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| 1Now after some days, when he returned to Capernaum, the news spread that he was at home. | 1Several days later, Jesus returned to Capernaum and it was reported that he was at home. |
| 2So many gathered that there was no longer any room, not even by the door, and he preached the word to them. | 2Such a large crowd gathered that there wasn't room for them, even in front of the door. Jesus was speaking his message to them |
| 3Some people came bringing to him a paralytic, carried by four of them. | 3when some people came and brought him a paralyzed man being carried by four men. |
| 4When they were not able to bring him in because of the crowd, they removed the roof above Jesus. Then, after tearing it out, they lowered the stretcher the paralytic was lying on. | 4Since 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. |
| 5When Jesus saw their faith, he said to the paralytic, "Son, your sins are forgiven." | 5When Jesus saw their faith, he told the paralyzed man, "Son, your sins are forgiven." |
| 6Now some of the experts in the law were sitting there, turning these things over in their minds: | 6Now some scribes were sitting there, arguing among themselves, |
| 7"Why does this man speak this way? He is blaspheming! Who can forgive sins but God alone?" | 7"Why does this man talk this way? He is blaspheming! Who can forgive sins but God alone?" |
| 8Now immediately, when Jesus realized in his spirit that they were contemplating such thoughts, he said to them, "Why are you thinking such things in your hearts? | 8At once, Jesus knew in his spirit what they were saying to themselves. "Why are you arguing about such things among yourselves?" he asked them. |
| 9Which is easier, to say to the paralytic, 'Your sins are forgiven,' or to say, 'Stand up, take your stretcher, and walk'? | 9"Which is easier: to say to the paralyzed man, 'Your sins are forgiven,' or '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 I want you to know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins…" Then he told the paralyzed man, |
| 11"I tell you, stand up, take your stretcher, and go home." | 11"I say to you, get up, pick up your mat, and go home!" |
| 12And immediately the man stood up, took his stretcher, and went out in front of them all. They were all amazed and glorified God, saying, "We have never seen anything like this!" | 12So the man got up, immediately picked up his mat, and went out in front of all of them. 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!" |
| 13Jesus went out again by the sea. The whole crowd came to him, and he taught them. | 13Jesus went out again beside the sea. The whole crowd kept coming to him, and he kept teaching them. |
| 14As he went along, he saw Levi, the son of Alphaeus, sitting at the tax booth. "Follow me," he said to him. And he got up and followed him. | 14As he was walking along, he saw Levi, the son of Alphaeus, sitting at the tax collector's desk. Jesus told him, "Follow me!" So Levi got up and followed him. |
| 15As Jesus was having a meal in Levi's home, many tax collectors and sinners were eating with Jesus and his disciples, for there were many who followed him. | 15Later, he was having dinner at Levi's house. Many tax collectors and sinners were also eating with Jesus and his disciples, because there were many who were following him. |
| 16When the experts in the law and the Pharisees saw that he was eating with sinners and tax collectors, they said to his disciples, "Why does he eat with tax collectors and sinners?" | 16When the scribes and the Pharisees saw him eating with sinners and tax collectors, they asked his disciples, "Why does he eat and drink with tax collectors and sinners?" |
| 17When Jesus heard this he said to them, "Those who are healthy don't need a physician, but those who are sick do. I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners." | 17When Jesus heard that, he told them, "Healthy people don't need a physician, but sick ones do. I did not come to call righteous people, but sinners." |
| 18Now John's disciples and the Pharisees were fasting. So they came to Jesus and said, "Why do the disciples of John and the disciples of the Pharisees fast, but your disciples don't fast?" | 18Now John's disciples and the Pharisees would fast regularly. Some people came and asked Jesus, "Why do John's disciples and the Pharisees' disciples fast, but your disciples don't fast?" |
| 19Jesus said to them, "The wedding guests cannot fast while the bridegroom is with them, can they? As long as they have the bridegroom with them they do not fast. | 19Jesus replied, "The wedding guests can't fast while the groom is with them, can they? As long as they have the groom with them, they can't fast. |
| 20But the days are coming when the bridegroom will be taken from them, and at that time they will fast. | 20But the time will come when the groom will be taken away from them, and then they will fast on that day." |
| 21No one sews a patch of unshrunk cloth on an old garment; otherwise, the patch pulls away from it, the new from the old, and the tear becomes worse. | 21"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. |
| 22And no one pours new wine into old wineskins; otherwise, the wine will burst the skins, and both the wine and the skins will be destroyed. Instead new wine is poured into new wineskins." | 22And 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 into fresh wineskins." |
| 23Jesus was going through the grain fields on a Sabbath, and his disciples began to pick some heads of wheat as they made their way. | 23Jesus happened to be going through the grain fields on a Sabbath. As they made their way, his disciples began picking the heads of grain. |
| 24So the Pharisees said to him, "Look, why are they doing what is against the law on the Sabbath?" | 24The Pharisees asked him, "Look! Why are they doing what is not lawful on Sabbath days?" |
| 25He said to them, "Have you never read what David did when he was in need and he and his companions were hungry-- | 25He asked them, "Haven't you read what David did when he and his companions were hungry and in need? |
| 26how he entered the house of God when Abiathar was high priest and ate the sacred bread, which is against the law for any but the priests to eat, and also gave it to his companions?" | 26How was it that he went into the House of God during the lifetime 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?" |
| 27Then he said to them, "The Sabbath was made for people, not people for the Sabbath. | 27Then he told them, "The Sabbath was made for people, not people for the Sabbath. |
| 28For this reason 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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