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Jesus Heals a Paralytic
And he entered again into Capernaum after [several] days, and it was reported that he was at [the] house;
And he entered again into Capernaum after [several] days, and it was reported that he was at [the] house;
Jesus Heals a Paralyzed Man
When Jesus returned to Capernaum several days later, the news spread quickly that he was back home.
When Jesus returned to Capernaum several days later, the news spread quickly that he was back home.
and straightway many were gathered together, so that there was no longer any room, not even at the door; and he spoke the word to them.
Soon the house where he was staying was so packed with visitors that there was no more room, even outside the door. While he was preaching God’s word to them,
And there come to him [men] bringing a paralytic, borne by four;
four men arrived carrying a paralyzed man on a mat.
and, not being able to get near to him on account of the crowd, they uncovered the roof where he was, and having dug [it] up they let down the couch on which the paralytic lay.
They couldn’t bring him to Jesus because of the crowd, so they dug a hole through the roof above his head. Then they lowered the man on his mat, right down in front of Jesus.
But Jesus, seeing their faith, says to the paralytic, Child, thy sins are forgiven [thee].
Seeing their faith, Jesus said to the paralyzed man, “My child, your sins are forgiven.”
But certain of the scribes were there sitting, and reasoning in their hearts,
But some of the teachers of religious law who were sitting there thought to themselves,
Why does this [man] thus speak? he blasphemes. Who is able to forgive sins except God alone?
“What is he saying? This is blasphemy! Only God can forgive sins!”
And straightway Jesus, knowing in his spirit that they are reasoning thus within themselves, said to them, Why reason ye these things in your hearts?
Jesus knew immediately what they were thinking, so he asked them, “Why do you question this in your hearts?
Which is easier, to say to the paralytic, [Thy] sins are forgiven [thee]; or to say, Arise, and take up thy couch and walk?
Is it easier to say to the paralyzed man ‘Your sins are forgiven,’ or ‘Stand up, pick up your mat, and walk’?
But that ye may know that the Son of man has power on earth to forgive sins, he says to the paralytic,
To thee I say, Arise, take up thy couch and go to thine house.
“Stand up, pick up your mat, and go home!”
And he rose up straightway, and, having taken up his couch, went out before [them] all, so that all were amazed, and glorified God, saying, We never saw it thus.
And the man jumped up, grabbed his mat, and walked out through the stunned onlookers. They were all amazed and praised God, exclaiming, “We’ve never seen anything like this before!”
Jesus Calls Levi
And he went out again by the sea, and all the crowd came to him, and he taught them.
And he went out again by the sea, and all the crowd came to him, and he taught them.
Jesus Calls Levi (Matthew)
Then Jesus went out to the lakeshore again and taught the crowds that were coming to him.
And passing by, he saw Levi the [son] of Alphaeus sitting at the tax-office, and says to him, Follow me. And he rose up and followed him.
As he walked along, he saw Levi son of Alphaeus sitting at his tax collector’s booth. “Follow me and be my disciple,” Jesus said to him. So Levi got up and followed him.
And it came to pass as he lay at table in his house, that many tax-gatherers and sinners lay at table with Jesus and his disciples; for they were many, and they followed him.
Later, Levi invited Jesus and his disciples to his home as dinner guests, along with many tax collectors and other disreputable sinners. (There were many people of this kind among Jesus’ followers.)
And the scribes and the Pharisees, seeing him eating with sinners and tax-gatherers, said to his disciples, Why [is it] that he eats and drinks with tax-gatherers and sinners?
And Jesus having heard [it] says to them, They that are strong have not need of a physician, but those who are ill. I have not come to call righteous [men], but sinners.
When Jesus heard this, he told them, “Healthy people don’t need a doctor — sick people do. I have come to call not those who think they are righteous, but those who know they are sinners.”
Jesus Questioned about Fasting
And the disciples of John and the Pharisees were fasting; and they come and say to him, Why do the disciples of John and [the disciples] of the Pharisees fast, but thy disciples fast not?
And the disciples of John and the Pharisees were fasting; and they come and say to him, Why do the disciples of John and [the disciples] of the Pharisees fast, but thy disciples fast not?
A Discussion about Fasting
Once when John’s disciples and the Pharisees were fasting, some people came to Jesus and asked, “Why don’t your disciples fast like John’s disciples and the Pharisees do?”
And Jesus said to them, Can the sons of the bride-chamber fast while the bridegroom is with them? As long as they have the bridegroom with them they cannot fast.
Jesus replied, “Do wedding guests fast while celebrating with the groom? Of course not. They can’t fast while the groom is with them.
But days will come when the bridegroom shall have been taken away from them, and then shall they fast in that day.
But someday the groom will be taken away from them, and then they will fast.
The Patches and Wineskins
No one sews a patch of new cloth on an old garment: otherwise its new filling-up takes from the old [stuff], and there is a worse rent.
No one sews a patch of new cloth on an old garment: otherwise its new filling-up takes from the old [stuff], and there is a worse rent.
“Besides, who would patch old clothing with new cloth? For the new patch would shrink and rip away from the old cloth, leaving an even bigger tear than before.
And no one puts new wine into old skins; otherwise the wine bursts the skins, and the wine is poured out, and the skins will be destroyed; but new wine is to be put into new skins.
“And no one puts new wine into old wineskins. For the wine would burst the wineskins, and the wine and the skins would both be lost. New wine calls for new wineskins.”
The Lord of the Sabbath
And it came to pass that he went on the sabbath through the cornfields; and his disciples began to walk on, plucking the ears.
And it came to pass that he went on the sabbath through the cornfields; and his disciples began to walk on, plucking the ears.
A Discussion about the Sabbath
One Sabbath day as Jesus was walking through some grainfields, his disciples began breaking off heads of grain to eat.
And the Pharisees said to him, Behold, why do they on the sabbath what is not lawful?
But the Pharisees said to Jesus, “Look, why are they breaking the law by harvesting grain on the Sabbath?”
And *he* said to them, Have ye never read what David did when he had need and hungered, *he* and those with him,
Jesus said to them, “Haven’t you ever read in the Scriptures what David did when he and his companions were hungry?
how he entered into the house of God, in [the section of] Abiathar [the] high priest, and ate the shew-bread, which it is not lawful unless for the priests to eat, and gave even to those that were with him?
He went into the house of God (during the days when Abiathar was high priest) and broke the law by eating the sacred loaves of bread that only the priests are allowed to eat. He also gave some to his companions.”
And he said to them, The sabbath was made on account of man, not man on account of the sabbath;
Then Jesus said to them, “The Sabbath was made to meet the needs of people, and not people to meet the requirements of the Sabbath.