Jesus Heals a Paralytic
(Matthew 9:1–8; Luke 5:17–26)

1And again he entered Capernaum, after some days; and they heard that he was in the house. 2And immediately many came together, so that the house could contain them no longer, nor could the space about the door. And he preached the word to them. 3And they came to him, bringing a paralytic, who was carried by four men. 4And not being able to come near him, on account of the multitude, they took off the roof where he was, and having broken through, they let down the bed on which the paralytic lay. 5And Jesus, seeing their faith, said to the paralytic: Son, your sins are forgiven you. 6But some of the scribes were sitting there, and reasoning in their hearts: 7Why does this man thus speak impiously? Who can forgive sins but God only? 8And Jesus, immediately perceiving in his spirit that they thus reasoned within themselves, said to them: Why are you reasoning thus in your hearts?

9Which is easier, to say to the paralytic, Your sins are forgiven; or to say, Arise, take up your bed and walk? 10But that you may know that the Son of man on earth has authority to forgive sins, (he said to the paralytic,)

11I say to you, Arise, take up your bed and go to your house. 12And he arose forthwith, and took up his bed, and went out before them all; so that they were all amazed, and glorified God, saying: We have never seen it thus.

Jesus Calls Levi
(Matthew 9:9–13; Luke 5:27–32)

13And he went out again by the sea: and all the multitude came to him, and he taught them.

14And as he passed by, he saw Levi the son of Alphaeus sitting at the custom-house; and he said to him: Follow me. And he arose and followed him.

15And it came to pass, as Jesus reclined at table in his house, that many publicans and sinners reclined with him and his disciples; for there were many, and they followed him. 16And when the scribes and Pharisees saw him eating with publicans and sinners, they said to his disciples: Why is it that he eats and drinks with publicans and sinners? 17And when Jesus heard it, he said to them: Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick. I have not come to call righteous men, but sinners.

Questions about Fasting
(Matthew 9:14–15; Luke 5:33–35)

18And the disciples of John and of the Pharisees were in the habit of fasting; and they came, and said to him: Why do the disciples of John and of the Pharisees fast, but your disciples fast not? 19And Jesus said to them: Can the sons of the bride-chamber fast, while the bridegroom is with them? As long as they have the bridegroom with them, they can not fast. 20But the days will come when the bridegroom shall be taken from them, and then they will fast in those days.

The Patches and the Wineskins
(Matthew 9:16–17; Luke 5:36–39)

21No one sews a patch of new cloth on an old garment; if so, the new piece which fills it up, takes from the old, and a worse rent is made. 22And no one puts new wine into old bottles; if so, the new wine bursts the bottles, and the wine is spilled, and the bottles are destroyed. But new wine must be put into new bottles.

The Lord of the Sabbath
(Matthew 12:1–8; Luke 6:1–5)

23And it came to pass, that he was going on the sabbath day through the fields of grain: and his disciples began, as they went, to pull the ears of grain. 24And the Pharisees said to him: See, why are they doing on the sabbath-day what is not lawful? 25And he said to them: Did you never read what David did, when he had need and was hungry, he and those who were with him? 26How he entered the house of God in the days of Abiathar the chief priest, and ate the loaves of the presence, which, it is not lawful, except for the priests, to eat, and gave to those also who were with him? 27And he said to them: The sabbath was made for man, not man for the sabbath. 28Therefore, the Son of man is Lord also of the sabbath.