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* And He entered again into Capernaum after [some ] days , and it was heard that He was in a certain house . * And immediately many were gathered together , so that there was no longer any room , not even near the door . And He was speaking the word to them . * And they came to Him , bringing a paralytic being carried by four [men ]. * And not being able to get near Him because of the crowd , they removed the tiles from the roof where He was , and having dug through they let down the bed on which the paralytic was lying . * And Jesus , seeing their faith , He said to the paralytic , "Child , your sins have been forgiven you ." * And some of the scribes were sitting there and reasoning in their hearts , * Why does this Man speak blasphemies like this ? Who is able to forgive sins except God alone ?" * And immediately , when Jesus recognized in His spirit that they were reasoning thus among themselves , He said to them , "Why are you reasoning these things in your hearts ? * Which is easier , to say to the paralytic , 'Your sins have been forgiven ,' or to say , 'Arise , take up your bed and walk '? * But in order that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on the earth to forgive sins "-He said to the paralytic , * "I say to you , arise , and take up your bed , and go to your house ." * And immediately he arose , and taking his bed , he went out before [them ] all , so that all were amazed and glorified God , saying , "We never saw [anything ] like this !" * Then He went out again alongside the sea ; and all the crowd was coming to Him , and He was teaching them . * And passing by , He saw Levi the son of Alphaeus sitting at the tax office , and He said to him , "Follow Me ."And arising , he followed Him . * Now it came about , as He was dining in Levi 's house , that many tax collectors and sinners were dining together with Jesus and His disciples ; for there were many , and they followed Him . * And the scribes and Pharisees , seeing Him eating with the tax collectors and sinners , said to His disciples , "Why does He eat and drink with tax collectors and sinners ?" * When Jesus heard it , He said to them , "Those who are healthy have no need of a physician , but those who are ill . I did not come to call [the ]righteous , but sinners , to repentance ." * And the disciples of John and of the Pharisees were fasting . Then they came and said to Him , "Why do the disciples of John and of the Pharisees fast , but Your disciples do not fast ?" * And Jesus said to them , "Can the friends of the bridegroom fast while the bridegroom is with them ? As long as they have the bridegroom with them they are not able to fast . * But the days shall come when the bridegroom shall be taken away from them , and then they shall fast in those days . * No one sews a patch of a piece of unshrunk cloth on an old garment ; or else [it ] takes away its completeness , the new [piece ] from the old [garment ], and the tear becomes worse . * And no one puts new wine into old wineskins ; otherwise the new wine bursts the wineskins , the wine spills out , and the wineskins will be ruined . But new wine must be put into new wineskins ." * Now it came about as He was going through the grainfields on the Sabbath , that His disciples began to make [their ] way picking the heads of grain . * And the Pharisees said to Him , "Look , why do they do what is not lawful on the Sabbath ?" * But He said to them , "Have you never read what David did when he was in need , and became hungry , he and those with him ? * How he entered into the house of God at the time Abiathar [was ] high priest , and ate the showbread , which is not lawful to eat , except for the priests , and also gave to those who were with him ?" * And He said to them , "The Sabbath came into being for the sake of man , and not man for the sake of the Sabbath . * So then the Son of Man is Lord , even of the Sabbath ."

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