| NET Bible | New American Standard Bible 1995 |
| 1Now after some days, when he returned to Capernaum, the news spread that he was at home. | 1When He had come back to Capernaum several days afterward, it was heard 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. | 2And many were gathered together, so that there was no longer room, not even near the door; and He was speaking the word to them. |
| 3Some people came bringing to him a paralytic, carried by four of them. | 3And they came, bringing to Him a paralytic, 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. | 4Being unable to get to Him because of the crowd, they removed the roof above Him; and when they had dug an opening, they let down the pallet on which the paralytic was lying. |
| 5When Jesus saw their faith, he said to the paralytic, "Son, your sins are forgiven." | 5And Jesus seeing their faith said to the paralytic, "Son, your sins are forgiven." |
| 6Now some of the experts in the law were sitting there, turning these things over in their minds: | 6But some of the scribes were sitting there and reasoning in their hearts, |
| 7"Why does this man speak this way? He is blaspheming! Who can forgive sins but God alone?" | 7"Why does this man speak that 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? | 8Immediately Jesus, aware in His spirit that they were reasoning that way within themselves, said to them, "Why are you reasoning about these things in your hearts? |
| 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 paralytic, 'Your sins are forgiven'; or to say, 'Get up, and pick up your pallet 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-- | 10"But so that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins "-- He said to the paralytic, |
| 11"I tell you, stand up, take your stretcher, and go home." | 11"I say to you, get up, pick up your pallet 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!" | 12And he got up and immediately picked up the pallet and went out in the sight of everyone, so that they were all amazed and were glorifying God, 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. | 13And He went out again by the seashore; and all the people were coming to Him, and He was 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 passed by, He saw Levi the son of Alphaeus sitting in the tax booth, and He said to him, "Follow Me!" And he 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. | 15And it happened that He was reclining at the table in his house, and many tax collectors and sinners were dining with Jesus and His disciples; for there were many of them, and they 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 of the Pharisees saw that He was eating with the sinners and tax collectors, they said to His disciples, "Why is He eating and drinking 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." | 17And hearing this, Jesus said to them, "It is not those who are healthy who need a physician, but those who are sick; I did not come to call the righteous, 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?" | 18John's disciples and the Pharisees were fasting; and they came and said to Him, "Why do John's disciples and the disciples of the Pharisees fast, but Your disciples do not 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. | 19And Jesus said to them, "While the bridegroom is with them, the attendants of the bridegroom cannot fast, can they? So long as they have the bridegroom with them, they cannot fast. |
| 20But the days are coming when the bridegroom will be taken from them, and at that time they will fast. | 20"But the days will come when the bridegroom 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; otherwise, the patch pulls away from it, the new from the old, and the tear becomes worse. | 21"No one sews a patch of unshrunk cloth on an old garment; otherwise the patch pulls away from it, the new from the old, and a worse tear results. |
| 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." | 22"No one puts new wine into old wineskins; otherwise the wine will burst the skins, and the wine is lost and the skins as well; but one puts new wine 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. | 23And it happened that He was passing through the grainfields on the Sabbath, and His disciples began to make their way along while 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 were saying to Him, "Look, why are they doing what is not lawful on the Sabbath?" |
| 25He said to them, "Have you never read what David did when he was in need and he and his companions were hungry-- | 25And He said to them, "Have you never read what David did when he was in need and he and his companions became hungry; |
| 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 he entered the house of God in the time of Abiathar the high priest, and ate the consecrated bread, which is not lawful for anyone to eat except the priests, and he also gave it to those who were with him?" |
| 27Then he said to them, "The Sabbath was made for people, not people for the Sabbath. | 27Jesus said to them, "The Sabbath was made for man, and not man for the Sabbath. |
| 28For this reason the Son of Man is lord even of the Sabbath." | 28"So the Son of Man is Lord even of the Sabbath." |
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