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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" /><title>Mark 2 ISV</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head> <script async src="https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-LR4HSKRP2H"></script> <script> window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);} gtag('js', new Date()); gtag('config', 'G-LR4HSKRP2H'); </script><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/mark/2.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/mark/2-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">ISV</a> > Mark 2</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../mark/1.htm" title="Mark 1">◄</a> Mark 2 <a href="../mark/3.htm" title="Mark 3">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">International Standard Version</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/isv/esv/mark/2.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><p class="heading">Jesus Heals a Paralyzed Man</p><p class="cross_ref">(<a href="http://isv.scripturetext.com/matthew/9.htm">Matthew 9:1-8</a>; <a href="http://isv.scripturetext.com/luke/5.htm">Luke 5:17-26</a>)</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/mark/2-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>Several days later, Jesus<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="2:1 Lit. he">a</a></span> returned to Capernaum and it was reported that he was at home. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/mark/2-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>Such a large crowd gathered that there wasn’t room for them, even in front of the door. Jesus<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="2:2 Lit. He">b</a></span> was speaking his message to them <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/mark/2-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>when some people<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="2:3 Lit. they">c</a></span> came and brought him a paralyzed man being carried by four men. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/mark/2-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>Since they couldn’t bring him to Jesus because of the crowd, they made an opening in the roof over the place where he was. They dug through it and let down the mat on which the paralyzed man was lying.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/mark/2-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>When Jesus saw their faith, he told the paralyzed man, <span class="red">“Son, your sins are forgiven.”</span></p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/mark/2-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>Now some scribes were sitting there, arguing among themselves,<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="2:6 Lit. in their hearts">d</a></span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/mark/2-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>“Why does this man talk this way? He is blaspheming! Who can forgive sins but God alone?”</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/mark/2-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>At once, Jesus knew in his spirit what they were saying to themselves. <span class="red">“Why are you arguing about such things among yourselves?”</span><span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="2:8 Lit. in your hearts">e</a></span> he asked them. <span class="red"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/mark/2-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>“Which is easier: to say to the paralyzed man, ‘Your sins are forgiven,’ or ‘Get up, pick up your mat, and walk’? <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/mark/2-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>But I want you to know<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="2:10 Lit. So that you will know">f</a></span> that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins…”</span> Then he told the paralyzed man, <span class="red"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/mark/2-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>“I say to you, get up, pick up your mat, and go home!”</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/mark/2-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>So the man<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="2:12 Lit. he">g</a></span> got up, immediately picked up his mat, and went out in front of all of them.</p> <p class="reg">As a result, all of the people were amazed and began to glorify God as they kept on saying, “We have never seen anything like this!”</p> <p class="heading">Jesus Calls Matthew</p><p class="cross_ref">(<a href="http://isv.scripturetext.com/matthew/9.htm">Matthew 9:9-13</a>; <a href="http://isv.scripturetext.com/luke/5.htm">Luke 5:27-32</a>)</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/mark/2-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Jesus<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="2:13 Lit. He">h</a></span> went out again beside the sea. The whole crowd kept coming to him, and he kept teaching them. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/mark/2-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>As he was walking along, he saw Levi, the son of Alphaeus, sitting at the tax collector’s desk. Jesus<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="2:14 Lit. He">i</a></span> told him, <span class="red">“Follow me!”</span> So Levi<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="2:14 Lit. he">j</a></span> got up and followed him.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/mark/2-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>Later, he was having dinner at Levi’s<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="2:15 Lit. his">k</a></span> house. Many tax collectors and sinners were also eating with Jesus and his disciples, because there were many who were following him. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/mark/2-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>When the scribes and the Pharisees saw him eating with sinners and tax collectors, they asked his disciples, “Why does he eat and drink<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="2:16 Other mss. lack and drink">l</a></span> with tax collectors and sinners?”</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/mark/2-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>When Jesus heard that, he told them, <span class="red">“Healthy people don’t need a physician, but sick ones do. I did not come to call righteous people, but sinners.”</span></p> <p class="heading">A Question about Fasting</p><p class="cross_ref">(<a href="http://isv.scripturetext.com/matthew/9.htm">Matthew 9:14-17</a>; <a href="http://isv.scripturetext.com/luke/5.htm">Luke 5:33-39</a>)</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/mark/2-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>Now John’s disciples and the Pharisees would fast regularly. Some people<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="2:18 Lit. They">m</a></span> came and asked Jesus,<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="2:18 Lit. him">n</a></span> “Why do John’s disciples and the Pharisees’ disciples fast, but your disciples don’t fast?”