Luke:5:17-39

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* And it came to pass on a certain day , as he was teaching , that there were Pharisees and doctors of the law sitting by , which were come out of every town of Galilee , and Judaea , and Jerusalem : and the power of the Lord was present to heal them . * And , behold , men brought in a bed a man which was taken with a palsy : and they sought means to bring him in , and to lay him before him . * And when they could not find by what way they might bring him in because of the multitude , they went upon the housetop , and let him down through the tiling with his couch into the midst before Jesus . * And when he saw their faith , he said unto him , Man , thy sins are forgiven thee . * And the scribes and the Pharisees began to reason , saying , Who is this which speaketh blasphemies ? Who can forgive sins , but God alone ? * But when Jesus perceived their thoughts , he answering said unto them , What reason ye in your hearts ? * Whether is easier , to say , Thy sins be forgiven thee ; or to say , Rise up and walk ? * But that ye may know that the Son of man hath power upon earth to forgive sins , (he said unto the sick of the palsy ,) I say unto thee , Arise , and take up thy couch , and go into thine house . * And immediately he rose up before them , and took up that whereon he lay , and departed to his own house , glorifying God . * And they were all amazed , and they glorified God , and were filled with fear , saying , We have seen strange things to day . * And after these things he went forth , and saw a publican , named Levi , sitting at the receipt of custom : and he said unto him , Follow me . * And he left all , rose up , and followed him . * And Levi made him a great feast in his own house : and there was a great company of publicans and of others that sat down with them . * But their scribes and Pharisees murmured against his disciples , saying , Why do ye eat and drink with publicans and sinners ? * And Jesus answering said unto them , They that are whole need not a physician ; but they that are sick . * I came not to call the righteous , but sinners to repentance . * And they said unto him , Why do the disciples of John fast often , and make prayers , and likewise the disciples of the Pharisees ; but thine eat and drink ? * And he said unto them , Can ye make the children of the bridechamber fast , while the bridegroom is with them ? * But the days will come , when the bridegroom shall be taken away from them , and then shall they fast in those days . * And he spake also a parable unto them ; No man putteth a piece of a new garment upon an old ; if otherwise , then both the new maketh a rent , and the piece that was taken out of the new agreeth not with the old . * And no man putteth new wine into old bottles ; else the new wine will burst the bottles , and be spilled , and the bottles shall perish . * But new wine must be put into new bottles ; and both are preserved . * No man also having drunk old wine straightway desireth new : for he saith , The old is better .

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