12And when He was in a certain town, a man covered with leprosy, when he saw Jesus, fell on his face, and begged Him, saying, “Lord, if You are willing, You can make me clean”. 13And Jesus reached out His hand, and touched him, saying, “I will; be clean”. And immediately the leprosy departed from him. 14And He ordered him, “Tell no man; but go, and show yourself to the priest, and offer for your cleansing in accordance with what Moses commanded, for a testimony to them”. 15But His notoriety spread even; and great crowds gathered to hear, and to be healed by Him of their diseases. 16And He often withdrew Himself into the wilderness, to be alone and pray.

17And one day, as He was teaching, there were Pharisees and teachers of the law sitting nearby, who had come out of every town of Galilee, Judaea, and Jerusalem; and the power of the Lord was present with Him to heal them. 18And, some men brought a man was paralyzed with palsy on a bed; and they looked for a way to bring him into the house, to lay him before Jesus. 19And when they could not find a way in because the house was so crowded, they went up on the roof, and lowered him upon his couch, down through the roof tiling into the throng in front of Jesus. 20And when Jesus saw their faith, He said to him (the paralytic), “Friend, your sins are forgiven you”. 21And the scribes and the Pharisees began thinking to themselves, “Who is this Who speaks blasphemies? No one can forgive sins, but God alone!” 22But when Jesus perceived their thoughts, He said to them, “Why do you question this in your hearts? 23Which is easier, to say, ‘your sins are forgiven you’; or to say, ‘Rise up and walk?’ 24But so that you may know that the Son of man has power on earth to forgive sins, He said to the sick of the palsy, I say to you, ‘Arise, and take up your couch, and go to your home.’” 25And he immediately stood up in front of them all, picked up the mat he had been lying on, and departed for home, glorifying God. 26And they were all amazed, and gave glory to God, and were filled with awe, saying, “We have seen strange (remarkable) things today”.

27And after this, Jesus went out, and saw a tax collector, named Levi, sitting at his tax office; and He said to him, “Follow Me”. 28And Levi left everything, and followed Him. 29And Levi held a great feast for Him in his own house; and a large crowd of tax collectors and others that sat down to eat with them. 30But the scribes and Pharisees murmured against (complained to) His disciples, saying, “Why do you eat and drink with tax collectors and sinners?” 31And Jesus answered them, “Those that are well do not need a physician; but those that are sick. 32I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance”.

33And they said to Him, “Why do the disciples of John fast often, and make prayers, and so do the disciples of the Pharisees; but Yours go on eating and drinking?” 34And Jesus answered, “Do wedding guests fast while celebrating with the Bridegroom? 35But the days will come, when the Bridegroom shall be taken away from them, and then in those days, they shall fast”. 36And then He told them this parable: “No one tears a piece out of a new garment to patch an old one; if they do, then both the new patch shrinks and tears the old, because and the piece that was taken out of the new garment is not compatible with the old. 37And no man puts new wine into old wineskins; because the new wine will burst the wineskins, and be spilled and lost, as well as ruining the wineskins. 38But new wine must be put into new wineskins; and both are preserved. 39No man also, having drunk old wine, says he wants some new wine; for he says, “The old is better”.