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Mark 2
Part 1 of 2
1 AND Jesus entered again into Capernaum for a few days; and when they heard that he was in a house, 2 A great many gathered together so that it was impossible to hold them, not even in front of the entrance; so he spoke a few words to them. 3 And they came to him, and brought to him a paralyzed man, carried between four men. 4 But as they were unable to come near him because of the crowd, they went up to the roof and uncovered it over the place where Jesus was; and they lowered the quilt-bed in which the paralyzed man lay. 5 When Jesus saw their faith, he said to the paralytic, My son, your sins are forgiven. 6 Now some of the scribes and Pharisees were sitting there, and they reasoned in their hearts, 7 Why does this man speak blasphemy? Who can forgive sins except God only? 8 But Jesus perceived in his spirit that they were reasoning among themselves, and he said to them, Why do you reason these things in your heart? 9 Which is the easier, to say to the paralytic, Your sins are forgiven; or to say, Rise, take up your quilt-bed and walk? 10 But that you may know that the Son of man has power on earth to forgive sins, he said to the paralytic, 11 I tell you, Rise, take up your quilt-bed, and go to your house. 12 And immediately he rose, and took up his quilt-bed and went out before the eyes of them all; and they were all amazed, and gave glory to God, saying, We have never seen anything like it. 13 And he went out again by the seaside, and all the people kept coming to him, and he taught them. 14 And as he passed by, he saw Levi the son of Alphaeus, sitting at the custom house, and he said to him, Follow me; and he got up and followed him. 15 And it happened that while he was a guest at his house, a great many publicans and sinners were also guests with Jesus and his disciples; for there were many, and they followed him. 16 And when the scribes and the Pharisees saw him eating with the publicans and sinners, they said to his disciples, Why does he eat and drink with publicans and sinners? 17 When Jesus heard it, he said to them, Those who are healthy need no doctor, but those who are seriously sick; I came not to call the righteous, but the sinners. 18 The disciples of John and of the Pharisees were fasting; and they came and said to him, Why do the disciples of John and of the Pharisees fast, and your own disciples do not fast? 19 Jesus said to them, Why, can the sons of the wedding feast fast as long as the bridegroom is with them? No! 20 But the days will come when the bridegroom is taken away from them, then in that day they will fast. 21 No man puts a new patch and sews it on a worn out garment, so that the new patch may not weaken the old, and the hole become larger. 22 And no man pours new wine into old wine-skins, so that the wine may not rend the skins and the skins be ruined, and the wine run out; but they pour new wine into new wine-skins. 23 And it happened that while Jesus was going through the wheat fields on the sabbath, his disciples walked and pulled up the ears of wheat. 24 And the Pharisees said to him, Look what they are doing on the sabbath! that which is unlawful. 25 Jesus said to them, Have you not read what David did, when he was in need and hungry, he and those who were with him? 26 How he entered into the house of God when Abiathar was the chief priest, and ate the bread which was on the table of the Lord, which was not lawful to be eaten except by the priests, and he gave it also to those who were with him? 27 And he said to them, The sabbath was created for the sake of man, and not man for the sake of the sabbath. 28 The Son of man therefore is the Lord also of the sabbath.
Mark 3
Part 2 of 2
1 JESUS entered again into the synagogue, and there was there a man whose hand was withered. 2 And they watched him if he would heal him on the sabbath, that they might accuse him. 3 And he said to the man whose hand was withered, Stand up in the midst. 4 Then he said to them also, Is it lawful to do good or evil on the sabbath, to save a life or to destroy it? But they were silent. 5 And he looked at them with anger, sad because of the hardness of their hearts; and he said to the man, Stretch out your hand, and he stretched it out; and his hand was restored. 6 And the Pharisees immediately went out with the Herodians, and they took counsel concerning him how to do away with him. 7 So Jesus went to the sea with his disciples; and a great many people from Galilee followed him, and from Judaea, 8 And from Jerusalem, and from Idumaea, and from around the Jordan, and from Tyre and from Sidon; large crowds, who had heard all that he was doing, came to him. 9 And he said to his disciples to bring the boat near to him, because of the crowds, so that they might not press on him. 10 For he was healing so many, that others pushed toward him so as to touch him. 11 And those who were afflicted with unclean spirits, when they saw him, fell down before him, and cried saying, You are indeed the Son of God. 12 And he cautioned them a great deal, not to make him known. 13 And he went up to the mountain, and called those he wanted; and they came to him. 14 And he chose twelve to be with him, that he might send them to preach, 15 And to have power to heal the sick, and cast out devils. 16 And Simon he surnamed Peter. 17 And James the son of Zebedee, and John the brother of James, he surnamed B’nai Rakhshi, which means 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 Zealot, 19 And Judas of Iscariot, who betrayed him. And they came into the house. 20 And the people gathered again, so that they could not find bread to eat. 21 And his relatives heard it, and went out to arrest him, for they said, He has lost his mind. 22 And the scribes who had come down from Jerusalem said, Beelzebub is with him, and, By the prince of demons he is casting out demons. 23 And Jesus called them, and said to them in parables, How can Satan cast out Satan? 24 If a kingdom is divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand. 25 And if a household is divided against itself, that household cannot stand. 26 And if Satan rises up against himself and is divided, he cannot stand, but that is his end. 27 No man can enter into a strong man’s house and plunder his goods, unless he first bind the strong man; and then he plunders his house. 28 Truly I say to you, that all sins and blasphemies which men blaspheme, shall be forgiven to them. 29 But he who blasphemes against the Holy Spirit, shall never be forgiven, but is guilty before the everlasting judgment. 30 Because they had said, He has an unclean spirit. 31 Then there came his mother and his brothers, and stood outside, and they sent in to call him. 32 But the people were sitting around him; and they said to him, Behold, your mother and your brothers are outside, asking for you. 33 And he answered and said to them, Who is my mother, and who are my brothers? 34 And he looked at those who sat near him and said, Behold my mother, and behold my brothers. 35 For whoever does the will of God, is my brother and my sister and my mother. Mark 2:1-3:35, Lamsa Bible. Public domain.
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