jesus came back to Capernaum. The report went out that he was home. 2Many people had gathered. There was no room left, even in front of the door. Jesus was speaking ⌞God’s⌟ word to them.
3Four men came to him carrying a paralyzed man. 4Since they could not bring him to Jesus because of the crowd, they made an opening in the roof over the place where Jesus was. Then they lowered the cot on which the paralyzed man was lying.
5When Jesus saw their faith, he said to the man, “Friend, your sins are forgiven.”
6Some experts in Moses’ Teachings were sitting there. They thought, 7“Why does he talk this way? He’s dishonoring God. Who besides God can forgive sins?”
8At once, Jesus knew inwardly what they were thinking. He asked them, “Why do you have these thoughts? 9Is it easier to say to this paralyzed man, ‘Your sins are forgiven,’ or to say, ‘Get up, pick up your cot, and walk’? 10I want you to know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins.” Then he said to the paralyzed man, 11“I’m telling you to get up, pick up your cot, and go home!”
12The man got up, immediately picked up his cot, and walked away while everyone watched. Everyone was amazed and praised God, saying, “We have never seen anything like this.”
Jesus Chooses Levi [Matthew] to Be a Disciple
(Matthew 9:9–13; Luke 5:27–32)
13Jesus went to the seashore again. Large crowds came to him, and he taught them.
14When Jesus was leaving, he saw Levi, son of Alphaeus, sitting in a tax office. Jesus said to him, “Follow me!” So Levi got up and followed him.
15Later Jesus was having dinner at Levi’s house. Many tax collectors and sinners who were followers of Jesus were eating with him and his disciples. 16When the experts in Moses’ Teachings who were Pharisees saw him eating with sinners and tax collectors, they asked his disciples, “Why does he eat with tax collectors and sinners?”
17When Jesus heard that, he said to them, “Healthy people don’t need a doctor; those who are sick do. I’ve come to call sinners, not people who think they have God’s approval.”
Jesus Is Questioned about Fasting
(Matthew 9:14–17; Luke 5:33–39)
18John’s disciples and the Pharisees were fasting. Some people came to Jesus and said to him, “Why do John’s disciples and the Pharisees’ disciples fast, but your disciples don’t?”
19Jesus replied, “Can wedding guests fast while the groom is still with them? As long as they have the groom with them, they cannot fast. 20But the time will come when the groom will be taken away from them. Then they will fast.
21“No one patches an old coat with a new piece of cloth that will shrink. Otherwise, the new patch will shrink and rip away some of the old cloth, and the tear will become worse. 22People don’t pour new wine into old wineskins. If they do, the wine will make the skins burst, and both the wine and the skins will be ruined. Rather, new wine is to be poured into fresh skins.”
Jesus Has Authority over the Day of Rest—a Holy Day
(Matthew 12:1–8; Luke 6:1–5)
23Once on a day of rest—a holy day, Jesus was going through the grainfields. As the disciples walked along, they began to pick the heads of grain.
24The Pharisees asked him, “Look! Why are your disciples doing something that is not permitted on the day of rest—a holy day?”
25Jesus asked them, “Haven’t you ever read what David did when he and his men were in need and were hungry? 26Haven’t you ever read how he went into the house of God when Abiathar was chief priest and ate the bread of the presence? He had no right to eat those loaves. Only the priests have that right. Haven’t you ever read how he also gave some of it to his men?”
27Then he added, “The day of rest—a holy day, was made for people, not people for the day of rest. 28For this reason the Son of Man has authority over the day of rest—a holy day.”
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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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