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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.
Jesus Heals a Paralytic
And when he returned to Capernaum after some days, it was reported that he was at home.
And when he returned to Capernaum after some days, it was reported that he was at home.
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 many were gathered together, so that there was no more room, not even at the door. And he was preaching the word to them.
four men arrived carrying a paralyzed man on a mat.
And they came, bringing to him a paralytic carried by four men.
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.
And when they could not get near him because of the crowd, they removed the roof above him, and when they had made an opening, they let down the bed on which the paralytic lay.
Seeing their faith, Jesus said to the paralyzed man, “My child, your sins are forgiven.”
And when Jesus saw their faith, he said to the paralytic, “Son, your sins are forgiven.”
But some of the teachers of religious law who were sitting there thought to themselves,
Now some of the scribes were sitting there, questioning in their hearts,
“What is he saying? This is blasphemy! Only God can forgive sins!”
“Why does this man speak like that? He is blaspheming! Who can forgive sins but God alone?”
Jesus knew immediately what they were thinking, so he asked them, “Why do you question this in your hearts?
And immediately Jesus, perceiving in his spirit that they thus questioned within themselves, said to them, “Why do you question these things in your hearts?
Is it easier to say to the paralyzed man ‘Your sins are forgiven,’ or ‘Stand up, pick up your mat, and walk’?
Which is easier, to say to the paralytic, ‘Your sins are forgiven,’ or to say, ‘Rise, take up your bed and walk’?
But that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins” — he said to the paralytic —
“Stand up, pick up your mat, and go home!”
“I say to you, rise, pick up your bed, and go home.”
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!”
And he rose and immediately picked up his bed and went out before them all, so that they were all amazed and glorified God, saying, “We never saw anything like this!”
Jesus Calls Levi (Matthew)
Then Jesus went out to the lakeshore again and taught the crowds that were coming to him.
Jesus Calls Levi
He went out again beside the sea, and all the crowd was coming to him, and he was teaching them.
He went out again beside the sea, and all the crowd was coming to him, and he was teaching them.
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 as he passed by, he saw Levi the son of Alphaeus sitting at the tax booth, and he said to him, “Follow me.” And he rose and 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 as he reclined at table in his house, many tax collectors and sinners were reclining with Jesus and his disciples, for there were many who followed him.
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.”
And when Jesus heard it, he said to them, “Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick. I came not to call the righteous, but sinners.”
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?”
A Question About Fasting
Now John’s disciples and the Pharisees were fasting. And people came and said to him, “Why do John’s disciples and the disciples of the Pharisees fast, but your disciples do not fast?”
Now John’s disciples and the Pharisees were fasting. And people came and said to him, “Why do John’s disciples and the disciples of the Pharisees fast, but your disciples do not 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.
And Jesus said to them, “Can the wedding guests fast while the bridegroom is with them? As long as they have the bridegroom with them, they cannot fast.
But someday the groom will be taken away from them, and then they will fast.
The days will come when the bridegroom is taken away from them, and then they will fast in that day.
“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.
No 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.
“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.”
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.
Jesus Is Lord of the Sabbath
One Sabbath he was going through the grainfields, and as they made their way, his disciples began to pluck heads of grain.
One Sabbath he was going through the grainfields, and as they made their way, his disciples began to pluck heads of grain.
But the Pharisees said to Jesus, “Look, why are they breaking the law by harvesting grain on the Sabbath?”
And the Pharisees were saying to him, “Look, why are they doing what is not lawful on the Sabbath?”
Jesus said to them, “Haven’t you ever read in the Scriptures what David did when he and his companions were hungry?
And he said to them, “Have you never read what David did, when he was in need and was hungry, he and those who 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.”
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.
And he said to them, “The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath.