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1Several days later, Jesus returned to Capernaum and it was reported that he was at home.

1When Jesus returned to Capernaum several days later, the news spread quickly that he was back home.

2Such a large crowd gathered that there wasn't room for them, even in front of the door. Jesus was speaking his message to them

2Soon the house where he was staying was so packed with visitors that there was no more room, even outside the door. While he was preaching God’s word to them,

3when some people came and brought him a paralyzed man being carried by four men.

3four men arrived carrying a paralyzed man on a mat.

4Since they couldn't bring him to Jesus because of the crowd, they made an opening in the roof over the place where he was. They dug through it and let down the mat on which the paralyzed man was lying.

4They couldn’t bring him to Jesus because of the crowd, so they dug a hole through the roof above his head. Then they lowered the man on his mat, right down in front of Jesus.

5When Jesus saw their faith, he told the paralyzed man, "Son, your sins are forgiven."

5Seeing their faith, Jesus said to the paralyzed man, “My child, your sins are forgiven.”

6Now some scribes were sitting there, arguing among themselves,

6But some of the teachers of religious law who were sitting there thought to themselves,

7"Why does this man talk this way? He is blaspheming! Who can forgive sins but God alone?"

7“What is he saying? This is blasphemy! Only God can forgive sins!”

8At once, Jesus knew in his spirit what they were saying to themselves. "Why are you arguing about such things among yourselves?" he asked them.

8Jesus knew immediately what they were thinking, so he asked them, “Why do you question this in your hearts?

9"Which is easier: to say to the paralyzed man, 'Your sins are forgiven,' or 'Get up, pick up your mat, and walk'?

9 Is it easier to say to the paralyzed man ‘Your sins are forgiven,’ or ‘Stand up, pick up your mat, and walk’?

10But I want you to know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins…" Then he told the paralyzed man,

10 So I will prove to you that the Son of Man has the authority on earth to forgive sins.” Then Jesus turned to the paralyzed man and said,

11"I say to you, get up, pick up your mat, and go home!"

11 “Stand up, pick up your mat, and go home!”

12So the man got up, immediately picked up his mat, and went out in front of all of them. As a result, all of the people were amazed and began to glorify God as they kept on saying, "We have never seen anything like this!"

12And the man jumped up, grabbed his mat, and walked out through the stunned onlookers. They were all amazed and praised God, exclaiming, “We’ve never seen anything like this before!” Jesus Calls Levi (Matthew)

13Jesus went out again beside the sea. The whole crowd kept coming to him, and he kept teaching them.

13Then Jesus went out to the lakeshore again and taught the crowds that were coming to him.

14As he was walking along, he saw Levi, the son of Alphaeus, sitting at the tax collector's desk. Jesus told him, "Follow me!" So Levi got up and followed him.

14As he walked along, he saw Levi son of Alphaeus sitting at his tax collector’s booth. “Follow me and be my disciple,” Jesus said to him. So Levi got up and followed him.

15Later, he was having dinner at Levi's house. Many tax collectors and sinners were also eating with Jesus and his disciples, because there were many who were following him.

15Later, Levi invited Jesus and his disciples to his home as dinner guests, along with many tax collectors and other disreputable sinners. (There were many people of this kind among Jesus’ followers.)

16When the scribes and the Pharisees saw him eating with sinners and tax collectors, they asked his disciples, "Why does he eat and drink with tax collectors and sinners?"

16But when the teachers of religious law who were Pharisees saw him eating with tax collectors and other sinners, they asked his disciples, “Why does he eat with such scum? ”

17When Jesus heard that, he told them, "Healthy people don't need a physician, but sick ones do. I did not come to call righteous people, but sinners."

17When Jesus heard this, he told them, “Healthy people don’t need a doctor—sick people do. I have come to call not those who think they are righteous, but those who know they are sinners.” A Discussion about Fasting

18Now John's disciples and the Pharisees would fast regularly. Some people came and asked Jesus, "Why do John's disciples and the Pharisees' disciples fast, but your disciples don't fast?"

18Once when John’s disciples and the Pharisees were fasting, some people came to Jesus and asked, “Why don’t your disciples fast like John’s disciples and the Pharisees do?”

19Jesus replied, "The wedding guests can't fast while the groom is with them, can they? As long as they have the groom with them, they can't fast.

19Jesus replied, “Do wedding guests fast while celebrating with the groom? Of course not. They can’t fast while the groom is with them.

20But the time will come when the groom will be taken away from them, and then they will fast on that day."

20 But someday the groom will be taken away from them, and then they will fast.

21"No one patches an old garment with a piece of unshrunk cloth. If he does, the patch pulls away from it—the new from the old—and a worse tear is made.

21 “Besides, who would patch old clothing with new cloth? For the new patch would shrink and rip away from the old cloth, leaving an even bigger tear than before.

22And no one pours new wine into old wineskins. If he does, the wine will make the skins burst, and both the wine and the skins will be ruined. Instead, new wine is poured into fresh wineskins."

22 “And no one puts new wine into old wineskins. For the wine would burst the wineskins, and the wine and the skins would both be lost. New wine calls for new wineskins.” A Discussion about the Sabbath

23Jesus happened to be going through the grain fields on a Sabbath. As they made their way, his disciples began picking the heads of grain.

23One Sabbath day as Jesus was walking through some grainfields, his disciples began breaking off heads of grain to eat.

24The Pharisees asked him, "Look! Why are they doing what is not lawful on Sabbath days?"

24But the Pharisees said to Jesus, “Look, why are they breaking the law by harvesting grain on the Sabbath?”

25He asked them, "Haven't you read what David did when he and his companions were hungry and in need?

25Jesus said to them, “Haven’t you ever read in the Scriptures what David did when he and his companions were hungry?

26How was it that he went into the House of God during the lifetime of Abiathar the high priest and ate the Bread of the Presence, which was not lawful for anyone but the priests to eat, and gave some of it to his companions?"

26 He went into the house of God (during the days when Abiathar was high priest) and broke the law by eating the sacred loaves of bread that only the priests are allowed to eat. He also gave some to his companions.”

27Then he told them, "The Sabbath was made for people, not people for the Sabbath.

27Then Jesus said to them, “The Sabbath was made to meet the needs of people, and not people to meet the requirements of the Sabbath.

28Therefore, the Son of Man is Lord even of the Sabbath."

28 So the Son of Man is Lord, even over the Sabbath!”

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