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* And again He entered Capernaum after some days , and it was heard that He was in the house . * Immediately many gathered together , so that there was no longer room to receive them , not even near the door . And He preached the word to them . * Then they came to Him , bringing a paralytic who was carried by four men . * And when they could not come near Him because of the crowd , they uncovered the roof where He was . So when they had broken through , they let down the bed on which the paralytic was lying . * When Jesus saw their faith , He said to the paralytic , "Son , your sins are forgiven you ." * And some of the scribes were sitting there and reasoning in their hearts , * "Why does this Man speak blasphemies like this ? Who can forgive sins but God alone ?" * But immediately , when Jesus perceived in His spirit that they reasoned thus within themselves , He said to them , "Why do you reason about these things in your hearts ? * Which is easier , to say to the paralytic , "Your sins are forgiven you ,' or to say , "Arise , take up your bed and walk '? * But that you may know that the Son of Man has power on earth to forgive sins "--He said to the paralytic , * "I say to you , arise , take up your bed , and go to your house ." * Immediately he arose , took up the bed , and went out in the presence of them all , so that all were amazed and glorified God , saying , "We never saw anything like this !" * Then He went out again by the sea ; and all the multitude came to Him , and He taught them . * As He passed by , He saw Levi the son of Alphaeus sitting at the tax office . And He said to him , "Follow Me ." So he arose and followed Him . * Now it happened , as He was dining in Levi 's house , that many tax collectors and sinners also sat together with Jesus and His disciples ; for there were many , and they followed Him . * And when the scribes and Pharisees saw Him eating with the tax collectors and sinners , they said to His disciples , "How is it that He eats and drinks with tax collectors and sinners ?" * When Jesus heard it , He said to them , "Those who are well have no need of a physician , but those who are sick . I did not come to call the righteous , but sinners , to repentance ." * 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 cannot fast . * But the days will come when the bridegroom will be taken away from them , and then they will fast in those days . * No one sews a piece of unshrunk cloth on an old garment ; or else the new piece pulls away from the old , and the tear is made worse . * And no one puts new wine into old wineskins ; or else the new wine bursts the wineskins , the wine is spilled , and the wineskins are ruined . But new wine must be put into new wineskins ." * Now it happened that He went through the grainfields on the Sabbath ; and as they went His disciples began to pluck 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 hungry , he and those with him : * 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 ?" * And He said to them , "The Sabbath was made for man , and not man for the Sabbath . * Therefore the Son of Man is also Lord of the Sabbath ."

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