Mark 2:1-16 ▼

1 After a fewe dayes also, he entred into Capernaum agayne, and it was noysed yt he was in the house.

2 And anone many were gathered together, in somuch that nowe there was no rowme to receaue them, no, not so muche as about the dore: and he preached the word vnto them.

3 And they came vnto hym, bryngyng one sicke of the paulsie, whiche was borne of foure men.

4 And when they coulde not come nye vnto hym for prease, they vncouered the roofe of the house that he was in: And whe they had broken vp the roofe, they dyd with cordes let downe the bedde, wherin the sicke of the paulsie lay.

5 When Iesus sawe their fayth, he saide vnto the sicke of the paulsie: Sonne, thy synnes be forgeuen thee.

6 But there were certayne of the scribes syttyng there, and reasonyng in theyr heartes:

7 Why doeth he thus speake blasphemies? Who can forgeue sinnes, but God only?

8 And immediatly, when Iesus perceaued in his spirite, that they so reasoned within them selues, he saith vnto them: why reason ye suche thynges in your heartes?

9 Whether is it easyer to say to the sicke of the paulsie, thy synnes be forgeuen thee: or to say, aryse, take vp thy bedde, and walke?

10 But that ye may know, that the sonne of man hath power in earth to forgeue synnes (He spake vnto the sicke of the paulsie)

11 I saye vnto thee, aryse, and take vp thy bedde, and get thee hence vnto thine house.

12 And immediatly he arose, toke vp the bedde, and went foorth before them all: insomuch that they were all amazed, & glorified God, saying: we neuer sawe it on this fashion.

13 And he went againe vnto the sea: and all the people resorted vnto him, and he taught them.

14 And as Iesus passed bye, he sawe Leui the sonne of Alphee, sittyng at the receipt of custome, and sayde vnto hym: folowe me. And he arose, and folowed hym.

15 And it came to passe, that when Iesus sate at meate in his house, many publicanes and sinners sate also together at meate with Iesus and his disciples: for there were many that folowed him.

16 And when the scribes and pharisees sawe hym eate with publicanes and sinners, they saide vnto his disciples: howe is it that he eateth and drynketh with publicanes and synners?