治好瘫子

几天后,耶稣回到迦百农。祂在家的消息一传开, 立刻有许多人蜂拥而来,连门外也挤满了人。耶稣正给他们讲道的时候, 有四个人抬着一个瘫痪的人来见祂。 但因为人太多,他们无法抬到耶稣跟前,就拆掉屋顶,对准耶稣所坐的地方,将瘫子连垫子一起缒下去。 耶稣看见他们的信心,就对瘫子说:“孩子,你的罪被赦免了!” 有几个律法教师坐在那里,心里议论说: “这是什么话?简直是亵渎上帝!除了上帝之外,谁能赦罪呢?”

耶稣立刻看透了他们的心思,就说:“你们为什么这样心里议论呢? 对瘫子说‘你的罪得到赦免了’容易呢,还是说‘起来,收拾你的垫子走吧’容易呢? 10 但我要让你们知道人子在世上有赦罪的权柄。”于是祂对瘫子说: 11 “我吩咐你起来收拾你的垫子回家去吧。” 12 那人就站起来,马上收拾好垫子,当着众人的面走了出去。众人都十分惊奇,赞美上帝说:“我们从来没见过这样的事!”

呼召利未

13 耶稣又出去到了湖边。有一大群人围拢过来,祂就教导他们。 14 耶稣往前走的时候,看见亚勒腓的儿子利未坐在收税站里工作,就对他说:“跟从我!”利未就起来跟从了耶稣。

15 后来,利未请耶稣和祂的门徒到家里坐席,同席的还有很多已经跟随耶稣的税吏和罪人。 16 有几位法利赛人的律法教师看见耶稣跟税吏和罪人同席,就问耶稣的门徒:“祂怎么会跟这些税吏和罪人一起吃饭呢?”

17 耶稣听见了,就说:“健康的人不需要医生,有病的人才需要。我来不是要召义人,乃是要召罪人。”

论禁食

18 约翰的门徒和法利赛人都在禁食的时候,有人来问耶稣:“约翰的门徒和法利赛人的门徒禁食,为什么你的门徒不禁食呢?”

19 耶稣对他们说:“新郎还在的时候,宾客怎能在婚宴中禁食呢?新郎还跟他们在一起的时候,他们不该禁食。 20 但有一天新郎将被带走,那时他们就要禁食了。

21 “没有人会用新布来补旧衣服,因为新布会把旧衣服扯破,破洞会更大; 22 也没有人把新酒倒进旧皮囊里,否则新酒会胀破旧皮囊,酒和皮囊都毁了。所以,新酒一定要装在新皮囊里。”

安息日的主

23 一个安息日,耶稣和门徒走过一片麦田,门徒一边走一边搓麦穗吃。 24 法利赛人批评耶稣说:“看看你的门徒,他们为什么做安息日不准做的事?”

25 耶稣回答说:“大卫和他的部下在饥饿、缺粮时所做的事,你们没有读过吗? 26 在亚比亚他做大祭司时,他进入上帝的殿吃了献给上帝的供饼,还给他的部下吃。这饼只有祭司才可以吃。 27 安息日是为人设立的,人不是为安息日设立的。 28 所以,人子也是安息日的主。”

Jesus Heals a Paralyzed Man

When Jesus returned to Capernaum several days later, the news spread quickly that he was back home. Soon the house where he was staying was so packed with visitors that there was no more room, even outside the door. While he was preaching God’s word to them, four men arrived carrying a paralyzed man on a mat. They couldn’t bring him to Jesus because of the crowd, so they dug a hole through the roof above his head. Then they lowered the man on his mat, right down in front of Jesus. Seeing their faith, Jesus said to the paralyzed man, “My child, your sins are forgiven.”

But some of the teachers of religious law who were sitting there thought to themselves, “What is he saying? This is blasphemy! Only God can forgive sins!”

Jesus knew immediately what they were thinking, so he asked them, “Why do you question this in your hearts? Is it easier to say to the paralyzed man ‘Your sins are forgiven,’ or ‘Stand up, pick up your mat, and walk’? 10 So I will prove to you that the Son of Man[a] has the authority on earth to forgive sins.” Then Jesus turned to the paralyzed man and said, 11 “Stand up, pick up your mat, and go home!”

12 And the man jumped up, grabbed his mat, and walked out through the stunned onlookers. They were all amazed and praised God, exclaiming, “We’ve never seen anything like this before!”

Jesus Calls Levi (Matthew)

13 Then Jesus went out to the lakeshore again and taught the crowds that were coming to him. 14 As he walked along, he saw Levi son of Alphaeus sitting at his tax collector’s booth. “Follow me and be my disciple,” Jesus said to him. So Levi got up and followed him.

