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1A few days later, when Jesus again entered Capernaum, the people heard that he had come home.

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

2They gathered in such large numbers that there was no room left, not even outside the door, and he preached the word to them.

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

3Some men came, bringing to him a paralyzed man, carried by four of them.

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

4Since they could not get him to Jesus because of the crowd, they made an opening in the roof above Jesus by digging through it and then lowered the mat the man was lying on.

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.

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

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

6Now some teachers of the law were sitting there, thinking to themselves,

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

7"Why does this fellow talk like that? He's blaspheming! Who can forgive sins but God alone?"

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

8Immediately Jesus knew in his spirit that this was what they were thinking in their hearts, and he said to them, "Why are you thinking these things?

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.

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

9"Which is easier: to say to the paralyzed man, 'Your sins are forgiven,' or '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." So he said to the man,

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

11"I tell you, get up, take your mat and go home."

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

12He got up, took his mat and walked out in full view of them all. This amazed everyone and they praised God, saying, "We have never seen anything like this!"

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!"

13Once again Jesus went out beside the lake. A large crowd came to him, and he began to teach them.

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

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

15While Jesus was having dinner at Levi's house, many tax collectors and sinners were eating with him and his disciples, for there were many who 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.

16When the teachers of the law who were Pharisees saw him eating with the sinners and tax collectors, they asked his disciples: "Why does he eat with tax collectors and sinners?"

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?"

17On hearing this, Jesus said to them, "It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. I have not come to call the righteous, but 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."

18Now John's disciples and the Pharisees were fasting. Some people came and asked Jesus, "How is it that John's disciples and the disciples of the Pharisees are fasting, but yours are not?"

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?"

19Jesus answered, "How can the guests of the bridegroom fast while he is with them? They cannot, so long as they have him with them.

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.

20But the time will come when the bridegroom will be taken from them, and on that day they will fast.

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

21"No one sews a patch of unshrunk cloth on an old garment. Otherwise, the new piece will pull away from the old, making the tear worse.

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.

22And no one pours new wine into old wineskins. Otherwise, the wine will burst the skins, and both the wine and the wineskins will be ruined. No, they pour new wine into new wineskins."

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."

23One Sabbath Jesus was going through the grainfields, and as his disciples walked along, they began to pick some heads of grain.

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.

24The Pharisees said to him, "Look, why are they doing what is unlawful on the Sabbath?"

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

25He answered, "Have you never read what David did when he and his companions were hungry and in need?

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

26In the days of Abiathar the high priest, he entered the house of God and ate the consecrated bread, which is lawful only for priests to eat. And he also gave some to his companions."

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?"

27Then he said to them, "The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath.

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

28So 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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