Mark 2
Living Bible
2 Several days later he returned to Capernaum, and the news of his arrival spread quickly through the city. 2 Soon the house where he was staying was so packed with visitors that there wasn’t room for a single person more, not even outside the door. And he preached the Word to them. 3 Four men arrived carrying a paralyzed man on a stretcher. 4 They couldn’t get to Jesus through the crowd, so they dug through the clay roof above his head and lowered the sick man on his stretcher, right down in front of Jesus.[a]
5 When Jesus saw how strongly they believed that he would help, Jesus said to the sick man, “Son, your sins are forgiven!”
6 But some of the Jewish religious leaders[b] said to themselves as they sat there, 7 “What? This is blasphemy! Does he think he is God? For only God can forgive sins.”
8 Jesus could read their minds and said to them at once, “Why does this bother you? 9-11 I, the Messiah,[c] have the authority on earth to forgive sins. But talk is cheap—anybody could say that. So I’ll prove it to you by healing this man.” Then, turning to the paralyzed man, he commanded, “Pick up your stretcher and go on home, for you are healed!”
12 The man jumped up, took the stretcher, and pushed his way through the stunned onlookers! Then how they praised God. “We’ve never seen anything like this before!” they all exclaimed.
13 Then Jesus went out to the seashore again and preached to the crowds that gathered around him. 14 As he was walking up the beach he saw Levi, the son of Alphaeus, sitting at his tax collection booth. “Come with me,” Jesus told him. “Come be my disciple.”
And Levi jumped to his feet and went along.
15 That night Levi invited his fellow tax collectors and many other notorious sinners to be his dinner guests so that they could meet Jesus and his disciples. (There were many men of this type among the crowds that followed him.) 16 But when some of the Jewish religious leaders[d] saw him eating with these men of ill repute, they said to his disciples, “How can he stand it, to eat with such scum?”
17 When Jesus heard what they were saying, he told them, “Sick people need the doctor, not healthy ones! I haven’t come to tell good people to repent, but the bad ones.”
18 John’s disciples and the Jewish leaders sometimes fasted, that is, went without food as part of their religion. One day some people came to Jesus and asked why his disciples didn’t do this too.
19 Jesus replied, “Do friends of the bridegroom refuse to eat at the wedding feast? Should they be sad while he is with them? 20 But some day he will be taken away from them, and then they will mourn. 21 Besides, going without food is part of the old way of doing things.[e] It is like patching an old garment with unshrunk cloth! What happens? The patch pulls away and leaves the hole worse than before. 22 You know better than to put new wine into old wineskins. They would burst. The wine would be spilled out and the wineskins ruined. New wine needs fresh wineskins.”
23 Another time, on a Sabbath day as Jesus and his disciples were walking through the fields, the disciples were breaking off heads of wheat and eating the grain.[f]
24 Some of the Jewish religious leaders said to Jesus, “They shouldn’t be doing that! It’s against our laws to work by harvesting grain on the Sabbath.”
25-26 But Jesus replied, “Didn’t you ever hear about the time King David and his companions were hungry, and he went into the house of God—Abiathar was high priest then—and they ate the special bread[g] only priests were allowed to eat? That was against the law too. 27 But the Sabbath was made to benefit man, and not man to benefit the Sabbath. 28 And I, the Messiah,[h] have authority even to decide what men can do on Sabbath days!”
Footnotes
- Mark 2:4 right down in front of Jesus, implied.
- Mark 2:6 religious leaders, literally, “scribes.”
- Mark 2:9 the Messiah, literally, “the Son of Man.”
- Mark 2:16 the Jewish religious leaders, literally, “the scribes of the Pharisees.”
- Mark 2:21 way of doing things, implied.
- Mark 2:23 eating the grain, implied.
- Mark 2:25 special bread, literally “shewbread.”
- Mark 2:28 the Messiah, literally, “the Son of Man.”
Mark 2
New American Standard Bible
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 (A)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 (B)And some people *came, bringing to Him a man who was (C)paralyzed, carried by four men. 4 And when they were unable to [a]get to Him because of the crowd, they (D)removed the roof [b]above Him; and after digging an opening, they let down the pallet on which the (E)paralyzed man was lying. 5 And Jesus, seeing their faith, *said to the paralyzed man, “Son, (F)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! (G)Who can forgive sins except God alone?” 8 Immediately Jesus, aware [c]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 (H)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 (I)were glorifying God, saying, “(J)We have never seen anything like this!”
