Marco 2
La Nuova Diodati
2 Alcuni giorni dopo, egli entrò di nuovo in Capernaum e si venne a sapere che egli si trovava in casa;
2 e subito si radunò tanta gente da non trovare piú posto neppure davanti alla porta; ed egli annunziava loro la parola.
3 Allora vennero da lui alcuni a presentargli un paralitico, portato da quattro uomini
4 Ma, non potendo accostarsi a lui a causa della folla, scoperchiarono il tetto sul punto ove era Gesú e, fatta un'apertura, calarono il lettuccio sul quale giaceva il paralitico.
5 Come Gesú vide la loro fede, disse al paralitico: «Figliolo, i tuoi peccati ti sono perdonati!».
6 Or vi erano là seduti alcuni scribi i quali ragionavano in cuor loro:
7 «Perché mai costui parla in questo modo? Egli bestemmia. Chi può perdonare i peccati, se non Dio solo?».
8 Ma Gesú, avendo subito conosciuto nel suo spirito che ragionavano queste cose dentro di sé, disse loro: «Perché ragionate voi queste cose nei vostri cuori?
9 Che cosa è piú facile dire al paralitico: "I tuoi peccati ti sono perdonati", oppure dire: "Alzati, prendi il tuo lettuccio e cammina".
10 Ora, affinché sappiate che il Figlio dell'uomo ha potestà di perdonare i peccati in terra,
11 io ti dico (disse al paralitico): Alzati, prendi il tuo lettuccio e vattene a casa tua».
12 Ed egli si alzò immediatamente, prese il suo lettuccio e uscí in presenza di tutti, cosí che tutti stupivano e glorificavano Dio dicendo: «Non abbiamo mai visto nulla di simile!».
13 Gesú uscí di nuovo lungo il mare e tutta la folla veniva a lui, ed egli li ammaestrava.
14 Nel passare vide Levi figlio di Alfeo, che sedeva al banco delle imposte, e gli disse: «Seguimi!». Ed egli, alzatosi, lo seguí.
15 Or avvenne che mentre egli era a tavola in casa di Levi, molti pubblicani e peccatori si misero a tavola con Gesú e con i suoi discepoli; infatti erano molti quelli che lo seguivano.
16 Allora gli scribi e i farisei, vedendolo mangiare con i pubblicani e con i peccatori, dissero ai suoi discepoli: «Come mai mangia e beve egli in compagnia dei pubblicani e dei peccatori?».
17 E Gesú, udito ciò, disse loro: «Non sono i sani che hanno bisogno del medico, ma i malati; io non sono venuto a chiamare i giusti, ma i peccatori a ravvedimento».
18 Allora i discepoli di Giovanni e quelli dei farisei stavano digiunando. Ora essi vennero da Gesú e gli dissero: «Perché i discepoli di Giovanni e quelli dei farisei digiunano mentre i tuoi discepoli non digiunano?».
19 E Gesú disse loro: «Possono forse gli amici dello sposo digiunare, mentre lo sposo è con loro? Per tutto il tempo che hanno lo sposo con loro, non possono digiunare.
20 Ma verranno i giorni in cui sarà loro tolto lo sposo, e allora in quei giorni digiuneranno.
21 Nessuno cuce un pezzo di stoffa nuova sopra un vestito vecchio, altrimenti il pezzo nuovo porta via l'intero rattoppo e lo strappo si fa peggiore.
22 Cosí, nessuno mette vino nuovo in otri vecchi, altrimenti il vino nuovo rompe gli otri, il vino si spande e gli otri si perdono; ma il vino nuovo va messo in otri nuovi».
23 Or avvenne che in giorno di sabato egli passava per i campi, e i suoi discepoli, strada facendo, si misero a svellere delle spighe.
24 E i farisei gli dissero: «Guarda, perché fanno ciò che non è lecito in giorno di sabato?».
25 Ma egli disse loro: «Non avete mai letto ciò che fece Davide, quando si trovò nel bisogno ed ebbe fame, lui e quelli con lui?
26 Come egli entrò nella casa di Dio, al tempo del sommo sacerdote Abiatar, e mangiò i pani di presentazione che non è lecito mangiare se non ai sacerdoti, e ne diede anche a quelli che erano con lui?».
27 Poi disse loro: «Il sabato è fatto per l'uomo e non l'uomo per il sabato.
28 Perciò il Figlio dell'uomo è signore anche del sabato».
Mark 2
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Jesus helps a man who cannot walk
2 Several days after that, Jesus returned to Capernaum. People heard the news that he had come back to his home. 2 Many people came into the house. The house was so full that there was no room, even outside the door. Jesus was teaching people about the good news. 3 Four men came. They were carrying another man on a mat. That man could not move his legs. 4 They could not reach Jesus because of the crowd. So they made a hole in the roof above the place where Jesus was.[a] They helped the man to go down through the hole. He was still lying on his mat. 5 Jesus saw the man and his friends. He knew that they believed in him. So he said to the man who could not walk, ‘My friend, I forgive you for your sins.’
