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St. Mark 2
And again he entered into Capharnaum after some days.
And it was heard that he was in the house, and many
came together, so that there was no room; no, not even
at the door; and he spoke to them the word.
And they came to him, bringing one sick of the palsy,
who was carried by four.
And when they could not offer him unto him for the multitude,
they uncovered the roof where he was; and opening it,
they let down the bed wherein the man sick of the palsy
lay.
And when Jesus had seen their faith, he saith to the
sick of the palsy: Son, thy sins are forgiven thee.
And there were some of the scribes sitting there, and
thinking in their hearts:
Why doth this man speak thus? he blasphemeth. Who can
forgive sins, but God only?
Which Jesus presently knowing in his spirit, that they
so thought within themselves, saith to them: Why think
you these things in your hearts?
Which is easier, to say to the sick of the palsy: Thy
sins are forgiven thee; or to say: Arise, take up thy
bed, and walk?
But that you may know that the Son of man hath power
on earth to forgive sins, (he saith to the sick of the
palsy,)
I say to thee: Arise, take up thy bed, and go into thy
house.
And immediately he arose; and taking up his bed, went
his way in the sight of all; so that all wondered and
glorified God, saying: We never saw the like.
And he went forth again to the sea side; and all the
multitude came to him, and he taught them.
And when he was passing by, he saw Levi the son of Alpheus
sitting at the receipt of custom; and he saith to him:
Follow me. And rising up, he followed him.
And it came to pass, that as he sat at meat in his house,
many publicans and sinners sat down together with Jesus
and his disciples. For they were many, who also followed
him.
And the scribes and the Pharisees, seeing that he ate
with publicans and sinners, said to his disiples: Why
doth your master eat and drink with publicans and sinners?
Jesus hearing this, saith to them: They that are well
have no need of a physician, but they that are sick.
For I came not to call the just, but sinners.
And the disiples of John and the Pharisees used to fast;
and they come and say to him: Why do the disciples of
John and of the Pharisees fast; but thy disciples do
not fast?
And Jesus saith to them: Can the children of the marriage
fast, as long as the bridegroom is with them? As long
as they have the bridegroom with them, they cannot fast.
But the days will come when the bridegroom shall be
taken away from them; and then they shall fast in those
days.
No man seweth a piece of raw cloth to an old garment:
otherwise the new piecing taketh away from the old,
and there is made a greater rent.
And no man putteth new wine into old bottles: otherwise
the wine will burst the bottles, and both the wine will
be spilled, and the bottles will be lost. But new wine
must be put into new bottles.
And it came to pass again, as the Lord walked through
the corn fields on the sabbath, that his disciples began
to go forward, and to pluck the ears of corn.
And the Pharisees said to him: Behold, why do they on
the sabbath day that which is not lawful?
And he said to them: Have you never read what David
did when he had need, and was hungry himself, and they
that were with him?
How he went into the house of God, under Abiathar the
high priest, and did eat the loaves of proposition,
which was not lawful to eat but for the priests, and
gave to them who were with him?
And he said to them: The sabbath was made for man, and
not man for the sabbath.
Therefore the Son of man is Lord of the sabbath also.
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