1 W hen He had come back to Capernaum several days afterward, it was heard that He was at home.

¶ And again he entered into Capernaum after some days, and it was heard that he was in the house.

2 A nd many were gathered together, so that there was no longer room, not even near the door; and He was speaking the word to them.

And soon many were gathered together, insomuch that there was no room to receive them, no, not so much as about the door; and he preached the word unto them.

3 A nd they came, bringing to Him a paralytic, carried by four men.

And they came unto him, bringing a paralytic, carried by four men.

4 B eing unable to get to Him because of the crowd, they removed the roof above Him; and when they had dug an opening, they let down the pallet on which the paralytic was lying.

And when they could not come near unto him for the crowd, they uncovered the roof of the house where he was; and when they had broken it open, they let down the bed in which the paralytic lay.

5 A nd Jesus seeing their faith said to the paralytic, “ Son, your sins are forgiven.”

When Jesus saw their faith, he said unto the paralytic, Son, thy sins are forgiven thee.

6 B ut some of the scribes were sitting there and reasoning in their hearts,

But there were certain of the scribes sitting there and thinking in their hearts,

7 “ Why does this man speak that way? He is blaspheming; who can forgive sins but God alone?”

Why does this fellow so blaspheme? Who can forgive sins but God only?

8 I mmediately Jesus, aware in His spirit that they were reasoning that way within themselves, said to them, “Why are you reasoning about these things in your hearts?

And Jesus, knowing afterward in his spirit that they so reasoned within themselves, said unto them, Why think ye these things in your hearts?

9 W hich is easier, to say to the paralytic, ‘Your sins are forgiven’; or to say, ‘Get up, and pick up your pallet and walk’?

What is easier to say to the paralytic, Thy sins are forgiven thee, or to say, Arise and take up thy bed and walk?

10 B ut so that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins” —He said to the paralytic,

But that ye may know that the Son of man has power on earth to forgive sins (he spoke to the sick of the palsy),

11 “ I say to you, get up, pick up your pallet and go home.”

I say unto thee, Arise and take up thy bed and go to thy house.

12 A nd he got up and immediately picked up the pallet and went out in the sight of everyone, so that they were all amazed and were glorifying God, saying, “ We have never seen anything like this.”

And by and by he arose, took up the bed, and went forth before them all; insomuch that they were all amazed and glorified God, saying, We never saw anything like unto this.

13 A nd He went out again by the seashore; and all the people were coming to Him, and He was teaching them. Levi (Matthew) Called

¶ And he went again unto the sea; and all the multitude resorted unto him, and he taught them.

14 A s He passed by, He saw Levi the son of Alphaeus sitting in the tax booth, and He said to him, “ Follow Me!” And he got up and followed Him.

And as he passed by, he saw Levi the son of Alphaeus sitting at the receipt of custom and said unto him, Follow me. And he arose and followed him.

15 A nd it happened that He was reclining at the table in his house, and many tax collectors and sinners were dining with Jesus and His disciples; for there were many of them, and they were following Him.

And it came to pass, that as Jesus sat at the table in his house, many publicans and sinners sat also at the table together with Jesus and his disciples: for there were many and they had followed him.

16 W hen the scribes of the Pharisees saw that He was eating with the sinners and tax collectors, they said to His disciples, “ Why is He eating and drinking with tax collectors and sinners?”

And the scribes and Pharisees, seeing him eat with publicans and sinners, said unto his disciples, How is it that he eats and drinks with publicans and sinners?

17 A nd hearing this, Jesus said to them, “ It is not those who are healthy who need a physician, but those who are sick; I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners.”

When Jesus heard it, he said unto them, They that are whole have no need of the physician, but they that are sick; I came not to call the righteous, but the sinners to repentance.

18 J ohn’s disciples and the Pharisees were fasting; and they came and said to Him, “Why do John’s disciples and the disciples of the Pharisees fast, but Your disciples do not fast?”

¶ And the disciples of John and of the Pharisees did fast and therefore came and said unto him, Why do the disciples of John and of the Pharisees fast, but thy disciples fast not?

19 A nd Jesus said to them, “While the bridegroom is with them, the attendants of the bridegroom cannot fast, can they? So long as they have the bridegroom with them, they cannot fast.

And Jesus said unto them, Can those who are in a wedding fast while the bridegroom is with them? as long as they have the bridegroom with them, they cannot fast.

20 B ut the days will come when the bridegroom is taken away from them, and then they will fast in that day.

But the days will come when the bridegroom shall be taken away from them, and then they shall fast in those days.

21 “ No one sews a patch of unshrunk cloth on an old garment; otherwise the patch pulls away from it, the new from the old, and a worse tear results.

No one mends an old garment with a new piece of cloth, or else the new piece that filled it up tears away from the old, and the rent is made worse.

22 N o one puts new wine into old wineskins; otherwise the wine will burst the skins, and the wine is lost and the skins as well; but one puts new wine into fresh wineskins.” Question of the Sabbath

And no one pours new wine into old wineskins; or else the new wine bursts the wineskins, and the wine is spilled, and the wineskins are lost; but new wine must be poured into new wineskins.

23 A nd it happened that He was passing through the grainfields on the Sabbath, and His disciples began to make their way along while picking the heads of grain.

And it came to pass that as he went through the planted fields again on the sabbath day, his disciples began, as they walked, to pluck the ears of grain.

24 T he Pharisees were saying to Him, “Look, why are they doing what is not lawful on the Sabbath?”

And the Pharisees said unto him, Behold, why do they on the sabbath day that which is not lawful?

25 A nd He said to them, “Have you never read what David did when he was in need and he and his companions became hungry;

And he said unto them, Have ye never read what David did when he had need and was hungry, he and those that were with him?

26 h ow he entered the house of God in the time of Abiathar the high priest, and ate the consecrated bread, which is not lawful for anyone to eat except the priests, and he also gave it to those who were with him?”

How he went into the house of God in the days of Abiathar the high priest and ate the showbread, which is not lawful to eat but for the priests, and gave also to those who were with him?

27 J esus said to them, “ The Sabbath was made for man, and not man for the Sabbath.

And he said unto them, The sabbath was made for man, and not man for the sabbath;

28 S o the Son of Man is Lord even of the Sabbath.”

therefore the Son of man is Lord even of the sabbath.