Mark 2
New Living Translation
Jesus Heals a Paralyzed Man
2 When Jesus returned to Capernaum several days later, the news spread quickly that he was back home. 2 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, 3 four men arrived carrying a paralyzed man on a mat. 4 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. 5 Seeing their faith, Jesus said to the paralyzed man, “My child, your sins are forgiven.”
6 But some of the teachers of religious law who were sitting there thought to themselves, 7 “What is he saying? This is blasphemy! Only God can forgive sins!”
8 Jesus knew immediately what they were thinking, so he asked them, “Why do you question this in your hearts? 9 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!”
Marc 2
La Bible du Semeur
Jésus guérit un malade et pardonne ses péchés(A)
2 Quelques jours plus tard, Jésus se rendit de nouveau à Capernaüm. On apprit qu’il était à la maison[a]. 2 Une foule s’y rassembla si nombreuse qu’il ne restait plus de place, pas même devant la porte ; et Jésus leur annonçait la Parole de Dieu. 3 On lui amena un paralysé porté par quatre hommes. 4 Mais ils ne purent pas le transporter jusqu’à Jésus, à cause de la foule. Alors ils montèrent sur le toit, défirent la toiture de la maison au-dessus de l’endroit où se trouvait Jésus et, par cette ouverture, firent glisser le brancard sur lequel le paralysé était couché[b].
5 Lorsqu’il vit la foi de ces gens, Jésus dit au paralysé : Mon enfant, tes péchés te sont pardonnés.
6 Or, il y avait, assis là, quelques spécialistes de la Loi qui raisonnaient ainsi en eux-mêmes : 7 Comment cet homme ose-t-il parler ainsi ? Il blasphème ! Qui peut pardonner les péchés si ce n’est Dieu seul ?
8 Jésus sut aussitôt, en son esprit, les raisonnements qu’ils se faisaient en eux-mêmes ; il leur dit : Pourquoi raisonnez-vous ainsi en vous-mêmes ? 9 Qu’est-ce qui est le plus facile ? Dire au paralysé : « Tes péchés te sont pardonnés », ou dire : « Lève-toi, prends ton brancard et marche » ? 10 Eh bien, vous saurez que le Fils de l’homme a, sur la terre, le pouvoir de pardonner les péchés.
11 Alors il déclara au paralysé : Je te l’ordonne : lève-toi, prends ton brancard, et rentre chez toi !
12 Aussitôt, cet homme se leva, prit son brancard, et sortit devant tout le monde.
Tous en furent stupéfaits et rendirent gloire à Dieu en disant : Nous n’avons jamais rien vu de pareil !
Jésus est contesté(B)
13 Une nouvelle fois, Jésus s’en alla du côté du lac. Les foules venaient à sa rencontre et il les enseignait. 14 En passant, il vit Lévi, fils d’Alphée, installé à son poste de péage, et il lui dit : Suis-moi !
Lévi se leva et le suivit.
15 Comme Jésus était reçu pour un repas dans la maison de Lévi, beaucoup de collecteurs d’impôts et de pécheurs notoires prirent place à table avec ses disciples et avec lui. Car ils étaient nombreux à le suivre.
16 En voyant qu’il mangeait avec ces pécheurs notoires et ces collecteurs d’impôts, les spécialistes de la Loi qui appartenaient au parti des pharisiens interpellèrent ses disciples : Comment votre maître peut-il manger de la sorte avec des collecteurs d’impôts et des pécheurs notoires ?
17 Jésus, qui les avait entendus, leur dit : Les bien-portants n’ont pas besoin de médecin ; ce sont les malades qui en ont besoin. Je ne suis pas venu appeler des justes, mais des pécheurs.
18 Un jour que les disciples de Jean et les pharisiens étaient en train de jeûner, ils vinrent trouver Jésus et lui demandèrent : Comment se fait-il que tes disciples ne jeûnent pas, alors que les disciples de Jean et les pharisiens le font ?
19 Jésus leur répondit : Comment les invités d’une noce pourraient-ils jeûner pendant que le marié est avec eux ? Aussi longtemps que le marié se trouve parmi eux, ils ne peuvent pas jeûner ! 20 Le temps viendra où il leur sera enlevé. Alors, ce jour-là, ils jeûneront.
21 Personne ne raccommode un vieux vêtement avec un morceau d’étoffe neuve. Sinon, la pièce rapportée tire sur la vieille étoffe et en arrache une partie. Finalement, la déchirure est pire qu’avant. 22 De même, personne ne verse du vin nouveau dans de vieilles outres, sinon le vin nouveau les fait éclater, et voilà le vin perdu, et les outres aussi. A vin nouveau, outres neuves !
