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Mark 2

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¹ When ⓐ He entered Capernaum ⓑ again after some days, it was reported that He was at home.

² So many people gathered together that there was no more room, not even in the doorway, and He was speaking the message ⓒ to them.

³ Then they came to Him bringing a paralytic, ⓓ carried by four men.

⁴ Since they were not able to bring him to [1] Jesus because of the crowd, they removed the roof above where He was. And when they had broken through, they lowered the mat on which the paralytic was lying.

⁵ Seeing their faith, ⓔ Jesus told the paralytic, “Son, your sins ⓕ are forgiven.” ⓖ

⁶ But some of the scribes ⓗ were sitting there, thinking ⓘ to themselves: [2]

⁷ “Why does He speak like this? He’s blaspheming! ⓙ Who can forgive ⓚ sins ⓛ but God alone?” ⓜ

⁸ Right away ⓝ Jesus understood in His spirit ⓞ that they were thinking like this within themselves and said to them, “Why are you thinking these things in your hearts? [3]

⁹ Which is easier: ⓟ to say to the paralytic, ⓠ ‘Your sins are forgiven,’ or to say, ‘Get up, pick up your mat, and walk’? ⓡ

¹⁰ But so you may know that the Son of Man ⓢ has authority ⓣ on earth to forgive sins,” ⓤ He told the paralytic,

¹¹ “I tell you: get up, ⓥ pick up your mat, and go home.”

¹² Immediately he got up, picked up the mat, and went out in front of everyone. As a result, they were all astounded ⓦ and gave glory ⓧ to God, ⓨ saying, “We have never seen anything like this!” ⓩ

¹³ Then ⓐ Jesus went out again beside the sea. The whole crowd was coming to Him, and He taught ⓑ them.

¹⁴ Then, moving on, He saw Levi ⓒ the son of Alphaeus sitting at the tax office, ⓓ and He said to him, “Follow Me!” ⓔ So he got up and followed ⓕ Him.

¹⁵ While He was reclining at the table in Levi’s house, many tax collectors ⓖ and sinners ⓗ were also guests [4] ⓘ with Jesus and His disciples, because there were many who were following Him.

¹⁶ When the scribes ⓙ of the Pharisees [5] ⓚ saw that He was eating ⓛ with sinners ⓜ and tax collectors, ⓝ they asked His disciples, “Why does He eat [6] with tax collectors and sinners?”

¹⁷ When Jesus heard this, He told them, “Those who are well don’t need ⓞ a doctor, ⓟ but the sick ⓠ do need one. I didn’t come to call the righteous, ⓡ but sinners.” ⓢ

¹⁸ Now ⓣ John’s ⓤ disciples ⓥ and the Pharisees [7] ⓦ were fasting. ⓧ People came and asked Him, “Why do John’s disciples and the Pharisees’ disciples fast, but Your disciples do not fast?”

¹⁹ Jesus said to them, “The wedding guests [8] cannot fast while the groom ⓨ is with them, can they? As long as they have the groom with them, they cannot fast.

²⁰ But the time [9] will come ⓩ when the groom is 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. Otherwise, the new patch pulls away from the old cloth, ⓒ and a worse tear is made.

²² And no one puts new wine ⓓ into old wineskins. Otherwise, the wine will burst ⓔ the skins, and the wine is lost as well as the skins. [10] But new wine is for fresh wineskins.”

²³ On ⓕ the Sabbath He was going through the grainfields, and His disciples ⓖ began to make their way picking some heads of grain.

²⁴ The Pharisees ⓗ said to Him, “Look, why are they doing what is not lawful ⓘ on the Sabbath?”

²⁵ He said to them, “Have you never read what David ⓙ and those who were with him did when he was in need ⓚ and hungry ⓛ —

²⁶ how he entered the house of God in the time of Abiathar ⓜ the high priest ⓝ and ate the sacred bread ⓞ — which is not lawful for anyone to eat except the priests ⓟ — and also gave some to his companions?”

