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and He was speaking<MG2980> the word<MG3056> to them. <span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/2-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>And <i>some people</i> *came<MG2064>, bringing<MG5342> to Him a man<MG3885> who was paralyzed<MG3885>, carried<MG142> by four<MG5064> <i>men.</i> <span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/2-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>And when they were unable<MG3361, 1410> to <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[a]</a></span>get<MG4374> to Him because<MG1223> of the crowd<MG3793>, they removed<MG648> the roof<MG4721> <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[b]</a></span>above<MG3699> Him; and after digging<MG1846> an<MG1846> opening<MG1846>, they let<MG5465> down<MG5465> the pallet<MG2895> on which<MG3699> the paralyzed<MG3885> man<MG3885> was lying<MG2621>. <span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/2-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>And Jesus<MG2424>, seeing<MG3708> their faith<MG4102>, *said<MG3004> to the paralyzed<MG3885> man<MG3885>, “Son<MG5043>, your sins<MG266> are forgiven<MG863>.” <span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/2-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>But some<MG5100> of the scribes<MG1122> were sitting<MG2521> there<MG1563> and thinking<MG1260> <i>it</i> over<MG1260> in their hearts<MG2588>, <span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/2-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>“Why<MG5101> does this<MG3778> man<MG3778> speak<MG2980> that way<MG3779>? He is blaspheming<MG987>! Who<MG5101> can<MG1410> forgive<MG863> sins<MG266> except<MG1508> God<MG2316> alone<MG1520>?” <span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/2-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Immediately<MG2117> Jesus<MG2424>, aware<MG1921> <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[c]</a></span>in His spirit<MG4151> that they were thinking<MG1260> that<MG3779> way<MG3779> within<MG1722> themselves<MG1438>, *said<MG3004> to them, “Why<MG5101> are you thinking<MG1260> about<MG1260> these<MG3778> things<MG3778> in your hearts<MG2588>? <span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/2-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Which<MG5101> is easier<MG2123>, to say<MG3004> to the paralyzed<MG3885> man<MG3885>, ‘Your sins<MG266> are forgiven<MG863>’; or<MG2228> to say<MG3004>, ‘Get<MG1453> up<MG1453>, and pick<MG142> up<MG142> your pallet<MG2895> and walk<MG4043>’? <span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/2-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>But so<MG2443> that<MG2443> you may know<MG3609a> that the Son<MG5207> of Man<MG444> has<MG2192> authority<MG1849> on earth<MG1093> to forgive<MG863> sins<MG266>”—He *said<MG3004> to the paralyzed<MG3885> man<MG3885>, <span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/2-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>“I say<MG3004> to you, get<MG1453> up<MG1453>, pick<MG142> up<MG142> your pallet<MG2895>, and go<MG5217> home<MG3624>.” <span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/2-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>And he got<MG1453> up<MG1453> and immediately<MG2117> picked<MG142> up<MG142> the pallet<MG2895> and went<MG1831> out<MG1831> in the sight<MG1715> of everyone<MG3956>, so<MG5620> that<MG5620> they were all<MG3956> amazed<MG1839> and were glorifying<MG1392> God<MG2316>, saying<MG3004>, “We have never<MG3763> seen<MG3708> <i>anything</i> like<MG3779> this<MG3779>!” <p class="paragraph"><span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/2-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>And He went<MG1831> out<MG1831> again<MG3825> by the seashore<MG2281>; and all<MG3956> the <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[d]</a></span>people<MG3793> were coming<MG2064> to Him, and He was teaching<MG1321> them. <p class="hdg">Levi (Matthew) Called</p><span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/2-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>As He passed<MG3855> by, He saw<MG3708> <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[e]</a></span>Levi<MG3017> the <i>son</i> of Alphaeus<MG256b> sitting<MG2521> in the tax<MG5058> office<MG5058>, and He *said<MG3004> to him, “Follow<MG190> Me!” And he got<MG450> up<MG450> and followed<MG190> Him. <p class="paragraph"><span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/2-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>And it *happened<MG1096> that He was reclining<MG2621> <i>at the table</i> in his house<MG3614>, and many<MG4183> tax<MG5057> collectors<MG5057> and <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[f]</a></span>sinners<MG268> were <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[g]</a></span>dining<MG4873> with Jesus<MG2424> and His disciples<MG3101>; for there were many<MG4183> <i>of them,</i> and they were following<MG190> Him. <span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/2-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>When the scribes<MG1122> of the Pharisees<MG5330> saw<MG3708> that He was eating<MG2068> with the <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[h]</a></span>sinners<MG268> and tax<MG5057> collectors<MG5057>, they said<MG3004> to His disciples<MG3101>, “Why<MG5101> is He eating<MG2068> with tax<MG5057> collectors<MG5057> and <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[i]</a></span>sinners<MG268>?” <span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/2-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>And hearing<MG191> <i>this,</i> Jesus<MG2424> *said<MG3004> to them, “<i>It is</i> not those<MG3588> who are healthy<MG2480> who need<MG5532> a physician<MG2395>, but those<MG3588> who are sick<MG2560>; I did not come<MG2064> to call<MG2564> the righteous<MG1342>, but sinners<MG268>.” <p class="paragraph"><span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/2-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>John’s<MG2491> disciples<MG3101> and