Jesus Heals a Paralytic

17 On one of those days, as he was teaching, Pharisees and (A)teachers of the law were sitting there, who had come from every village of Galilee and Judea and from Jerusalem. And (B)the power of the Lord was with him to heal.[a] 18 (C)And behold, some men were bringing (D)on a bed a man who was paralyzed, and they were seeking to bring him in and lay him before Jesus, 19 but finding no way to bring him in, because of the crowd, they went up on (E)the roof and let him down with his bed (F)through the tiles into the midst before Jesus. 20 And (G)when he saw their faith, he said, “Man, (H)your sins are forgiven you.” 21 And the scribes and the Pharisees began to question, saying, “Who is this who speaks (I)blasphemies? (J)Who can forgive sins but God alone?” 22 When Jesus (K)perceived their thoughts, he answered them, “Why do you question in your hearts? 23 Which is easier, to say, ‘Your sins are forgiven you,’ or to say, ‘Rise and walk’? 24 But that you may know that (L)the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins”—he said to the man who was paralyzed—“I say to you, rise, pick up your bed and go home.” 25 And immediately he rose up before them and picked up what he had been lying on and went home, (M)glorifying God. 26 And amazement seized them all, and they (N)glorified God and were filled (O)with awe, saying, “We have seen extraordinary things today.”

Jesus Calls Levi

27 (P)After this he went out and saw (Q)a tax collector named (R)Levi, sitting at the tax booth. And he said to him, “Follow me.” 28 And (S)leaving everything, he rose and followed him.

29 And Levi made him a great feast in his house, and there was a large company (T)of tax collectors and others reclining at table with them. 30 And the Pharisees and (U)their scribes grumbled at his disciples, saying, (V)“Why do you eat and drink with tax collectors and sinners?” 31 And Jesus answered them, “Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick. 32 (W)I have not come to call the righteous (X)but sinners (Y)to repentance.”

A Question About Fasting

33 And they said to him, (Z)“The disciples of John (AA)fast often and (AB)offer prayers, (AC)and so do the disciples of the Pharisees, but yours eat and drink.” 34 And Jesus said to them, (AD)“Can you make wedding guests fast while the bridegroom is with them? 35 (AE)The days will come when the bridegroom is taken away from them, and (AF)then they will fast in those days.” 36 He also told them a parable: “No one tears a piece from a new garment and puts it on an old garment. If he does, he will tear the new, and the piece from the new will not match the old. 37 And no one puts new wine into old (AG)wineskins. If he does, the new wine will burst the skins and it will be spilled, and the skins will be destroyed. 38 But new wine must be put into fresh wineskins. 39 And no one after drinking old wine desires new, for he says, ‘The old is good.’”[b]

Jesus Is Lord of the Sabbath

(AH)On a Sabbath,[c] while he was going through the grainfields, his disciples (AI)plucked and ate some heads of grain, rubbing them in their hands. But some of the Pharisees said, (AJ)“Why are you doing (AK)what is not lawful to do on the Sabbath?” And Jesus answered them, (AL)“Have you not read (AM)what David did when he was hungry, he and those who were with him: how he entered the house of God and took and ate (AN)the bread of the Presence, (AO)which is not lawful for any but the priests to eat, and also gave it to those with him?” And he said to them, (AP)“The Son of Man is lord of the Sabbath.”

A Man with a Withered Hand

On another Sabbath, (AQ)he entered the synagogue (AR)and was teaching, and a man was there whose right hand was withered. And the scribes and the Pharisees (AS)watched him, to see whether he would heal on the Sabbath, (AT)so that they might find a reason to accuse him. But (AU)he knew their thoughts, and he said to the man with the withered hand, “Come and stand here.” And he rose and stood there. And Jesus said to them, “I ask you, (AV)is it lawful on the Sabbath to do good or to do harm, to save life or to destroy it?” 10 And (AW)after looking around at them all he said to him, “Stretch out your hand.” And (AX)he did so, and his hand was restored. 11 But they were filled with (AY)fury and discussed with one another what they might do to Jesus.