13 And He went out again by the seashore; and (K)all the [d]people were coming to Him, and He was teaching them.
Levi (Matthew) Called
14 (L)As He passed by, He saw [e](M)Levi the son of Alphaeus sitting in the tax office, and He *said to him, “(N)Follow Me!” And he got up and followed Him.
15 And it *happened that He was reclining at the table in his house, and many tax collectors and [f]sinners were [g]dining with Jesus and His disciples; for there were many of them, and they were following Him. 16 When (O)the scribes of the Pharisees saw that He was eating with the [h]sinners and tax collectors, they said to His disciples, “(P)Why is He eating with tax collectors and [i]sinners?” 17 And hearing this, Jesus *said to them, “(Q)It is not those who are healthy who need a physician, but those who are sick; I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners.”
18 (R)John’s disciples and the Pharisees were fasting; and they *came and *said to Him, “Why do John’s disciples and the disciples of the Pharisees fast, but Your disciples do not fast?” 19 And Jesus said to them, “While the groom is with them, [j]the attendants of the groom cannot fast, can they? As long as they have the groom with them, they cannot fast. 20 But the (S)days will come when the groom is taken away from them, and then they will fast, on that day.
21 “No one sews a patch of unshrunk cloth on an old garment; otherwise, [k]the patch pulls away from it, the new from the old, and a worse tear results. 22 And no one puts new wine into old wineskins; otherwise the wine will burst the skins, and the wine is lost and the skins as well; but one puts new wine into fresh wineskins.”
Question of the Sabbath
23 (T)And it happened that He was passing through the grainfields on the Sabbath, and His disciples began to make their way along while (U)picking the heads of grain. 24 The Pharisees were saying to Him, “Look, (V)why are they doing what is not lawful on the Sabbath?” 25 And He *said to them, “Have you never read what David did when he was in need and he and his companions became hungry; 26 how he entered the house of God in the [l]time of (W)Abiathar the high priest, and ate the [m]consecrated bread, which (X)is not lawful for anyone to eat except the priests, and he also gave it to those who were with him?” 27 Jesus said to them, “(Y)The Sabbath [n]was made [o]for man, and (Z)not man [p]for the Sabbath. 28 So the Son of Man is Lord, even of the Sabbath.”
Footnotes
- Mark 2:4 Lit bring to
- Mark 2:4 Lit where He was
- Mark 2:8 Lit by
- Mark 2:13 Lit crowd
- Mark 2:14 Also called Matthew
- Mark 2:15 I.e., irreligious Jews
- Mark 2:15 Lit reclining with
- Mark 2:16 I.e., irreligious Jews
- Mark 2:16 I.e., irreligious Jews
- Mark 2:19 Lit sons of the bridal chamber
- Mark 2:21 Lit that which fills up
- Mark 2:26 Or passage about
- Mark 2:26 Lit loaves of presentation
- Mark 2:27 Or came into being
- Mark 2:27 Lit because of; or for the sake of
- Mark 2:27 Lit because of; or for the sake of
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.
Marcos 2
Ang Dating Biblia (1905)
2 At nang siya'y pumasok uli sa Capernaum pagkaraan ng ilang araw, ay nahayag na siya'y nasa bahay.
2 At maraming nagkatipon, ano pa't hindi na magkasiya, kahit sa pintuan man: at sa kanila'y sinaysay niya ang salita.
3 At sila'y nagsidating, na may dalang isang lalaking lumpo sa kaniya, na usong ng apat.
4 At nang hindi sila mangakalapit sa kaniya dahil sa karamihan, ay kanilang binakbak ang bubungan ng kaniyang kinaroroonan: at nang yao'y kanilang masira, ay inihugos nila ang higaang kinahihigan ng lumpo.
5 At pagkakita ni Jesus sa kanilang pananampalataya ay sinabi sa lumpo, Anak, ipinatatawad ang iyong mga kasalanan.
6 Nguni't mayroon doong nangakaupong ilan sa mga eskriba, at nangagbubulaybulay sa kanilang mga puso,
7 Bakit nagsasalita ang taong ito ng ganito? siya'y namumusong: sino ang makapagpapatawad ng mga kasalanan kundi isa, ang Dios lamang?
