Mark:2

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* And after some days he again entered Capernaum ; and it was reported that he was in the house . * And many were gathered together , so that there was no longer room for them , even at the door ; and he was speaking the word to them . * And they come to him , bringing one that was palsied , borne by four men . * And not being able to bring him to him on account of the crowd , they took off the roof where he was ; and when they had broken an opening , they let down the bed whereon the palsied man lay . * And Jesus seeing their faith , saith to the palsied man , Son , thy sins are forgiven . * But there were some of the scribes sitting there and reasoning in their hearts , * Why doth this man speak thus ? He blasphemeth ; who can forgive sins but God only ? * And Jesus immediately perceiving in his spirit that they reasoned thus within themselves , saith to them , Why do ye reason thus in your hearts ? * Which is easier ? to say to the palsied man , Thy sins are forgiven ? or to say , Arise , and take up thy bed and go ? * But that ye may know that the Son of man hath authority on earth to forgive sins ,––he saith to the palsied man ,–– * I say to thee , Arise , take up thy bed and go to thy house . * And he arose , and immediately took up the bed and went forth before them all ; so that they were all amazed , and gave glory to God , saying , We never saw it thus . * And he went forth again to the lake ; and all the multitude came to him , and he taught them . * And passing along , he saw Levi , the son of Alphaeus , sitting at the custom –house ; and he saith to him , Follow me . And he arose and followed him . * And it happened that he was reclining at table in his house ; and many publicans and sinners were reclining with Jesus and his disciples ; for there were many , and scribes of the Pharisees were also following him . * And when they saw that he was eating with the publicans and sinners , they said to his disciples , Doth he eat and drink with publicans and sinners ? * And Jesus hearing it , saith to them , They who are well do not need a physician , but they who are sick . I came not to call righteous men , but sinners . * 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 , and thy disciples fast not ? * And Jesus said to them , Can the companions 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 from them , and then will they fast in that day . * No one seweth a patch of undressed cloth on an old garment ; for the new piece teareth away from the old garment , and a worse rent is made . * And no one putteth new wine into old skins ; for the new wine will burst the skins , and the wine is lost , and the skins . * And it came to pass , that he was going through the grain –fields on the sabbath , and his disciples began , as they went along , to pluck the ears of grain . * And the Pharisees said to him , See , why are they doing on the sabbath that which is not lawful ? * And he saith to them , Did ye never read what David did , when he had need , and was hungry , himself and they who were with him ? * how he went into the house of God in the days of Abiathar the high –priest , and ate the show –bread , which it is lawful for none but the priests to eat , and gave also to those who were with him ? * And he said to them , The sabbath was made for man , and not man for the sabbath . * So that the Son of man is lord even of the sabbath .

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