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21 But the scribes and Pharisees began thinking to themselves, “Who is this man who speaks blasphemy? Who can forgive sins but God {Theos} alone? 22 Knowing what they were thinking, Jesus (YHWH saves) replied, “Why are you⁺ thinking these things in your⁺ hearts? 23 Which is easier: to say, ‘Your sins are forgiven, or to say, ‘Get up and walk’? 24 But so that you⁺ may know that the Son of Man has authority on the earth to forgive sins… He said to the paralytic, “I tell you, get up, pick up your mat, and go home. 25 And immediately the man stood up before them, took what he had been lying on, and went home glorifying God {Theon}. 26 Everyone was taken with amazement and glorified God {Theon}. They were filled with awe and said, “We have seen remarkable things today. 27 After this, Jesus went out and saw a tax collector named Levi (attached to) sitting at the tax booth. “Follow (accompany) Me, He told him, 28 and Levi got up, left everything, and followed Him. 29 Then Levi (attached to) hosted a great banquet for Jesus at his house. A large crowd of tax collectors was there, along with others who were eating with them. 30 But the Pharisees and their scribes complained to Jesus’ disciples (pupils), “Why do you⁺ eat and drink with tax collectors and sinners? 31 Jesus (YHWH saves) answered, “It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. 32 I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners, to repentance. 33 Then they said to Him, “John’s (YHWH is gracious) disciples (pupils) and those of the Pharisees frequently fast and pray, but Yours⁺ keep on eating and drinking. 34 Jesus (YHWH saves) replied, “Can you⁺ make the guests of the bridegroom fast while He is with them? 35 But the time will come when the bridegroom will be taken from them; then they will fast. 36 He also told them a parable: “No one tears a piece of cloth from a new garment and sews it on an old one. If he does, he will tear the new garment as well, and the patch from the new will not match the old. 37 And no one pours new wine into old wineskins. If he does, the new wine will burst the skins, the wine will spill, and the wineskins will be ruined. 38 Instead, new wine is poured into new wineskins. 39 And no one after drinking old wine wants new, for he says, ‘The old is better. Luke 5:21-39, Berean Annotated Bible. Public domain.
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