Mark 2:1-20 ▼

1 And again He entered into Capernaum, after [some] days, and it was heard that He is in the house,

2 and immediately many were gathered together, so that there was no more room, not even at the door, and He was speaking to them the word.

3 And they come to Him, bringing a paralytic, carried by four,

4 and not being able to come near to Him because of the multitude, they uncovered the roof where He was, and having broken [it] up, they let down the pallet on which the paralytic was lying,

5 and Jesus having seen their faith, says to the paralytic, “Child, your sins have been forgiven you.”

6 And there were certain of the scribes sitting there, and reasoning in their hearts,

7 “Why does this One thus speak evil words? Who is able to forgive sins except one—God?”

8 And immediately Jesus, having known in His spirit that they thus reason in themselves, said to them, “Why do you reason these things in your hearts?

9 Which is easier? To say to the paralytic, Your sins are forgiven; or to say, Rise, and take up your pallet, and walk?

10 And that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on the earth to forgive sins—(He says to the paralytic)—

11 I say to you, rise, and take up your pallet, and go away to your house”;

12 and he rose immediately, and having taken up the pallet, he went forth before all, so that all were astonished, and glorify God, saying, “Never thus did we see.”

13 And He went forth again by the sea, and all the multitude was coming to Him, and He was teaching them,

14 and passing by, He saw Levi of Alpheus sitting at the tax office, and says to him, “Follow Me,” and he, having risen, followed Him.

15 And it came to pass, in His reclining in his house, that many tax collectors and sinners were dining with Jesus and His disciples, for there were many, and they followed Him.

16 And the scribes and the Pharisees, having seen Him eating with the tax collectors and sinners, said to His disciples, “Why—that with the tax collectors and sinners He eats and drinks?”

17 And Jesus, having heard, says to them, “They who are strong have no need of a physician, but they who are ill; I did not come to call righteous men, but sinners.”

18 And the disciples of John and those of the Pharisees were fasting, and they come and say to Him, “Why do the disciples of John and those of the Pharisees fast, and Your disciples do not fast?”

19 And Jesus said to them, “Are the sons of the bride-chamber able, while the bridegroom is with them, to fast? As long a time [as] they have the bridegroom with them they are not able to fast;

20 but days will come when the bridegroom may be taken from them, and then they will fast—in those days.