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Mark - ch 2 v 1 - 20
- And again he entered into Capernaum, after `some' days, and it was heard that he is in the house,
- and immediately many were gathered together, so that there was no more room, not even at the door, and he was speaking to them the word.
- And they come unto him, bringing a paralytic, borne by four,
- and not being able to come near to him because of the multitude, they uncovered the roof where he was, and, having broken `it' up, they let down the couch on which the paralytic was lying,
- and Jesus having seen their faith, saith to the paralytic, `Child, thy sins have been forgiven thee.'
- And there were certain of the scribes there sitting, and reasoning in their hearts,
- `Why doth this one thus speak evil words? who is able to forgive sins except one -- God?'
- And immediately Jesus, having known in his spirit that they thus reason in themselves, said to them, `Why these things reason ye in your hearts?
- which is easier, to say to the paralytic, The sins have been forgiven to thee? or to say, Rise, and take up thy couch, and walk?
- `And, that ye may know that the Son of Man hath authority on the earth to forgive sins -- (he saith to the paralytic) --
- I say to thee, Rise, and take up thy couch, and go away to thy house;'
- and he rose immediately, and having taken up the couch, he went forth before all, so that all were astonished, and do glorify God, saying -- `Never thus did we see.'
- And he went forth again by the sea, and all the multitude was coming unto him, and he was teaching them,
- and passing by, he saw Levi of Alpheus sitting at the tax-office, and saith to him, `Be following me,' and he, having risen, did follow him.
- And it came to pass, in his reclining (at meat) in his house, that many tax-gatherers and sinners were reclining (at meat) with Jesus and his disciples, for there were many, and they followed him.
- And the scribes and the Pharisees, having seen him eating with the tax-gatherers and sinners, said to his disciples, `Why -- that with the tax-gatherers and sinners he doth eat and drink?'
- And Jesus, having heard, saith to them, `They who are strong have no need of a physician, but they who are ill; I came not to call righteous men, but sinners to reformation.'
- And the disciples of John and those of the Pharisees were fasting, and they come and say to him, `Wherefore do the disciples of John and those of the Pharisees fast, and thy disciples do not fast?'
- And Jesus said to them, `Are the sons of the bride-chamber able, while the bridegroom is with them, to fast? so long time as they have the bridegroom with them they are not able to fast;
- but days shall come when the bridegroom may be taken from them, and then they shall fast -- in those days.
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