{"book":"Mark","slug":"mark","ch":2,"genre":"prose","sub":"The Gospel according to Mark","prev":"mark/1","next":"mark/3","verses":[{"v":1,"t":"[A few] days later [Jesus] went back to Capernaum. And when [the people] heard that He was home,","f":[],"h":"Jesus Heals a Paralytic","style":"reg"},{"v":2,"t":"they gathered in such large numbers that [there was] no more room, not even outside the door, [as Jesus] spoke the word to them.","f":[]},{"v":3,"t":"Then a paralytic was brought to Him, carried by four [men].","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":4,"t":"Since they were unable to get to [Jesus] through the crowd, they uncovered the roof above Him, made an opening, [and] lowered the paralytic on [his] mat.","f":[]},{"v":5,"t":"When Jesus saw their faith, He said to the paralytic,“ Son, your sins are forgiven.”","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"reg","t":"When Jesus saw their faith, He said to the paralytic,"},{"style":"red","t":"“ Son, your sins are forgiven.”"}],"style":"reg"},{"v":6,"t":"But some of the scribes were sitting there and thinking in their hearts,","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":7,"t":"“ Why {does} this [man] speak like this? He is blaspheming! Who can forgive sins but God alone?”","f":[]},{"v":8,"t":"At once Jesus knew in His spirit that they were thinking this way within themselves.“ Why are you thinking these things in your hearts?” He asked.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"reg","t":"At once Jesus knew in His spirit that they were thinking this way within themselves."},{"style":"red","t":"“ Why are you thinking these things in your hearts?” He asked."}],"style":"reg"},{"v":9,"t":"“ Which is easier: to say to a paralytic,‘ Your sins are forgiven,’ or to say,‘ Get up, pick up your mat, and walk ’?","f":[],"style":"red"},{"v":10,"t":"But so that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins ” He said to the paralytic,","f":[]},{"v":11,"t":"“ I tell you, get up, pick up your mat, and go home.”","f":[],"style":"red"},{"v":12,"t":"And immediately [the man] got up, picked up [his] mat, [and] walked out in front of them all. As a result, they were all astounded and glorified God, saying,“ We have never seen anything like this!”","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":13,"t":"[Once] again [Jesus] went out beside the sea. All the people came to Him, and He taught them [there].","f":[],"h":"Jesus Calls Levi","style":"reg"},{"v":14,"t":"As He was walking along, He saw Levi [son] of Alphaeus sitting at the tax booth.“ Follow Me,” He told him, and [Levi] got up [and] followed Him.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"reg","t":"As He was walking along, He saw Levi [son] of Alphaeus sitting at the tax booth."},{"style":"red","t":"“ Follow Me,” He told him, and [Levi] got up [and] followed Him."}],"style":"reg"},{"v":15,"t":"While [Jesus] was dining at [Levi’s] house, many tax collectors and sinners were eating with [Him] and His disciples — for there were many who followed Him.","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":16,"t":"When the scribes who [were] Pharisees saw [Jesus] eating with [these people], they asked His disciples,“ Why {does} He eat with tax collectors and sinners?”","f":["BYZ and TR include and drink; see Luke 5:30."]},{"v":17,"t":"[On] hearing this, Jesus told them,“ [It is] not the healthy [who] need a doctor, but the sick. I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners.”","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"reg","t":"[On] hearing this, Jesus told them,"},{"style":"red","t":"“ [It is] not the healthy [who] need a doctor, but the sick. I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners.”"}],"style":"reg"},{"v":18,"t":"Now John’s disciples and the Pharisees were often fasting. So [people] came to [Jesus] and asked,“ Why don’t Your disciples fast [like] John’s disciples and [those] of the Pharisees?”","f":[],"h":"Questions about Fasting","style":"reg"},{"v":19,"t":"Jesus replied,“ How can the guests of the bridegroom fast while [He] is with them? As long as [He is] with them, they cannot fast.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"reg","t":"Jesus replied,"},{"style":"red","t":"“ How can the guests of the bridegroom fast while [He] is with them? As long as [He is] with them, they cannot fast."}],"style":"reg"},{"v":20,"t":"But the time will come when the bridegroom will be taken from them; then they will fast.","f":[]},{"v":21,"t":"No one sews a patch of unshrunk cloth on an old garment. If he does, the [new] piece will pull away from [the] old, and a worse tear will result.","f":[],"h":"The Patches and the Wineskins","style":"red"},{"v":22,"t":"And no one pours new wine into old wineskins. If he does, the wine will burst the skins, and [both] the wine and the wineskins will be ruined. Instead, new wine [is poured] into new wineskins.”","f":["Tischendorf does not include Instead, new wine is poured into new wineskins."],"style":"red"},{"v":23,"t":"One Sabbath [Jesus] was passing through the grainfields, and His disciples began to pick the heads of grain [as] they walked along.","f":[],"h":"The Lord of the Sabbath","style":"reg"},{"v":24,"t":"[So] the Pharisees said to Him,“ Look, why are they doing what is unlawful on the Sabbath?”","f":[]},{"v":25,"t":"[Jesus] replied,“ Have you never read what David did when he and his companions were hungry and in need?","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"reg","t":"[Jesus] replied,"},{"style":"red","t":"“ Have you never read what David did when he and his companions were hungry and in need?"}],"style":"reg"},{"v":26,"t":"During the high priesthood of Abiathar, he entered the house of God and ate the consecrated bread, which was lawful only for the priests. And he gave [some] to his companions as well.”","f":["Or the Bread of the Presence"]},{"v":27,"t":"Then [Jesus] declared,“ The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"reg","t":"Then [Jesus] declared,"},{"style":"red","t":"“ The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath."}],"style":"reg"},{"v":28,"t":"Therefore, the Son of Man is Lord even of the Sabbath.”","f":[]}]}