Mark 1:29-2:12

New American Standard Bible

Crowds Healed

^29 (A)And immediately after they left ^(B)the synagogue, they entered the house of Simon and Andrew, with ^[a]James and John. ³⁰ Now Simon’s mother-in-law was lying sick with a fever; and they immediately *spoke to ^[b]Jesus about her. ³¹ And He came to her and raised her up, taking her by the hand, and the fever left her, and she served them.

³² Now ^(C)when evening came, ^(D)after the sun had set, they began bringing to Him all who were ill and those who were ^(E)demon-possessed. ³³ And the whole ^(F)city had gathered at the door. ³⁴ And He ^(G)healed many who were ill with various diseases, and cast out many demons; and He would not permit the demons to speak, because they knew ^[c]who He was.

^35 (H)And in the early morning, while it was still dark, Jesus got up, left the house, and went away to a secluded place, and ^(I)prayed there for a time. ³⁶ Simon and his companions eagerly searched for Him; ³⁷ and they found Him and *said to Him, “Everyone is looking for You.” ³⁸ He *said to them, “Let’s go somewhere else to the towns nearby, so that I may also ^[d]preach there; for this is why I came.” ^39 (J)And He went into their synagogues ^[e]preaching throughout Galilee, and casting out the demons.

^40 (K)And a man with ^[f]leprosy *came to ^[g]Jesus, imploring Him and ^(L)kneeling down, and saying to Him, “If You are willing, You can make me clean.” ⁴¹ Moved with compassion, Jesus reached out with His hand and touched him, and *said to him, “I am willing; be cleansed.” ⁴² And immediately the leprosy left him, and he was cleansed. ⁴³ And He sternly warned him and immediately sent him away, ⁴⁴ and He *said to him, “^(M)See that you say nothing to anyone; but ^(N)go, show yourself to the priest and ^(O)offer for your cleansing what Moses commanded, as a testimony to them.” ⁴⁵ But he went out and began to ^(P)proclaim it ^[h]freely and to ^(Q)spread the news around, to such an extent that ^[i]Jesus could no longer publicly enter a city, but ^[j]stayed out in unpopulated areas; and ^(R)they were coming to Him from everywhere.

The Paralyzed Man Healed

2 When Jesus came back to Capernaum a few days later, it was heard that He was at home. ² And ^(S)many were gathered together, so that there was no longer space, not even near the door; and He was speaking the word to them. ^3 (T)And some people *came, bringing to Him a man who was ^(U)paralyzed, carried by four men. ⁴ And when they were unable to ^[k]get to Him because of the crowd, they ^(V)removed the roof ^[l]above Him; and after digging an opening, they let down the pallet on which the ^(W)paralyzed man was lying. ⁵ And Jesus, seeing their faith, *said to the paralyzed man, “Son, ^(X)your sins are forgiven.” ⁶ But some of the scribes were sitting there and thinking it over in their hearts, ⁷ “Why does this man speak that way? He is blaspheming! ^(Y)Who can forgive sins except God alone?” ⁸ Immediately Jesus, aware ^[m]in His spirit that they were thinking that way within themselves, *said to them, “Why are you thinking about these things in your hearts? ⁹ Which is easier, to say to the ^(Z)paralyzed man, ‘Your sins are forgiven’; or to say, ‘Get up, and pick up your pallet and walk’? ¹⁰ But so that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins”—He *said to the paralyzed man, ¹¹ “I say to you, get up, pick up your pallet, and go home.” ¹² And he got up and immediately picked up the pallet and went out in the sight of everyone, so that they were all amazed and ^(AA)were glorifying God, saying, “^(AB)We have never seen anything like this!”