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

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

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,

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

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

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.

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 said to 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 teachers of the law were sitting there, thinking to themselves,

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

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

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

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?

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

9Which is easier: to say to this paralyzed man, 'Your sins are forgiven,' or to say, 'Get up, take 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." So he said to the 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 tell you, get up, take your mat and go home."

11 “Stand 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!"

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)

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

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

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 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.

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, 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 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?"

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? ”

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 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 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?"

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 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, “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 bridegroom will be taken from them, and on that day they will fast.

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

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 “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. 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."

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

23One Sabbath Jesus was going through the grainfields, and as his disciples walked along, they began to pick some 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 said to him, "Look, why are they doing what is unlawful on the Sabbath?"

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

25He answered, "Have you never 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?

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."

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 said to them, "The Sabbath was made for man, not man 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.

28So 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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