6 But some teachers of God's Law were sitting there. They thought about the words that Jesus had spoken to the man. 7 They thought, ‘This man Jesus should not have said that. He is speaking as if he is God. Only God can forgive people for their sins.’
8 Immediately, Jesus knew in his spirit what the teachers were thinking. He said to them, ‘You should not think these things. 9 I said to this man who cannot walk, “I forgive you for your sins.” Instead, I could have said to him, “Stand up! Pick up your mat and walk.” Which of those is easier for me to say? 10 But I want you to know this. I, the Son of Man, have authority on earth to forgive people for their sins.’[b] Then he said to the man who could not walk, 11 ‘I am saying to you, stand up! Pick up your mat and go home.’ 12 Immediately, the man stood up. He picked up his mat and he walked out of the house. Everyone watched him do this. The people were very surprised. They praised God and they said, ‘God is great. We have never seen anything like this before.’
Jesus asks Levi to be his disciple
13 Jesus went to the shore of Lake Galilee again. A large crowd came to him, and he taught them. 14 While Jesus was walking along, he saw a man called Levi. Levi was the son of Alphaeus. His job was to take taxes from people.[c] He was sitting in his office. Jesus said to him, ‘Come with me and be my disciple.’ Levi stood up and he went with Jesus.
15 Then Jesus went to eat a meal at Levi's house. Many people followed Jesus and they ate there with him and with his disciples. Many of these were bad people and also men who took taxes. 16 Some teachers of God's Law who were Pharisees saw what was happening.[d] They said to Jesus' disciples, ‘He is eating with bad people and men who take taxes. That is not right.’
17 Jesus heard what these people were saying. He said to them, ‘People who are well do not need a doctor. It is people who are ill that need a doctor. Some people think that they always obey God. I did not come to help people like that. Some people know that they have done wrong things. I am asking those people to come to me for help.’
18 At this time, the disciples of John the Baptist and the disciples of the Pharisees were fasting. Some people came to Jesus and they asked him this question: ‘The disciples of John and the disciples of the Pharisees often fast for a time. So why do your disciples never do that?’[e]
19 Jesus answered them, ‘When a man marries, his friends cannot refuse to eat. They cannot fast while he is with them. 20 But there will be a time when people will take the man away from his friends. At that time his friends will fast.’[f]
21 Then Jesus said, ‘Nobody uses a piece of new cloth to mend an old coat. If he does, the new cloth will cause the old cloth to tear again. It will make a bigger hole than before. 22 And nobody pours new wine into old wineskins. If he does that, the new wine will tear the old wineskins. He will lose the wine and the wineskins will spoil. Instead, you must put new wine into new wineskins.’[g]
Jesus answers questions about the day of rest
23 On one Jewish day of rest, Jesus and his disciples were walking through some fields where wheat was growing. While they were walking along, his disciples picked some grains of wheat. 24 Some Pharisees said to Jesus, ‘Look at what your disciples are doing. They should not do that on our day of rest. It is against God's Law.’
25 Jesus replied, ‘You have certainly read about what David did one day.[h] He and the men who were with him were very hungry. They needed food to eat. 26 David went into the temple. He ate the special bread that was there. He gave some of it to his men to eat as well. This happened during the time that Abiathar was the leader of the priests. It is against God's Law for anyone except the priests to eat that special bread.’
27 Then Jesus said to the Pharisees, ‘God wanted to help people. So he made a day for them when they should rest. He did not make people so that they could keep laws about the day of rest. 28 So you should know that the Son of Man has authority over the laws about the day of rest.’
Footnotes
- 2:4 Houses in Israel had flat roofs. There were steps outside the house up to the roof. The roof was made of small sticks and hard dry soil. It was easy for the men to make a big hole in the roof. Then they could tie ropes on to the mat and they could put it down through the roof.
- 2:10 Jesus often called himself the Son of Man. He may have done this so that people would remember about some messages in the Bible. See Daniel 7:13-14.
- 2:14 Levi took money on behalf of the Roman government. The Jews did not like men who did this job.
- 2:16 The Pharisees taught people the rules that God had given to Moses. They also taught many of their own ideas. They thought that it was wrong for Jesus to eat with those kinds of people. The Pharisees thought that they themselves were very good people. They thought that they obeyed all of God's rules.
- 2:18 John the Baptist and the Pharisees taught their disciples to fast (stop eating food) for a certain time. They did this to show that they were serving God.
- 2:20 Jesus often told stories to teach the people. In this story, Jesus is like the man who marries. His disciples are like the friends. While Jesus was with his disciples, they were very happy. But soon his enemies would kill him. Then the disciples would be sad.
- 2:22 Wine is a strong drink. It needs more room as it gets older. People put wine in wineskins to keep it. Wineskins become hard when they get older, so new wine would cause them to tear. The Pharisees had many rules that were not from God. Jesus was teaching the people that the old wineskins were like those rules. The new wine was like the things that Jesus was teaching them. Jesus' new teaching did not mix with the old rules.
- 2:25 See 1 Samuel 21.
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