| International Standard Version | Holman Christian Standard Bible |
| 1Several days later, Jesus returned to Capernaum and it was reported that he was at home. | 1When He entered Capernaum again after some days, it was reported that He was at 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 | 2So many people gathered together that there was no more room, not even in the doorway, and He was speaking the message to them. |
| 3when some people came and brought him a paralyzed man being carried by four men. | 3Then they came to Him bringing a paralytic, carried by four men. |
| 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. | 4Since they were not able to bring him to Jesus because of the crowd, they removed the roof above where He was. And when they had broken through, they lowered the mat on which the paralytic was lying. |
| 5When Jesus saw their faith, he told the paralyzed man, "Son, your sins are forgiven." | 5Seeing their faith, Jesus told the paralytic, "Son, your sins are forgiven." |
| 6Now some scribes were sitting there, arguing among themselves, | 6But some of the scribes were sitting there, thinking to themselves:" |
| 7"Why does this man talk this way? He is blaspheming! Who can forgive sins but God alone?" | 7Why does He speak like this? He's blaspheming! Who can forgive sins but God alone?" |
| 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. | 8Right away Jesus understood in His spirit that they were thinking like this within themselves and said to them, "Why are you thinking these things 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'? | 9Which is easier: to say to the paralytic, 'Your sins are forgiven,' or to say, Get 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, | 10But so you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins," He told the paralytic, |
| 11"I say to you, get up, pick up your mat, and go home!" | 11"I tell you: get 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!" | 12Immediately he got up, picked up the mat, and went out in front of everyone. As a result, they were all astounded and gave glory to God, saying, "We have never seen anything like this!" |
| 13Jesus went out again beside the sea. The whole crowd kept coming to him, and he kept teaching them. | 13Then Jesus went out again beside the sea. The whole crowd was coming to Him, and He taught them. |
| 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. | 14Then, moving on, He saw Levi the son of Alphaeus sitting at the tax office, and He said to him, "Follow Me!" So he 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. | 15While He was reclining at the table in Levi's house, many tax collectors and sinners were also guests with Jesus and His disciples, because there were many who were following Him. |
| 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?" | 16When the scribes of the Pharisees saw that He was eating with sinners and tax collectors, they asked His disciples, "Why does He eat with tax collectors and sinners?" |
| 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, "Those who are well don't need a doctor, but the sick do need one. I didn't come to call the righteous, but sinners." |
| 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?" | 18Now John's disciples and the Pharisees were fasting. People came and asked Him, "Why do John's disciples and the Pharisees' disciples fast, but Your disciples do not fast?" |
| 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 said to them, "The wedding guests cannot fast while the groom is with them, can they? As long as they have the groom with them, they cannot fast. |
| 20But the time will come when the groom will be taken away from them, and then they will fast on that day." | 20But the time will come when the groom is taken away from them, and then they will fast in that day. |
| 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. | 21No one sews a patch of unshrunk cloth on an old garment. Otherwise, the new patch pulls away from the old cloth, and a worse tear is made. |
| 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." | 22And no one puts new wine into old wineskins. Otherwise, the wine will burst the skins, and the wine is lost as well as the skins. But new wine is for fresh wineskins." |
| 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. | 23On the Sabbath He was going through the grainfields, and His disciples began to make their way picking some heads of grain. |
| 24The Pharisees asked him, "Look! Why are they doing what is not lawful on Sabbath days?" | 24The Pharisees said to Him, "Look, why are they doing what is not lawful on the Sabbath?" |
| 25He asked them, "Haven't you read what David did when he and his companions were hungry and in need? | 25He said to them, "Have you never read what David and those who were with him did when he was in need and 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?" | 26how he entered the house of God in the time of Abiathar the high priest and ate the sacred bread--which is not lawful for anyone to eat except the priests--and also gave some to his companions?" |
| 27Then he told them, "The Sabbath was made for people, not people for the Sabbath. | 27Then He told them, "The Sabbath was made for man and not man for the Sabbath. |
| 28Therefore, the Son of Man is Lord even of the Sabbath." | 28Therefore, the Son of Man is Lord even of the Sabbath." |
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