Mark 2

TKJU^{(i) 1} And after some days He entered again into Capernaum; and it was spread by report that He was in the house. ² And immediately many were gathered together, so that there was no room to receive them, no, not even near the door: And He preached the word to them. ³ Then they came to Him, bringing one sick of the palsy, who was carried by four men. ⁴ And when they could not come near to Him because of the crowd of people, they uncovered the roof where He was: And when they had broken it up, they let down the bed on which the one sick from the palsy laid. ⁵ When Jesus saw their faith, He said to the one sick from the palsy, "Son, your sins are forgiven you." ⁶ But there were certain ones of the scribes sitting there, and reasoning in their hearts, ⁷ "Why does this Man speak blasphemies like this? Who can forgive sins but God only?" ⁸ But immediately, when Jesus perceived in His spirit that they reasoned like this within themselves, He said to them, "Why do you reason these things in your hearts? ⁹ Which is easier, to say to the one sick from the palsy, 'Your sins are forgiven you'; or to say, 'Arise, take up your bed, and walk'? ¹⁰ But that you may know that the Son of Man has power upon earth to forgive sins", He said to the one sick from the palsy, ¹¹ "I say to you, Arise, take up your bed, and go your way into your house." ¹² And immediately he arose, took up the bed, and went forth before them all; so that they were all amazed, and glorified God, saying, "We never saw anything done in this fashion." ¹³ Then He went forth again by the sea side; and all the multitude accompanied Him, and He taught them. ¹⁴ And as He passed by, He saw Levi the son of Alphaeus sitting at the receipt of customs, and said to him, "Follow Me." And he arose and followed Him. ¹⁵ And it came to pass, that as Jesus sat at a meal in Levi's house, many publicans and sinners also sat together with Jesus and His disciples: For there were many, and they followed Him. ¹⁶ And when the scribes and Pharisees saw Him eat with publicans and sinners, they said to His disciples, "Why is it that He eats and drinks with publicans and sinners?" ¹⁷ When Jesus heard it, He said to them, "Those that are whole have no need of the physician, but those that are sick: I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance." ¹⁸ And the disciples of John and of the Pharisees used to fast: And they came and said to Him, "Why do the disciples of John and of the Pharisees fast, but Your disciples do not fast?" ¹⁹ Then Jesus said to 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. ²⁰ But the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken away from them, and then they shall fast in those days. ²¹ Also no man sews a piece of new cloth on an old garment; or else the new piece that filled it in rips up from the old, and the tear is made worse. ²² And no man puts new wine into old leather vessels: Or else the new wine bursts the leather vessels, and the wine is spilled, and the leather vessels shall be destroyed: But new wine must be put into new leather vessels." ²³ And it came to pass, that He went through the grain-fields on the Sabbath day; and His disciples began to pluck the ears of grain as they went. ²⁴ And the Pharisees said to Him, "Behold, why on the Sabbath day do they do that which is not lawful?" ²⁵ And He said to them, "Have you never read what David did when he had need, and was hungry; he and those that were with him? ²⁶ How he went into the house of God in the days of Abiathar the high priest, and ate the showbread, which is not lawful to eat except for the priests, and also gave some to those who were with him?" ²⁷ And He said to them, "The Sabbath was made for man, and not man for the Sabbath: ²⁸ Therefore the Son of Man is Lord also of the Sabbath."