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Mark 2

1 And He having entered again into Capernaum after some days, it was heard that He is in the house.

2 And many were gathered together, so as to have no more space, not even at the door. And He was speaking the word to them.

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

4 And not being able to bring him to Him through the crowd, they unroofed the roof where He was, and having dug it out, they let down the mat on which the paralytic was lying.

5 And Jesus, having seen their faith, says to the paralytic, “Child, your sins are forgiven.”

6 But there were some of the scribes sitting there and reasoning in their hearts,

7 “Why does this man speak thus? He blasphemes! Who is able to forgive sins except One—God?”

8 And immediately Jesus, having known in His spirit that they are reasoning thus in themselves, says 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, ‘Arise, and take up your mat, and walk’?

10 But so that you⁺ may know that the Son of Man has authority to forgive sins on the earth...” He says to the paralytic,

11 “I say to you, arise, take up your mat, and go to your house.”

12 And he arose, and immediately, having taken up the mat, he went out before all, so as for all to be amazed and to glorify God, saying, “Never thus did we see!”

13 And He went out again beside the sea. And all the crowd was coming to Him, and He taught them.

14 And passing by, He saw Levi the son of Alphaeus sitting at the tax booth, and He says to him, “Follow Me.” And having risen up, he followed Him.

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

16 And the scribes of the Pharisees, having seen that He eats with the sinners and tax collectors, were saying to His disciples, “Why does He eat with the tax collectors and sinners?”

17 And Jesus, having heard, says to them, “Those being strong have no need of a physician, rather those being ill. I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners.”

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

19 And Jesus said to them, “Are the sons of the bridechamber able to fast while the bridegroom is with them? 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 shall have been taken away from them, and then they will fast in that day.

21 No one sews a patch of unshrunk cloth on an old garment. and if otherwise, the filling up pulls away from it, the new from the old, and a worse tear happens.

22 And no one puts new wine into old wineskins. and if otherwise, the wine will burst the wineskins, and the wine is destroyed—and the wineskins. But new wine is put into new wineskins.”

23 And it came to pass that He is passing along through the grainfields on the Sabbaths, and His disciples began to make their way, plucking the heads of grain.

24 And the Pharisees were saying to Him, “Behold, why do they do on the Sabbaths what is not lawful?”

25 And He says to them, “Did you⁺ never read what David did when he had need and was hungry, he and those with him:

26 how he entered into the house of God in the time of Abiathar the high priest, and he ate the loaves of the presentation, which is not lawful to eat, except for the priests—and he gave also to those being with him?”

27 And He said to them, “The Sabbath was made on account of the man, and not the man on account of the Sabbath.

28 So then, the Son of Man is Lord even of the Sabbath.”

Mark 3

1 And He entered into the synagogue again, and a man having a withered hand was there.

2 And they were watching Him, whether He will heal him on the Sabbaths, so that they might accuse Him.

3 And He says to the man having the withered hand, “Arise into the midst.”

4 And He says to them, “Is it lawful on the Sabbaths to do good or to do evil, to save life or to kill?” But they were silent.

5 And having looked around at them with anger, being grieved at the hardness of their heart, He says to the man, “Stretch out your hand.” And he stretched it out, and his hand was restored.

6 And the Pharisees, having gone out, immediately were taking counsel with the Herodians against Him, how they might destroy Him.

7 And Jesus withdrew with His disciples to the sea, and a great multitude from Galilee followed, and from Judea,

8 and from Jerusalem, and from Idumea, and beyond the Jordan, and around Tyre and Sidon. A great multitude, having heard how much He was doing, came to Him.

9 And He spoke to His disciples so that a boat may wait on Him because of the crowd, so that they might not press upon Him.

10 For He healed many, so as for as many as had afflictions to fall upon Him so that they might touch Him.

11 And the unclean spirits, when they were seeing Him, were falling down before Him and crying out, saying, “You are the Son of God!”

12 And He was warning them much that they should not make Him known.

13 And He goes up onto the mountain, and He summons those whom He Himself was wanting, and they went away to Him.

14 And He appointed twelve, whom also He named apostles, that they might be with Him and that He might send them to preach

15 and to have authority to cast out demons.

16 And He appointed the Twelve: And to Simon He added the name Peter,

17 and James the son of Zebedee and John the brother of James, and He added to them the name Boanerges, which is Sons of Thunder,

18 and Andrew, and Philip, and Bartholomew, and Matthew, and Thomas, and James the son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus, and Simon the Cananean,

19 and Judas Iscariot, who also betrayed Him.

20 And He comes to a house and a crowd comes together again, so that not even are they able to eat bread.

21 And having heard, those belonging to Him went out to seize Him; for they were saying that He was out of His mind.

22 And the scribes, those from Jerusalem, having come down, were saying, “He has Beelzebul,” and, “By the ruler of the demons He casts out the demons.”

23 And having summoned them, He was saying to them in parables, “How is Satan able to cast out Satan?

24 And if a kingdom may be divided against itself, that kingdom is not able to stand.

25 And if a house may be divided against itself, that house will not be able to stand.

26 And if Satan rose up against himself and was divided, he is not able to stand, but he has an end.

27 But no one is able, having entered into the house of the strong man, to plunder his goods, unless first he should bind the strong man. And then he will plunder his house.

28 Truly I say to you⁺ that all sins and blasphemies will be forgiven the sons of men, as many as they may blaspheme.

29 But whoever may blaspheme in regard to the Holy Spirit does not have forgiveness to the age, but is guilty of eternal sin.”

30 For they were saying, “He has an unclean spirit.”

31 And His mother and His brothers come, and standing outside, they sent to Him, calling Him.

32 And a crowd was sitting around Him, and they say to Him, “Behold, Your mother and Your brothers outside seek You.”

33 And answering them, He says, “Who are My mother and My brothers?”

34 And having looked around at those sitting around Him in a circle, He says, “Behold, My mother and My brothers!

35 For whoever shall do the will of God, this is My brother and sister and mother.”