8 At pagkaunawa ni Jesus, sa kaniyang espiritu na sila'y nangagbubulaybulay sa kanilang sarili, pagdaka'y sinabi sa kanila, Bakit binubulaybulay ninyo ang mga bagay na ito sa inyong mga puso?
9 Alin baga ang lalong magaang sabihin sa lumpo, Ipinatatawad ang iyong mga kasalanan; o sabihin, Magtindig ka, at buhatin mo ang iyong higaan, at lumakad ka?
10 Datapuwa't upang maalaman ninyo na ang Anak ng tao ay may kapamahalaan sa lupa na magpatawad ng mga kasalanan (sinabi niya sa lumpo),
11 Sa iyo ko sinasabi, Magtindig ka, buhatin mo ang iyong higaan, at umuwi ka sa bahay mo.
12 At nagtindig siya, at pagdaka'y binuhat ang higaan, at yumaon sa harap nilang lahat; ano pa't nangagtaka silang lahat, at niluwalhati nila ang Dios, na nangagsabi, Kailan ma'y hindi tayo nakakita ng ganito.
13 At muling lumabas at naparoon siya sa tabi ng dagat; at lumapit sa kaniya ang buong karamihan, at sila'y kaniyang tinuruan.
14 At sa kaniyang pagdaraan, ay nakita niya si Levi na anak ni Alfeo na nakaupo sa paningilan ng buwis, at sinabi niya sa kaniya, Sumunod ka sa akin. At nagtindig siya at sumunod sa kaniya.
15 At nangyari, na siya'y nakaupo sa pagkain sa kaniyang bahay, at maraming maniningil ng buwis at mga makasalanang nagsiupong kasalo ni Jesus at ng kaniyang mga alagad: sapagka't sila'y marami, at sila'y nagsisunod sa kaniya.
16 At nang makita ng mga eskriba at mga Fariseo, na siya'y kumakaing kasalo ng mga makasalanan at ng mga maniningil ng buwis, ay nagsipagsabi sa kaniyang mga alagad, Ano ito na siya'y kumakain at umiinom na kasalo ng mga maniningil ng buwis at ng mga makasalanan?
17 At nang ito'y marinig ni Jesus, ay sinabi niya sa kanila, Hindi nangangailangan ng manggagamot ang mga walang sakit, kundi ang mga maysakit: hindi ako naparito upang tumawag ng mga matuwid, kundi ng mga makasalanan.
18 At nangagaayuno ang mga alagad ni Juan at ang mga Fariseo: at sila'y nagsilapit at sinabi sa kaniya, Bakit nangagaayuno ang mga alagad ni Juan at ang mga alagad ng mga Fariseo, datapuwa't hindi nangagaayuno ang iyong mga alagad?
19 At sinabi sa kanila ni Jesus, Mangyayari bagang mangagayuno ang mga abay sa kasalan, samantalang ang kasintahang-lalake ay sumasa kanila? samantalang ang kasintahang-lalake ay sumasa kanila, ay hindi sila mangakapagaayuno.
20 Datapuwa't darating ang mga araw, na aalisin sa kanila ang kasintahang-lalake, at kung magkagayo'y mangagaayuno sila sa araw na yaon.
21 Walang taong nagtatagpi ng matibay na kayo sa damit na luma: sa ibang paraan ang itinagpi ay binabatak ang tinagpian, sa makatuwid baga'y ang bago sa luma, at lalong lumalala ang punit.
22 At walang taong nagsisilid ng bagong alak sa mga balat na luma; sa ibang paraan ay pinupunit ng alak ang mga balat at nabububo ang alak at nasisira ang mga balat: kundi ang alak na bago ay isinisilid sa mga bagong balat.
23 At nangyari, na nagdaraan siya sa mga bukiran ng trigo nang araw ng sabbath; at ang mga alagad niya, samantalang nagsisilakad, ay nagpasimulang nagsikitil ng mga uhay.
24 At sinabi sa kaniya ng mga Fariseo, Narito, bakit ginagawa nila sa araw ng sabbath ang hindi matuwid?
25 At sinabi niya sa kanila, Kailan man baga'y hindi ninyo nabasa ang ginawa ni David, nang siya'y mangailangan, at magutom, siya, at ang kaniyang mga kasamahan?
