Luke 5:21-39 ▼

21 And the scribes and pharisees began to cavil, saying, Who is this that talketh blasphemies? Who can forgive sins but God?

22 but Jesus knowing their thoughts, answered and said unto them, What are ye disputing in your hearts?

23 Which is easier, to say, Thy sins are forgiven thee, or to say, Rise up and walk?

24 but that ye may know, that the Son of man hath power even on earth to forgive sins, (He spake to the paralytic) I say unto thee, Arise, and take up thy couch, and go to thine house.

25 And immediately he rose up before them, took up the bed on which he lay, and went away to his house, glorifying God.

26 And they were all amazed and glorified God, and were filled with awe, saying, we have seen wonderful things to-day.

27 After these things He went out and saw a publican named Levi, sitting at the custom- house, and said to him, Follow me:

28 and he left all, rose up, and followed Him.

29 And Levi made Him a great feast in his own house: and there was a great number of publicans, and others at table with them.

30 And their scribes and pharisees murmured at his disciples, saying, Why do ye eat and drink with publicans and sinners?

31 And Jesus answered and said unto them, They that are in health have no need of a physician, but they that are sick: I am not come to call the righteous,

32 but sinners to repentance.

33 And they said unto Him, Why do the disciples of John frequently fast and pray, and likewise those of the pharisees; but thine eat and drink?

34 And He said unto them, Can ye make those of the bride-chamber fast, while the bridegroom is with them?

35 but the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken from them, then they will fast.

36 Then He spake a parable to them, That no one putteth a piece of new cloth upon an old garment: otherwise, the new maketh a rent, and doth not match the old:

37 nor doth any one put new wine in to old vessels; otherwise, the new wine will burst the casks, and be spilled, and the vessels will be destroyed:

38 but new wine must be put into new vessels, and then both are saved.

39 And no one that has been drinking old wine, immediately desireth new; for he saith, the old is better.