Footnotes

  1. Luke 5:17 Some manuscripts was present to heal them
  2. Luke 5:39 Some manuscripts better
  3. Luke 6:1 Some manuscripts On the second first Sabbath (that is, on the second Sabbath after the first)

Jesus Heals a Paralytic

And when he returned to (A)Capernaum after some days, it was reported that he was at home. 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. (B)And they came, bringing to him a paralytic carried by four men. And when they could not get near him because of the crowd, (C)they removed the roof above him, and when they had made an opening, they let down the bed on which the paralytic lay. And when Jesus (D)saw their faith, he said to the paralytic, “Son, (E)your sins are forgiven.” Now some of the scribes were sitting there, questioning in their hearts, “Why does this man speak like that? (F)He is blaspheming! (G)Who can forgive sins but God alone?” And immediately Jesus, (H)perceiving in his spirit that they thus questioned within themselves, said to them, “Why do you question these things in your hearts? Which is easier, to say to the paralytic, ‘Your sins are forgiven,’ or to say, ‘Rise, take up your bed and walk’? 10 But that you may know that (I)the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins”—he said to the paralytic— 11 “I say to you, rise, pick up your bed, and go home.” 12 And he rose and immediately picked up his bed and went out before them all, so that they were all amazed and (J)glorified God, saying, “We never saw anything like this!”

Jesus Calls Levi

13 He went out again beside the sea, and (K)all the crowd was coming to him, and he was teaching them. 14 (L)And as he passed by, he saw (M)Levi the son of Alphaeus sitting at the tax booth, and he said to him, “Follow me.” And he rose and followed him.

15 And as he reclined at table in his house, many (N)tax collectors and sinners were reclining with Jesus and his disciples, for there were many who followed him. 16 And (O)the scribes of[a] the Pharisees, when they saw that he was eating with sinners and tax collectors, said to his disciples, (P)“Why does he eat[b] with tax collectors and sinners?” 17 And when Jesus heard it, he said to them, “Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick. (Q)I came not to call the righteous, (R)but sinners.”

A Question About Fasting

18 Now (S)John's disciples and the Pharisees were fasting. And people came and said to him, (T)“Why do John's disciples and (U)the disciples of the Pharisees fast, but your disciples do not fast?” 19 And Jesus said to them, (V)“Can the wedding guests fast while the bridegroom is with them? As long as they have the bridegroom with them, they cannot fast. 20 (W)The days will come when the bridegroom is taken away from them, and (X)then they will fast in that day. 21 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. 22 And no one puts new wine into old (Y)wineskins. If he does, the wine will burst the skins—and the wine is destroyed, and so are the skins. But new wine is for fresh wineskins.”[c]

Jesus Is Lord of the Sabbath

23 (Z)One Sabbath he was going through the grainfields, and as they made their way, his disciples (AA)began to pluck heads of grain. 24 And the Pharisees were saying to him, “Look, (AB)why are they doing (AC)what is not lawful on the Sabbath?” 25 And he said to them, (AD)“Have you never read (AE)what David did, when he was in need and was hungry, he and those who were with him: 26 how he entered the house of God, in the time of[d] (AF)Abiathar the high priest, and ate (AG)the bread of the Presence, which it is not lawful for any but the priests to eat, and also gave it to those who were with him?” 27 And he said to them, (AH)“The Sabbath was made for man, (AI)not man for the Sabbath. 28 So (AJ)the Son of Man is lord even of the Sabbath.”

A Man with a Withered Hand

(AK)Again (AL)he entered the synagogue, and a man was there with a withered hand. And (AM)they watched Jesus,[e] to see whether he would heal him on the Sabbath, so that they might accuse him. And he said to the man with the withered hand, “Come here.” And he said to them, (AN)“Is it lawful on the Sabbath to do good or to do harm, to save life or to kill?” But they were silent. And he (AO)looked around at them with anger, grieved at (AP)their hardness of heart, and said to the man, “Stretch out your hand.” (AQ)He stretched it out, and his hand was restored. (AR)The Pharisees went out and immediately (AS)held counsel with (AT)the Herodians against him, how to destroy him.

Footnotes

  1. Mark 2:16 Some manuscripts and
  2. Mark 2:16 Some manuscripts add and drink
  3. Mark 2:22 Some manuscripts omit But new wine is for fresh wineskins
  4. Mark 2:26 Or in the passage about
  5. Mark 3:2 Greek him

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