Dual Panel1Now <2532> after <1223> some days <2250>, when <1525> he returned <1525> <3825> to <1519> Capernaum <2584>, the news spread <191> that <3754> he was at <1722> home <3624>.
2So <2532> many <4183> gathered <4863> that <5620> there was no longer <3371> any room <5562>, not even <3366> by <4314> the door <2374>, and <2532> he preached <2980> the word <3056> to them <846>.
3Some people came <2064> bringing <5342> to <4314> him <846> a paralytic <3885>, carried <142> by <5259> four <5064> of them.
4When <2532> they were <1410> not <3361> able <1410> to bring <4374> him <846> in <4374> because of <1223> the crowd <3793>, they removed <648> the roof <4721> above <3699> Jesus <1510>. Then <2532>, after tearing <1846> it out <1846>, they lowered <5465> the stretcher <2895> the paralytic <3885> was lying on <2621>.
5When <2532> Jesus <2424> saw <1492> their <846> faith <4102>, he said <3004> to the paralytic <3885>, “Son <5043>, your <4675> sins <266> are forgiven <863>.”
6Now <1161> some <5100> of the experts in the law <1122> were <1510> sitting <2521> there <1563>, turning <1260> these things over in <1722> their <846> minds <2588>:
7“Why <5101> does <2980> this man <3778> speak <2980> this way <3779>? He is blaspheming <987>! Who <5101> can <1410> forgive <863> sins <266> but <1487> <3361> God <2316> alone <1520>?”
8Now <2532> immediately <2117>, when Jesus <2424> realized <1921> in his <846> spirit <4151> that <3754> <3779> they were contemplating <1260> such thoughts, he said <3004> to them <846>, “Why <5101> are you thinking <1260> such things <5023> in <1722> your <5216> hearts <2588>?
9Which <5101> is <1510> easier <2123>, to say <2036> to the paralytic <3885>, ‘Your <4675> sins <266> are forgiven <863>,’ or <2228> to say <2036>, ‘Stand up <1453>, take <142> your <4675> stretcher <2895>, and <2532> walk <4043>’?
10But <1161> so that <2443> you may know <1492> that <3754> the Son <5207> of Man <444> has <2192> authority <1849> on <1909> earth <1093> to forgive <863> sins <266>,”– he said <3004> to the paralytic <3885>–
11“I tell <3004> you <4671>, stand up <1453>, take <142> your <4675> stretcher <2895>, and <2532> go <5217> home <3624>.”
12And <2532> immediately <2117> the man stood up <1453>, took <142> his stretcher <2895>, and went out <1831> in front of <1715> them all <3956>. They were <1839> all <3956> amazed <1839> and <2532> glorified <1392> God <2316>, saying <3004>, “We have <1492> never <3763> seen <1492> anything like this <3779>!”
13Jesus went out <1831> again <3825> by <3844> the sea <2281>. The <2532> whole <3956> crowd <3793> came <2064> to <4314> him <846>, and <2532> he taught <1321> them <846>.
14As <3855> he went along <3855>, he saw <1492> Levi <3018>, the son of Alphaeus <256>, sitting <2521> at <1909> the tax booth <5058>. “Follow <190> me <3427>,” he said <3004> to him <846>. And <2532> he got up <450> and followed <190> him <846>.
15As Jesus <846> was <1096> having a meal <2621> in <1722> Levi’s <846> home <3614>, many <4183> tax collectors <5057> and <2532> sinners <268> were eating <4873> with Jesus <2424> and <2532> his <846> disciples <3101>, for <1063> there were <1510> many <4183> who followed <190> him <846>.
16When <2532> the experts in the law <1122> and the Pharisees <5330> saw <1492> that <3754> he was eating <2068> with <3326> sinners <268> and <2532> tax collectors <5057>, they said <3004> to <3101> his <846> disciples <3101>, “Why does he eat <2068> with <3326> tax collectors <5057> and <2532> sinners <268>?”
17When <2532> Jesus <2424> heard <191> this he said <3004> to them <846>, “Those who are healthy <2480> don’t <3756> need <5532> <2192> a physician <2395>, but <235> those who are sick <2560> do <2192>. I have <2192> not <3756> come <2064> to call <2564> the righteous <1342>, but <235> sinners <268>.”
18Now John’s <2491> disciples <3101> and <2532> the Pharisees <5330> were fasting <3522>. So <2532> they came <2064> to Jesus <846> and <2532> said <3004>, “Why <5101> do the disciples <3101> of John <2491> and <2532> the disciples <3101> of the Pharisees <5330> fast <3522>, but <1161> your <4674> disciples <3101> don’t <3756> fast <3522>?”
19Jesus <2424> said <2036> to them <846>, “The wedding guests <5207> <3567> cannot <3361> <1410> fast <3522> while the bridegroom <3566> is <1510> with <3326> them <846>, can they? As long as <3745> <5550> they have <2192> the bridegroom <3566> with <3326> them <846> they do <3522> not <3756> fast <3522>.
20But <1161> the days <2250> are coming <2064> when <3752> the bridegroom <3566> will be taken <522> from <575> them <846>, and <2532> <5119> at <1722> that <1565> time <2250> they will fast <3522>.
21No one <3762> sews <1976> a patch <4470> of unshrunk <46> cloth <1915> on <1909> an old <3820> garment <2440>; otherwise <1487> <1161> <3361>, the patch pulls away <142> from <575> it <846>, the new <2537> from the old <3820>, and <2532> the tear <4978> becomes <1096> worse <5501>.
22And <2532> no one <3762> pours <906> new <3501> wine <3631> into <1519> old <3820> wineskins <779>; otherwise <1487> <1161> <3361>, the wine <3631> will burst <4486> the skins <779>, and <2532> both the wine <3631> and <2532> the skins <779> will be destroyed <622>. Instead <235> new <3501> wine <3631> is poured into <1519> new <2537> wineskins <779>.”
23Jesus was going <1279> through <1223> the grain fields <4702> on <1722> a Sabbath <4521>, and <2532> his <846> disciples <3101> began <756> to pick <5089> some heads of wheat <4719> as they made <4160> their way <3598>.
24So <2532> the Pharisees <5330> said <3004> to him <846>, “Look <1492>, why <5101> are they doing <4160> what is <3739> against the law <3756> <1832> on the Sabbath <4521>?”
25He <2532> said <3004> to them <846>, “Have you <314> never <3763> read <314> what <5101> David <1138> did <4160> when <3753> he was <2192> in need <5532> and <2532> he <846> and <2532> his companions <3326> <846> were hungry <3983>–
26how <4459> he entered <1525> the house <3624> of God <2316> when Abiathar <8> was high priest <749> and <2532> ate <5315> the sacred <4286> bread <740>, which <3739> is against the law <1832> law <3756> for any but <1487> <3361> the priests <2409> to eat <5315>, and <2532> also <2532> gave <1325> it to his companions <846>?” companions <4862>?”
27Then <2532> he said <3004> to them <846>, “The Sabbath <4521> was made <1096> for <1223> people <444>, not <3756> people <444> for <1223> the Sabbath <4521>.
28For this reason <5620> the Son <5207> of Man <444> is <1510> lord <2962> even <2532> of the Sabbath <4521>.”