Mark 2 :: Legacy Standard Bible (LSB)

Jesus Heals a Paralytic

(Mat 9:2–8; Luk 5:17–26 )

And when He had come^G1525 back^G3825 to Capernaum^G2584 several days^G2250 afterward^G1223, it was heard^G191 that He was at home^G3624.

Mar 2:2

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

Mar 2:3

Mar 2:3And they *came, bringing to Him a paralytic, carried by four men.

Mar 2:4

Mar 2:4And being unable to bring him to [fn]Jesus because of the crowd, they removed the roof over where He was; and when they had dug an opening, they let down the mat where the paralytic was lying.

Mar 2:5

Mar 2:5And Jesus seeing their faith *said to the paralytic, “Child, your sins are forgiven.”

Mar 2:6

Mar 2:6But some of the scribes were sitting there and reasoning in their hearts,

Mar 2:7

Mar 2:7“Why does this man speak that way? He is blaspheming; who can forgive sins [fn]but God alone?”

Mar 2:8

Mar 2:8Immediately Jesus, aware [fn]in His spirit that they were reasoning that way within themselves, *said to them, “Why are you reasoning about these things in your hearts?

Mar 2:9

Mar 2:9“Which is easier, to say to the paralytic, ‘Your sins are forgiven’; or to say, ‘Get up, and pick up your mat and walk’?

Mar 2:10

Mar 2:10“But so that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins”—He *said to the paralytic,

Mar 2:11

Mar 2:11“I say to you, get up, pick up your mat, and go to your home.”

Mar 2:12

Mar 2:12And he got up and immediately picked up the mat and went out before everyone, so that they were all amazed and were glorifying God, saying, “We have never seen anything like this.”

(Mat 9:9–13; Luk 5:27–32 )

Mar 2:13

And He went^G1831 out^G1831 again^G3825 by the seashore^G2281; and the entire^G3956 crowd^G3793 was coming^G2064 to Him, and He was teaching^G1321 them.

Levi and Sinners Called

Mar 2:14

Mar 2:14And as He passed by, He saw [fn]Levi the son of Alphaeus sitting in the tax office, and He *said to him, “Follow Me!” And he stood up and followed Him.

Mar 2:15

And it *[fn]happened^G1096 that as He was reclining^G2621 at the table in his house^G3614, many^G4183 tax^G5057 collectors^G5057 and [fn]sinners^G268 [fn]were reclining^G4873 with Jesus^G2424 and His disciples^G3101. For there were many^G4183 of them, and they were following^G190 Him.

Mar 2:16

Mar 2:16And when the scribes of the Pharisees saw that He was eating with the sinners and tax collectors, they were saying to His disciples, “He is eating and drinking with tax collectors and [fn]sinners!”

Mar 2:17

Mar 2:17And hearing this, Jesus *said to them, “Those who are healthy do not have need for a physician, but only those who are sick; I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners.”

(Mat 9:14–17; Luk 5:33–39 )

Mar 2:18

And John’s^G2491 disciples^G3101 and the Pharisees^G5330 were fasting^G3522; and they *came^G2064 and *said^G3004 to Him, “Why^G1223^G5101 do John’s^G2491 disciples^G3101 and the disciples^G3101 of the Pharisees^G5330 fast^G3522, but Your disciples^G3101 do not fast^G3522?”

Mar 2:19

Mar 2:19And Jesus said to them, “Can [fn]the attendants of the bridegroom fast when the bridegroom is with them? So long as they have the bridegroom with them, they cannot fast.

Mar 2:20

Mar 2:20“But the days will come when the bridegroom is taken away from them, and then they will fast in that day.

Mar 2:21

“No^G3762 one^G3762 sews^G1976 [fn]a piece^G1915 of unshrunk^G46 cloth^G4470 on an old^G3820 garment^G2440; otherwise^G1490 [fn]that patch^G4138 pulls^G142 away^G142 from it, the new^G2537 from the old^G3820, and a worse^G5501 tear^G4978 results^G1096.

Mar 2:22

Mar 2:22“And no 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.”

Lord of the Sabbath

(Mat 12:1–8; Luk 6:1–5 )

Mar 2:23

And it happened^G1096 that He was passing^G3899 through^G1223 the grainfields^G4702 on the Sabbath^G4521, and His disciples^G3101 began^G757 to make^G4160 their way^G3598 along while picking^G5089 the heads^G4719 of grain.

Mar 2:24

Mar 2:24And the Pharisees were saying to Him, “Look, why are they doing what is not lawful on the Sabbath?”

Mar 2:25

Mar 2:25And He *said to them, “Have you never read what David did when he was in need and he and his companions became hungry;

Mar 2:26

Mar 2:26how he entered the house of God around the time of Abiathar the high priest, and ate the [fn]consecrated bread, which is not lawful for anyone to eat except the priests, and he also gave it to those who were with him?”

Mar 2:27