And again
he entered into Capernaum after some days; and it
was noised that he was in the house.
02 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.
03 And they come unto him, bringing one sick of
the palsy, which was borne of four.
04 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.
05 When Jesus saw their faith, he said unto the
sick of the palsy, Son, thy sins be
forgiven thee.
06 But there was certain of the
scribes sitting there, and reasoning in their
hearts,
07 Why doth this man thus speak blasphemies? who
can forgive sins but God only?
08 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?
09 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.
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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 hungered, 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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