Haweis - Mark - 2

2:1  AND again he entered into Capernaum after some days: and it was heard, that he was in the house;

2:2  and immediately many collected round him, so that there was no room, not even at the door; and he spake the word to them.

2:3  And they come to him, carrying a paralytic, borne of four:

2:4  and not being able to come nigh him because of the crowd, they stripped off the roofing of the house where he was; and having broken a way through, they let down with ropes the couch, on which the paralytic lay.

2:5  Then Jesus beholding their faith, saith to the paralytic, Son, thy sins are forgiven thee.

2:6  Now there were certain of the scribes sitting there, and reasoning in their hearts,

2:7  Why doth this man thus speak blasphemies? who can forgive sins but the one God?

2:8  And instantly Jesus knowing by his spirit, that they reasoned thus among each other, said to them, Why reason ye about these things in your hearts?

2:9  Which is the easier thing, to say to a paralytic, Thy sins are forgiven thee; or to say, Arise and take up thy couch, and walk away?

2:10  But that ye may know that the Son of man hath authority upon earth to forgive sins, he saith to the paralytic,

2:11  I say unto thee, Arise, and take up thy couch, and go into thy house.

2:12  And he arose instantly, and taking up his couch, went out before them all; so that they were all astonished, and glorified God, saying, We never before saw any thing like this.

2:13  And he went forth again to the sea side; and all the people came unto him; and he taught them.

2:14  And passing by, he saw Levi the son of Alpheus sitting at the custom-house, and he saith to him, Follow me. And he arose and followed him

2:15  And it came to pass, as he sat at table in his house, many publicans also, and sinners, sat down with Jesus and his disciples; for they were numerous, and they followed him.

2:16  And the scribes and the Pharisees seeing him eat with publicans and sinners, said to his disciples, How is it that he eateth and drinketh with publicans and sinners?

2:17  And when Jesus heard it, he said unto them, They who are in strong health have no need of a physician, but they who have illness: I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.

2:18  And the disciples of John and of the Pharisees kept fasts; and they came and said to him, Wherefore do the disciples of John, and of the Pharisees, fast? but thy disciples keep no fast.

2:19  And Jesus said to 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.

2:20  But the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken away from them, and then shall they fast in those days.

2:21  And no man seweth on a patch of cloth undressed upon an old garment: but if otherwise, the new piece supplied taketh away from the old, and the rent is made worse.

2:22  And no man putteth new wine into old bottles; but if otherwise, the new wine will burst the bottles, and the wine will be spilt, and the bottles destroyed: but new wine must be put into new bottles.

2:23  And he was walking through the cornfields on the sabbath; and his disciples as they went on the road plucked the ears of corn.

2:24  And the Pharisees said to him, See, why are they doing on the sabbath, what is not lawful?

2:25  And he said unto them, Have ye never read what David did, when he was under necessity, and was hungry, himself and they who were with him?

2:26  How he entered into the house of God to Abiathar the high-priest; and did eat the shewbread, which it was not lawful for any to eat except the priests, and he gave also to those who were with him?

2:27  And he said unto them, The sabbath was made for man, not man for the sabbath.

2:28  Wherefore the Son of man is Lord also of the sabbath.