²⁷ Then He told them, “The Sabbath was made for [11] man and not man for [12] the Sabbath. ⓠ

²⁸ Therefore, the Son of Man ⓡ is Lord ⓢ even of the Sabbath.” ⓣ

#	HCSB
1	When ⓐ He entered Capernaum ⓑ again after some days, it was reported that He was at home.
2	So many people gathered together that there was no more room, not even in the doorway, and He was speaking the message ⓒ to them.
3	Then they came to Him bringing a paralytic, ⓓ carried by four men.
4	Since they were not able to bring him to [1] Jesus because of the crowd, they removed the roof above where He was. And when they had broken through, they lowered the mat on which the paralytic was lying.
5	Seeing their faith, ⓔ Jesus told the paralytic, “Son, your sins ⓕ are forgiven.” ⓖ
6	But some of the scribes ⓗ were sitting there, thinking ⓘ to themselves: [2]
7	“Why does He speak like this? He’s blaspheming! ⓙ Who can forgive ⓚ sins ⓛ but God alone?” ⓜ
8	Right away ⓝ Jesus understood in His spirit ⓞ that they were thinking like this within themselves and said to them, “Why are you thinking these things in your hearts? [3]
9	Which is easier: ⓟ to say to the paralytic, ⓠ ‘Your sins are forgiven,’ or to say, ‘Get up, pick up your mat, and walk’? ⓡ
10	But so you may know that the Son of Man ⓢ has authority ⓣ on earth to forgive sins,” ⓤ He told the paralytic,
11	“I tell you: get up, ⓥ pick up your mat, and go home.”
12	Immediately he got up, picked up the mat, and went out in front of everyone. As a result, they were all astounded ⓦ and gave glory ⓧ to God, ⓨ saying, “We have never seen anything like this!” ⓩ
13	Then ⓐ Jesus went out again beside the sea. The whole crowd was coming to Him, and He taught ⓑ them.
14	Then, moving on, He saw Levi ⓒ the son of Alphaeus sitting at the tax office, ⓓ and He said to him, “Follow Me!” ⓔ So he got up and followed ⓕ Him.
15	While He was reclining at the table in Levi’s house, many tax collectors ⓖ and sinners ⓗ were also guests [4] ⓘ with Jesus and His disciples, because there were many who were following Him.
16	When the scribes ⓙ of the Pharisees [5] ⓚ saw that He was eating ⓛ with sinners ⓜ and tax collectors, ⓝ they asked His disciples, “Why does He eat [6] with tax collectors and sinners?”
17	When Jesus heard this, He told them, “Those who are well don’t need ⓞ a doctor, ⓟ but the sick ⓠ do need one. I didn’t come to call the righteous, ⓡ but sinners.” ⓢ
18	Now ⓣ John’s ⓤ disciples ⓥ and the Pharisees [7] ⓦ were fasting. ⓧ People came and asked Him, “Why do John’s disciples and the Pharisees’ disciples fast, but Your disciples do not fast?”
19	Jesus said to them, “The wedding guests [8] cannot fast while the groom ⓨ is with them, can they? As long as they have the groom with them, they cannot fast.
20	But the time [9] will come ⓩ when the groom is 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. Otherwise, the new patch pulls away from the old cloth, ⓒ and a worse tear is made.
22	And no one puts new wine ⓓ into old wineskins. Otherwise, the wine will burst ⓔ the skins, and the wine is lost as well as the skins. [10] But new wine is for fresh wineskins.”
23	On ⓕ the Sabbath He was going through the grainfields, and His disciples ⓖ began to make their way picking some heads of grain.
24	The Pharisees ⓗ said to Him, “Look, why are they doing what is not lawful ⓘ on the Sabbath?”
25	He said to them, “Have you never read what David ⓙ and those who were with him did when he was in need ⓚ and hungry ⓛ —
26	how he entered the house of God in the time of Abiathar ⓜ the high priest ⓝ and ate the sacred bread ⓞ — which is not lawful for anyone to eat except the priests ⓟ — and also gave some to his companions?”
27	Then He told them, “The Sabbath was made for [11] man and not man for [12] the Sabbath. ⓠ
28	Therefore, the Son of Man ⓡ is Lord ⓢ even of the Sabbath.” ⓣ

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