Jésus, maître du sabbat(C)
23 Un jour de sabbat, Jésus traversait des champs de blé, et ses disciples, tout en marchant, cueillaient des épis.
24 Les pharisiens le firent remarquer à Jésus : Regarde ! Pourquoi tes disciples font-ils le jour du sabbat ce qui est interdit ce jour-là ?
25 Il leur répondit : N’avez-vous jamais lu ce qu’a fait David lorsque lui et ses compagnons ont eu faim et qu’ils n’avaient rien à manger ? 26 Il est entré dans le sanctuaire de Dieu (ce récit se trouve dans la section où il est question du grand-prêtre Abiatar)[c], il a mangé les pains exposés devant Dieu que seuls les prêtres ont le droit de manger, et il en a donné aussi à ses hommes.
27 Et il ajouta : Le sabbat a été fait pour l’homme, et non pas l’homme pour le sabbat. 28 C’est pourquoi le Fils de l’homme est aussi maître du sabbat.
Footnotes
- 2.1 Il s’agit de la maison de Simon et d’André (voir 1.29).
- 2.4 Les toits en terrasse étaient faits de poutres recouvertes de terre battue.
- 2.26 Voir 1 S 21.1-5.
Mark 2
King James Version
2 And again he entered into Capernaum after some days; and it was noised that he was in the house.
2 And straightway many were gathered together, insomuch that there was no room to receive them, no, not so much as about the door: and he preached the word unto them.
3 And they come unto him, bringing one sick of the palsy, which was borne of four.
4 And when they could not come nigh unto him for the press, they uncovered the roof where he was: and when they had broken it up, they let down the bed wherein the sick of the palsy lay.
5 When Jesus saw their faith, he said unto the sick of the palsy, Son, thy sins be forgiven thee.
6 But there was certain of the scribes sitting there, and reasoning in their hearts,
7 Why doth this man thus speak blasphemies? who can forgive sins but God only?
8 And immediately when Jesus perceived in his spirit that they so reasoned within themselves, he said unto them, Why reason ye these things in your hearts?
9 Whether is it easier to say to the sick of the palsy, Thy sins be forgiven thee; or to say, Arise, and take up thy bed, and walk?
10 But that ye may know that the Son of man hath power on earth to forgive sins, (he saith to the sick of the palsy,)
11 I say unto thee, Arise, and take up thy bed, and go thy way into thine house.
12 And immediately he arose, took up the bed, and went forth before them all; insomuch that they were all amazed, and glorified God, saying, We never saw it on this fashion.
13 And he went forth again by the sea side; and all the multitude resorted unto him, and he taught them.
14 And as he passed by, he saw Levi the son of Alphaeus sitting at the receipt of custom, and said unto him, Follow me. And he arose and followed him.
15 And it came to pass, that, as Jesus sat at meat in his house, many publicans and sinners sat also together with Jesus and his disciples: for there were many, and they followed him.
16 And when the scribes and Pharisees saw him eat with publicans and sinners, they said unto his disciples, How is it that he eateth and drinketh with publicans and sinners?
17 When Jesus heard it, he saith unto them, They that are whole have no need of the physician, but they that are sick: I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.
18 And the disciples of John and of the Pharisees used to fast: and they come and say unto him, Why do the disciples of John and of the Pharisees fast, but thy disciples fast not?
19 And Jesus said unto them, Can the children of the bridechamber 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 shall be taken away from them, and then shall they fast in those days.
21 No man also seweth a piece of new cloth on an old garment: else the new piece that filled it up taketh away from the old, and the rent is made worse.
22 And no man putteth new wine into old bottles: else the new wine doth burst the bottles, and the wine is spilled, and the bottles will be marred: but new wine must be put into new bottles.
23 And it came to pass, that he went through the corn fields on the sabbath day; and his disciples began, as they went, to pluck the ears of corn.
24 And the Pharisees said unto him, Behold, why do they on the sabbath day that which is not lawful?
25 And he said unto them, Have ye never read what David did, when he had need, and was an hungred, he, and they that were with him?
26 How he went into the house of God in the days of Abiathar the high priest, and did eat the shewbread, which is not lawful to eat but for the priests, and gave also to them which were with him?
27 And he said unto them, The sabbath was made for man, and not man for the sabbath:
28 Therefore the Son of man is Lord also of the sabbath.
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