26 Kung paanong pumasok siya sa bahay ng Dios nang panahon ng dakilang saserdoteng si Abiatar, at kumain siya ng tinapay na itinalaga, na hindi matuwid kanin maliban na sa mga saserdote lamang, at binigyan pa rin niya ang kaniyang mga kasamahan?
27 At sinabi niya sa kanila, Ginawa ang sabbath ng dahil sa tao, at di ang tao ng dahil sa sabbath:
28 Kaya't ang Anak ng tao ay panginoon din naman ng sabbath.
Mark 2
New Century Version
Jesus Heals a Paralyzed Man
2 A few days later, when Jesus came back to Capernaum, the news spread that he was at home. 2 Many people gathered together so that there was no room in the house, not even outside the door. And Jesus was teaching them God’s message. 3 Four people came, carrying a paralyzed man. 4 Since they could not get to Jesus because of the crowd, they dug a hole in the roof right above where he was speaking. When they got through, they lowered the mat with the paralyzed man on it. 5 When Jesus saw the faith of these people, he said to the paralyzed man, “Young man, your sins are forgiven.”
6 Some of the teachers of the law were sitting there, thinking to themselves, 7 “Why does this man say things like that? He is speaking as if he were God. Only God can forgive sins.”
8 Jesus knew immediately what these teachers of the law were thinking. So he said to them, “Why are you thinking these things? 9 Which is easier: to tell this paralyzed man, ‘Your sins are forgiven,’ or to tell him, ‘Stand up. Take your mat and walk’? 10 But I will prove to you that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins.” So Jesus said to the paralyzed man, 11 “I tell you, stand up, take your mat, and go home.” 12 Immediately the paralyzed man stood up, took his mat, and walked out while everyone was watching him.
The people were amazed and praised God. They said, “We have never seen anything like this!”
13 Jesus went to the lake again. The whole crowd followed him there, and he taught them. 14 While he was walking along, he saw a man named Levi son of Alphaeus, sitting in the tax collector’s booth. Jesus said to him, “Follow me,” and he stood up and followed Jesus.
15 Later, as Jesus was having dinner at Levi’s house, many tax collectors and “sinners” were eating there with Jesus and his followers. Many people like this followed Jesus. 16 When the teachers of the law who were Pharisees saw Jesus eating with the tax collectors and “sinners,” they asked his followers, “Why does he eat with tax collectors and sinners?”
17 Jesus heard this and said to them, “It is not the healthy people who need a doctor, but the sick. I did not come to invite good people but to invite sinners.”
Jesus’ Followers Are Criticized
18 Now the followers of John[a] and the Pharisees often fasted[b] for a certain time. Some people came to Jesus and said, “Why do John’s followers and the followers of the Pharisees often fast, but your followers don’t?”
19 Jesus answered, “The friends of the bridegroom do not fast while the bridegroom is still with them. As long as the bridegroom is with them, they cannot fast. 20 But the time will come when the bridegroom will be taken from them, and then they will fast.
21 “No one sews a patch of unshrunk cloth over a hole in an old coat. Otherwise, the patch will shrink and pull away—the new patch will pull away from the old coat. Then the hole will be worse. 22 Also, no one ever pours new wine into old leather bags. Otherwise, the new wine will break the bags, and the wine will be ruined along with the bags. But new wine should be put into new leather bags.”
Jesus Is Lord of the Sabbath
23 One Sabbath day, as Jesus was walking through some fields of grain, his followers began to pick some grain to eat. 24 The Pharisees said to Jesus, “Why are your followers doing what is not lawful on the Sabbath day?”
25 Jesus answered, “Have you never read what David did when he and those with him were hungry and needed food? 26 During the time of Abiathar the high priest, David went into God’s house and ate the holy bread, which is lawful only for priests to eat. And David also gave some of the bread to those who were with him.”
27 Then Jesus said to the Pharisees, “The Sabbath day was made to help people; they were not made to be ruled by the Sabbath day. 28 So then, the Son of Man is Lord even of the Sabbath day.”
Footnotes
- 2:18 John John the Baptist, who preached to the Jewish people about Christ’s coming (Mark 1:4–8).
- 2:18 fasted The people would give up eating for a special time of prayer and worship to God. It was also done to show sadness and disappointment.
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