Mark 2

¹ And, entering again into Capernaum during these days, it is heard that He is in a house. ² And immediately many were gathered, so that by no means was there still room, not even at the door. And He spoke to them the word. ³ And they are coming, bringing to Him a paralytic being lifted by four. ⁴ And, not being able to carry him to Him because of the throng, they unroof the roof where He was, and, scooping it out, they are lowering the pallet whereon the paralytic was laid. ⁵ And Jesus, perceiving their faith, is saying to the paralytic, "Child, pardoned you are your sins." ⁶ Now there were some of the scribes sitting there, and reasoning in their hearts, ⁷ What is this man, speaking thus? Blaspheming is he! Who is able to pardon sins except One - God?" ⁸ And straightway Jesus, recognizing in His spirit that they are reasoning thus in themselves, is saying to them, "Why are you reasoning these things in your hearts? ⁹ What is easier, to be saying to the paralytic, 'Pardoned are your sins,' or to be saying, 'Rouse and pick up your pallet and walk'? ¹⁰ Now, that you may be perceiving that the Son of Mankind has authority on earth to pardon sins (He is saying to the paralytic), ¹¹ To you am I saying, Rouse, and pick up your pallet and go into your house." ¹² And he was roused, and, straightway, picking up the pallet, he came out in front of all, so that all are amazed and are glorifying God, saying that, "Thus we never perceived it!" ¹³ And He came out again beside the sea. And the entire throng came to Him, and He taught them. ¹⁴ And, passing along, He perceived Levi of Alpheus, sitting at the tribute office. And He is saying to him, "Follow Me!" ¹⁵ And, rising, he follows Him. And, at His coming to lie down in his house, many tribute collectors also, and sinners lay back at table with Jesus and His disciples, for there were many, and they followed Him. ¹⁶ And the scribes of the Pharisees, perceiving Him also that He ate with the tribute collectors and the sinners, said to His disciples, "Wherefore is it that your teacher is eating and drinking with the tribute collectors and the sinners?" ¹⁷ And, hearing it, Jesus is saying to them that "No need have the strong of a physician, but those having an illness. I did not come to call the just, but sinners." ¹⁸ And the disciples of John and the Pharisees were fasting, and they are coming and saying to Him, "Wherefore are the disciples of John and the disciples of the Pharisees fasting, yet your disciples are not fasting?" ¹⁹ And Jesus said to them, "The sons of the bridal chamber can not be fasting while the bridegroom is with them! Whatever time they have the bridegroom with them, they can not be fasting. ²⁰ Yet coming will be days, whenever the bridegroom may be taken away from them, and then they will be fasting in that day. ²¹ No one is sewing a patch of unshrunk shred on an old cloak. Yet, if so, is not that which fills up taking away from it, the new from the old, and a worse rent is occurring? ²² And no one is draining fresh wine into old wine skins. Yet, if so, will not the fresh wine be bursting the wine skins? And the wine is spilling, and the wine skins will perish. But fresh wine is put into new wine skins." ²³ And He came, on the sabbaths, to be going by through the sowings. And His disciples begin making a path, plucking the ears. ²⁴ And the Pharisees said to Him, "Lo! What they are doing on the sabbaths is what is not allowed." ²⁵ And He said to them, "Did you never read what David does, when he had need and hungers, he and those with him? ²⁶ How he entered into the house of God under Abiathar the chief priest, and ate the show bread, which is not allowed to be eaten except by the priests, and he gives also to those who are with him?" ²⁷ And He said to them, "The sabbath came because of mankind, and not mankind because of the sabbath, ²⁸ so that the Son of Mankind is Lord, also, of the sabbath."