15 Later, Levi invited Jesus and his disciples to his home as dinner guests, along with many tax collectors and other disreputable sinners. (There were many people of this kind among Jesus’ followers.) 16 But when the teachers of religious law who were Pharisees[b] saw him eating with tax collectors and other sinners, they asked his disciples, “Why does he eat with such scum?[c]

17 When Jesus heard this, he told them, “Healthy people don’t need a doctor—sick people do. I have come to call not those who think they are righteous, but those who know they are sinners.”

A Discussion about Fasting

18 Once when John’s disciples and the Pharisees were fasting, some people came to Jesus and asked, “Why don’t your disciples fast like John’s disciples and the Pharisees do?”

19 Jesus replied, “Do wedding guests fast while celebrating with the groom? Of course not. They can’t fast while the groom is with them. 20 But someday the groom will be taken away from them, and then they will fast.

21 “Besides, who would patch old clothing with new cloth? For the new patch would shrink and rip away from the old cloth, leaving an even bigger tear than before.

22 “And no one puts new wine into old wineskins. For the wine would burst the wineskins, and the wine and the skins would both be lost. New wine calls for new wineskins.”

A Discussion about the Sabbath

23 One Sabbath day as Jesus was walking through some grainfields, his disciples began breaking off heads of grain to eat. 24 But the Pharisees said to Jesus, “Look, why are they breaking the law by harvesting grain on the Sabbath?”

25 Jesus said to them, “Haven’t you ever read in the Scriptures what David did when he and his companions were hungry? 26 He went into the house of God (during the days when Abiathar was high priest) and broke the law by eating the sacred loaves of bread that only the priests are allowed to eat. He also gave some to his companions.”

27 Then Jesus said to them, “The Sabbath was made to meet the needs of people, and not people to meet the requirements of the Sabbath. 28 So the Son of Man is Lord, even over the Sabbath!”

Footnotes

  1. 2:10 “Son of Man” is a title Jesus used for himself.
  2. 2:16a Greek the scribes of the Pharisees.
  3. 2:16b Greek with tax collectors and sinners?

Jesus Forgives and Heals a Paralytic(A)

And again (B)He entered Capernaum after some days, and it was heard that He was in the house. [a]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 (C)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? (D)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? (E)Which is easier, to say to the paralytic, ‘Your sins are forgiven you,’ or to say, ‘Arise, take up your bed and walk’? 10 But that you may know that the Son of Man has [b]power on earth to forgive sins”—He said to the paralytic, 11 “I say to you, arise, take up your bed, and go to your house.” 12 Immediately he arose, took up the bed, and went out in the presence of them all, so that all were amazed and (F)glorified God, saying, “We never saw anything like this!”

Matthew the Tax Collector(G)

13 (H)Then He went out again by the sea; and all the multitude came to Him, and He taught them. 14 (I)As He passed by, He saw Levi the son of Alphaeus sitting at the tax office. And He said to him, (J)“Follow Me.” So he arose and (K)followed Him.

15 (L)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. 16 And when the scribes [c]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?”

17 When Jesus heard it, He said to them, (M)“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, [d]to repentance.”

Jesus Is Questioned About Fasting(N)

18 (O)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?”

19 And Jesus said to them, “Can the [e]friends of the bridegroom fast while the bridegroom is with them? As long as they have the bridegroom with them they cannot fast. 20 But the days will come when the bridegroom will be (P)taken away from them, and then they will fast in those days. 21 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. 22 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.”

Jesus Is Lord of the Sabbath(Q)

23 (R)Now it happened that He went through the grainfields on the Sabbath; and as they went His disciples began (S)to pluck the heads of grain. 24 And the Pharisees said to Him, “Look, why do they do what is (T)not lawful on the Sabbath?”

25 But He said to them, “Have you never read (U)what David did when he was in need and hungry, he and those with him: 26 how he went into the house of God in the days of Abiathar the high priest, and ate the showbread, (V)which is not lawful to eat except for the priests, and also gave some to those who were with him?”

27 And He said to them, “The Sabbath was made for man, and not man for the (W)Sabbath. 28 Therefore (X)the Son of Man is also Lord of the Sabbath.”

Footnotes

  1. Mark 2:2 NU omits Immediately
  2. Mark 2:10 authority
  3. Mark 2:16 NU of the
  4. Mark 2:17 NU omits to repentance
  5. Mark 2:19 Lit. sons of the bridechamber