</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/mark/2-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>Jesus replied, <span class="red">“The wedding guests<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="2:19 Lit. The children of the wedding hall; or The children of the groom">o</a></span> can’t fast while the groom is with them, can they? As long as they have the groom with them, they can’t fast. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/mark/2-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>But the time will come when the groom will be taken away from them, and then they will fast on that day.”</span></p> <p class="heading">The Unshrunk Cloth</p><p class="cross_ref">(<a href="http://isv.scripturetext.com/matthew/9.htm">Matthew 9:16</a>; <a href="http://isv.scripturetext.com/luke/5.htm">Luke 5:36</a>)</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/mark/2-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span><span class="red">“No one patches an old garment with a piece of unshrunk cloth. If he does, the patch pulls away from it—the new from the old—and a worse tear is made. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/mark/2-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>And no one pours new wine into old wineskins. If he does, the wine will make the skins burst, and both the wine and the skins will be ruined. Instead, new wine is poured<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="2:22 The Gk. lacks is poured">p</a></span> into fresh wineskins.”</span></p> <p class="heading">Jesus is Lord of the Sabbath</p><p class="cross_ref">(<a href="http://isv.scripturetext.com/matthew/12.htm">Matthew 12:1-8</a>; <a href="http://isv.scripturetext.com/luke/6.htm">Luke 6:1-5</a>)</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/mark/2-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>Jesus<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="2:23 Lit. He">q</a></span> happened to be going through the grain fields on a Sabbath.<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="2:23 Lit. on the Sabbaths">r</a></span> As they made their way, his disciples began picking the heads of grain. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/mark/2-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>The Pharisees asked him, “Look! Why are they doing what is not lawful on Sabbath days?”<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="2:24 Lit. on the Sabbaths">s</a></span> </p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/mark/2-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>He asked them, <span class="red">“Haven’t you read what David did when he and his companions were hungry and in need? <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/mark/2-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>How was it that he went into the House of God during the lifetime<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="2:26 The Gk. lacks the lifetime">t</a></span> of Abiathar the high priest and ate the Bread of the Presence, which was not lawful for anyone but the priests to eat, and gave some of it to his companions?”</span></p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/mark/2-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>Then he told them, <span class="red">“The Sabbath was made for people, not people for the Sabbath. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/mark/2-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>Therefore, the Son of Man is Lord even of the Sabbath.”</span></p><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><A name="ftn"></a><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="fn1"><span class="fnb">a</span> 2:1 Lit. <i>he</i><br /><span class="fnb">b</span> 2:2 Lit. <i>He</i><br /><span class="fnb">c</span> 2:3 Lit. <i>they</i><br /><span class="fnb">d</span> 2:6 Lit. <i>in their hearts</i><br /><span class="fnb">e</span> 2:8 Lit. <i>in your hearts</i><br /><span class="fnb">f</span> 2:10 Lit. <i>So that you will know</i><br /><span class="fnb">g</span> 2:12 Lit. <i>he</i><br /><span class="fnb">h</span> 2:13 Lit. <i>He</i><br /><span class="fnb">i</span> 2:14 Lit. <i>He</i><br /><span class="fnb">j</span> 2:14 Lit. <i>he</i><br /><span class="fnb">k</span> 2:15 Lit. <i>his</i><br /><span class="fnb">l</span> 2:16 Other mss. lack <i>and drink</i><br /><span class="fnb">m</span> 2:18 Lit. <i>They</i><br /><span class="fnb">n</span> 2:18 Lit. <i>him</i><br /><span class="fnb">o</span> 2:19 Lit. <i>The children of the wedding hall</i>; or <i>The children of the groom</i><br /><span class="fnb">p</span> 2:22 The Gk. lacks <i>is poured</i><br /><span class="fnb">q</span> 2:23 Lit. <i>He</i><br /><span class="fnb">r</span> 2:23 Lit. <i>on the Sabbaths</i><br /><span class="fnb">s</span> 2:24 Lit. <i>on the Sabbaths</i><br /><span class="fnb">t</span> 2:26 The Gk. lacks <i>the lifetime</i><br /></span><br><br><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><div align="center"><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Holy Bible: International Standard Version® Release 2.1<br />Copyright © 1996-2012 The ISV Foundation<br />ALL RIGHTS RESERVED INTERNATIONALLY.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/">Bible Hub</a></div></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../mark/1.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Mark 1"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Mark 1" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../mark/3.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Mark 3"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Mark 3" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="rightbox"><div class="padright"><div id="pic"><iframe width="100%" height="860" scrolling="no" src="//biblescan.com/mpc/mark/2-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></div></div><div id="rightbox4"><div class="padright2"><div id="spons1"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td class="sp1"><iframe width="122" height="860" scrolling="no" src="../sidemenu.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="bot"><div align="center" style="background-color:#F2FAFF"><br /><br /><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"><script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script></div></td></tr></table><br /><br /><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"><script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script></div></td></tr></table></div><br /><br /> </div><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="//biblehu.com/botmenubhnm2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe><div align="center"><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span></div></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>