the Pharisees<MG5330> were fasting<MG3522>; and they *came<MG2064> and *said<MG3004> to Him, “Why<MG1223, 5101> do John’s<MG2491> disciples<MG3101> and the disciples<MG3101> of the Pharisees<MG5330> fast<MG3522>, but Your disciples<MG3101> do not fast<MG3522>?” <span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/2-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>And Jesus<MG2424> said<MG3004> to them, “While<MG1722, 3739> the groom<MG3566> is with them, <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[j]</a></span>the attendants<MG5207> of the groom<MG3567> cannot<MG1410, 3361> fast<MG3522>, can they? As long<MG3745, 5550> as they have<MG2192> the groom<MG3566> with them, they cannot<MG1410, 3756> fast<MG3522>. <span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/2-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>But the days<MG2250> will come<MG2064> when<MG3752> the groom<MG3566> is taken<MG522> away<MG522> from them, and then<MG5119> they will fast<MG3522>, on that day<MG2250>. <p class="paragraph"><span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/2-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>“No<MG3762> one<MG3762> sews<MG1976> a patch<MG1915> of unshrunk<MG46> cloth<MG4470> on an old<MG3820> garment<MG2440>; otherwise<MG1490b>, <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[k]</a></span>the patch<MG4138> pulls<MG142> away<MG142> from it, the new<MG2537> from the old<MG3820>, and a worse<MG5501> tear<MG4978> results<MG1096>. <span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/2-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>And no<MG3762> one<MG3762> puts<MG906> new<MG3501b> wine<MG3631> into old<MG3820> wineskins<MG779>; otherwise<MG1490b> the wine<MG3631> will burst<MG4486> the skins<MG779>, and the wine<MG3631> is lost<MG622> and the skins<MG779> <i>as well;</i> but <i>one puts</i> new<MG3501b> wine<MG3631> into fresh<MG2537> wineskins<MG779>.” <p class="hdg">Question of the Sabbath</p><p class="paragraph"><span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/2-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>And it happened<MG1096> that He was passing<MG3899> through<MG1223> the grainfields<MG4702> on the Sabbath<MG4521>, and His disciples<MG3101> began<MG757> to make<MG4160> their way<MG3598> <i>along</i> while picking<MG5089> the heads<MG4719> <i>of grain.</i> <span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/2-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>The Pharisees<MG5330> were saying<MG3004> to Him, “Look<MG2396>, why<MG5101> are they doing<MG4160> what<MG3739> is not lawful<MG1832> on the Sabbath<MG4521>?” <span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/2-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>And He *said<MG3004> to them, “Have you never<MG3763> read<MG314> what<MG5101> David<MG1160b> did<MG4160> when<MG3753> he was in need<MG5532> and he and his companions<MG3588, 3326> became hungry<MG3983>; <span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/2-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>how<MG4459> he entered<MG1525> the house<MG3624> of God<MG2316> in the <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[l]</a></span>time<MG1909> of Abiathar<MG8> <i>the</i> high<MG749> priest<MG749>, and ate<MG2068> the <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[m]</a></span>consecrated<MG4286> bread<MG740>, which<MG3739> is not lawful<MG1832> for <i>anyone</i> to eat<MG2068> except<MG1508> the priests<MG2409>, and he also<MG2532> gave<MG1325> it to those<MG3588> who were with him?” <span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/2-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>Jesus said<MG3004> to them, “The Sabbath<MG4521> <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[n]</a></span>was made<MG1096> <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[o]</a></span>for man<MG444>, and not man<MG444> <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[p]</a></span>for the Sabbath<MG4521>. <span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/2-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>So<MG5620> the Son<MG5207> of Man<MG444> is Lord<MG2962>, even<MG2532> of the Sabbath<MG4521>.”<A name="fn"></a></p><br /><br /><span class="footnotesbot">[a]</span> <span class="fnverse">4</span> Lit <i>bring to</i><br><span class="footnotesbot">[b]</span> <span class="fnverse">4</span> Lit <i>where He was</i><br><span class="footnotesbot">[c]</span> <span class="fnverse">8</span> Lit <i>by</i><br><span class="footnotesbot">[d]</span> <span class="fnverse">13</span> Lit <i>crowd</i><br><span class="footnotesbot">[e]</span> <span class="fnverse">14</span> Also called <i>Matthew</i><br><span class="footnotesbot">[f]</span> <span class="fnverse">15</span> I.e., irreligious Jews<br><span class="footnotesbot">[g]</span> <span class="fnverse">15</span> Lit <i>reclining with</i><br><span class="footnotesbot">[h]</span> <span class="fnverse">16</span> I.e., irreligious Jews<br><span class="footnotesbot">[i]</span> <span class="fnverse">16</span> I.e., irreligious Jews<br><span class="footnotesbot">[j]</span> <span class="fnverse">19</span> Lit <i>sons of the bridal chamber</i><br><span class="footnotesbot">[k]</span> <span class="fnverse">21</span> Lit <i>that which fills up</i><br><span class="footnotesbot">[l]</span> <span class="fnverse">26</span> Or <i>passage about</i><br><span class="footnotesbot">[m]</span> <span class="fnverse">26</span> Lit <i>loaves of presentation</i><br><span class="footnotesbot">[n]</span> <span class="fnverse">27</span> Or <i>came into being</i><br><span class="footnotesbot">[o]</span> <span class="fnverse">27</span> Lit <i>because of;</i> or <i>for the sake of</i><br><span class="footnotesbot">[p]</span> <span class="fnverse">27</span> Lit <i>because of;</i> or <i>for the sake of</i><br></div><br /><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">New American Standard Bible<br>Copyright © 1960, 1971, 1977, 1995, 2020<br>by The Lockman Foundation, La Habra, Calif. 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