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Mark 2
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- 1WEBWhen he entered again into Capernaum after some days, it was heard that he was at home.KJVAnd again he entered into Capernaum after some days; and it was noised that he was in the house.
- 2WEBImmediately many were gathered together, so that there was no more room, not even around the door; and he spoke the word to them.KJVAnd 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.
- 3WEBFour people came, carrying a paralytic to him.KJVAnd they come unto him, bringing one sick of the palsy, which was borne of four.
- 4WEBWhen they could not come near to him for the crowd, they removed the roof where he was. When they had broken it up, they let down the mat that the paralytic was lying on.KJVAnd 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.
- 5WEBJesus, seeing their faith, said to the paralytic, “Son, your sins are forgiven you.”KJVWhen Jesus saw their faith, he said unto the sick of the palsy, Son, thy sins be forgiven thee.
- 6WEBBut there were some of the scribes sitting there and reasoning in their hearts,KJVBut there were certain of the scribes sitting there, and reasoning in their hearts,
- 7WEB“Why does this man speak blasphemies like that? Who can forgive sins but God alone?”KJVWhy doth this man thus speak blasphemies? who can forgive sins but God only?
- 8WEBImmediately Jesus, perceiving in his spirit that they so reasoned within themselves, said to them, “Why do you reason these things in your hearts?KJVAnd 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?
- 9WEBWhich is easier, to tell the paralytic, ‘Your sins are forgiven;’ or to say, ‘Arise, and take up your bed, and walk’?KJVWhether 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?
- 10WEBBut that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins”—he said to the paralytic—KJVBut that ye may know that the Son of man hath power on earth to forgive sins, (he saith to the sick of the palsy,)
- 11WEB“I tell you, arise, take up your mat, and go to your house.”KJVI say unto thee, Arise, and take up thy bed, and go thy way into thine house.
- 12WEBHe arose, and immediately took up the mat and went out in front of them all, so that they were all amazed and glorified God, saying, “We never saw anything like this!”KJVAnd 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.
- 13WEBHe went out again by the seaside. All the multitude came to him, and he taught them.KJVAnd he went forth again by the sea side; and all the multitude resorted unto him, and he taught them.
- 14WEBAs he passed by, he saw Levi the son of Alphaeus sitting at the tax office. He said to him, “Follow me.” And he arose and followed him.KJVAnd as he passed by, he saw Levi the son of Alphæus sitting at the receipt of custom, and said unto him, Follow me. And he arose and followed him.
- 15WEBHe was reclining at the table in his house, and many tax collectors and sinners sat down with Jesus and his disciples, for there were many, and they followed him.KJVAnd 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.
- 16WEBThe scribes and the Pharisees, when they saw that he was eating with the sinners and tax collectors, said to his disciples, “Why is it that he eats and drinks with tax collectors and sinners?”KJVAnd 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?
- 17WEBWhen Jesus heard it, he said to them, “Those who are healthy have no need for a physician, but those who are sick. I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.”KJVWhen 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.
- 18WEBJohn’s disciples and the Pharisees were fasting, and they came and asked him, “Why do John’s disciples and the disciples of the Pharisees fast, but your disciples don’t fast?”KJVAnd 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?
- 19WEBJesus said to them, “Can the groomsmen fast while the bridegroom is with them? As long as they have the bridegroom with them, they can’t fast.KJVAnd 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.
- 20WEBBut the days will come when the bridegroom will be taken away from them, and then they will fast in that day.KJVBut the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken away from them, and then shall they fast in those days.
- 21WEBNo one sews a piece of unshrunk cloth on an old garment, or else the patch shrinks and the new tears away from the old, and a worse hole is made.KJVNo 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.
- 22WEBNo one puts new wine into old wineskins; or else the new wine will burst the skins, and the wine pours out, and the skins will be destroyed; but they put new wine into fresh wineskins.”KJVAnd 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.
- 23WEBHe was going on the Sabbath day through the grain fields; and his disciples began, as they went, to pluck the ears of grain.KJVAnd 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.
- 24WEBThe Pharisees said to him, “Behold, why do they do that which is not lawful on the Sabbath day?”KJVAnd the Pharisees said unto him, Behold, why do they on the sabbath day that which is not lawful?
- 25WEBHe said to them, “Did you never read what David did when he had need and was hungry—he, and those who were with him?KJVAnd 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?
- 26WEBHow he entered into God’s house at the time of Abiathar the high priest, and ate the show bread, which is not lawful to eat except for the priests, and gave also to those who were with him?”KJVHow 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?
- 27WEBHe said to them, “The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath.KJVAnd he said unto them, The sabbath was made for man, and not man for the sabbath:
- 28WEBTherefore the Son of Man is lord even of the Sabbath.”KJVTherefore the Son of man is Lord also of the sabbath.
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- King James Version (1769 text), public domain outside the United Kingdom, where Crown letters patent apply.