| Berean Study Bible | Holman Christian Standard Bible |
| 1A few days later Jesus went back to Capernaum. And when the people heard that He was home, | 1When He entered Capernaum again after some days, it was reported that He was at home. |
| 2they gathered in such large numbers that there was no more room, not even outside the door, as Jesus spoke the word to them. | 2So many people gathered together that there was no more room, not even in the doorway, and He was speaking the message to them. |
| 3Then a paralytic was brought to Him, carried by four men. | 3Then they came to Him bringing a paralytic, carried by four men. |
| 4Since they were unable to get to Jesus through the crowd, they uncovered the roof above Him, made an opening, and lowered the paralytic on his mat. | 4Since they were not able to bring him to Jesus because of the crowd, they removed the roof above where He was. And when they had broken through, they lowered the mat on which the paralytic was lying. |
| 5When Jesus saw their faith, He said to the paralytic, “Son, your sins are forgiven.” | 5Seeing their faith, Jesus told the paralytic, "Son, your sins are forgiven." |
| 6But some of the scribes were sitting there and thinking in their hearts, | 6But some of the scribes were sitting there, thinking to themselves:" |
| 7“Why does this man speak like this? He is blaspheming! Who can forgive sins but God alone?” | 7Why does He speak like this? He's blaspheming! Who can forgive sins but God alone?" |
| 8At once Jesus knew in His spirit that they were thinking this way within themselves. “Why are you thinking these things in your hearts?” He asked. | 8Right away Jesus understood in His spirit that they were thinking like this within themselves and said to them, "Why are you thinking these things in your hearts? |
| 9“Which is easier: to say to a paralytic, ‘Your sins are forgiven,’ or to say, ‘Get up, pick up your mat, and walk’? | 9Which is easier: to say to the paralytic, 'Your sins are forgiven,' or to say, Get up, pick up your mat, and walk? |
| 10But so that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins...” He said to the paralytic, | 10But so you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins," He told the paralytic, |
| 11“I tell you, get up, pick up your mat, and go home.” | 11"I tell you: get up, pick up your mat, and go home." |
| 12And immediately the man got up, picked up his mat, and walked out in front of them all. As a result, they were all astounded and glorified God, saying, “We have never seen anything like this!” | 12Immediately he got up, picked up the mat, and went out in front of everyone. As a result, they were all astounded and gave glory to God, saying, "We have never seen anything like this!" |
| 13Once again Jesus went out beside the sea. All the people came to Him, and He taught them there. | 13Then Jesus went out again beside the sea. The whole crowd was coming to Him, and He taught them. |
| 14As He was walking along, He saw Levi son of Alphaeus sitting at the tax booth. “Follow Me,” He told him, and Levi got up and followed Him. | 14Then, moving on, He saw Levi the son of Alphaeus sitting at the tax office, and He said to him, "Follow Me!" So he got up and followed Him. |
| 15While Jesus was dining at Levi’s house, many tax collectors and sinners were eating with Him and His disciples—for there were many who followed Him. | 15While He was reclining at the table in Levi's house, many tax collectors and sinners were also guests with Jesus and His disciples, because there were many who were following Him. |
| 16When the scribes who were Pharisees saw Jesus eating with these people, they asked His disciples, “Why does He eat with tax collectors and sinners?” | 16When the scribes of the Pharisees saw that He was eating with sinners and tax collectors, they asked His disciples, "Why does He eat with tax collectors and sinners?" |
| 17On hearing this, Jesus told them, “It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners.” | 17When Jesus heard this, He told them, "Those who are well don't need a doctor, but the sick do need one. I didn't come to call the righteous, but sinners." |
| 18Now John’s disciples and the Pharisees were often fasting. So people came to Jesus and asked, “Why don’t Your disciples fast like John’s disciples and those of the Pharisees?” | 18Now John's disciples and the Pharisees were fasting. People came and asked Him, "Why do John's disciples and the Pharisees' disciples fast, but Your disciples do not fast?" |
| 19Jesus replied, “How can the guests of the bridegroom fast while He is with them? As long as He is with them, they cannot fast. | 19Jesus said to them, "The wedding guests cannot fast while the groom is with them, can they? As long as they have the groom with them, they cannot fast. |
| 20But the time will come when the bridegroom will be taken from them; then they will fast. | 20But the time will come when the groom is taken away from them, and then they will fast in that day. |
| 21No one sews a patch of unshrunk cloth on an old garment. If he does, the new piece will pull away from the old, and a worse tear will result. | 21No one sews a patch of unshrunk cloth on an old garment. Otherwise, the new patch pulls away from the old cloth, and a worse tear is made. |
| 22And no one pours new wine into old wineskins. If he does, the wine will burst the skins, and both the wine and the wineskins will be ruined. Instead, new wine is poured into new wineskins.” | 22And no one puts new wine into old wineskins. Otherwise, the wine will burst the skins, and the wine is lost as well as the skins. But new wine is for fresh wineskins." |
| 23One Sabbath Jesus was passing through the grainfields, and His disciples began to pick the heads of grain as they walked along. | 23On the Sabbath He was going through the grainfields, and His disciples began to make their way picking some heads of grain. |
| 24So the Pharisees said to Him, “Look, why are they doing what is unlawful on the Sabbath?” | 24The Pharisees said to Him, "Look, why are they doing what is not lawful on the Sabbath?" |
| 25Jesus replied, “Have you never read what David did when he and his companions were hungry and in need? | 25He said to them, "Have you never read what David and those who were with him did when he was in need and hungry-- |
| 26During the high priesthood of Abiathar, he entered the house of God and ate the consecrated bread, which was lawful only for the priests. And he gave some to his companions as well.” | 26how he entered the house of God in the time of Abiathar the high priest and ate the sacred bread--which is not lawful for anyone to eat except the priests--and also gave some to his companions?" |
| 27Then Jesus declared, “The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath. | 27Then He told them, "The Sabbath was made for man and not man for the Sabbath. |
| 28Therefore, the Son of Man is Lord even of the Sabbath.” | 28Therefore, the Son of Man is Lord even of the Sabbath." |
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