1And again He entered into Capernaum, after some days; and it was noised that He was in the house. 2And straightway many were gathered together, insomuch that there was no room to receive them, no, not so much as about the door; and He preached the word unto them. 3And they come unto Him, bringing one sick of the palsy, who was borne by {of} four. 4And when they could not come near {nigh} unto Him for the crowd {press}, they uncovered the roof where He was; and when they had broken it up, they let down the bed in which {wherein} the sick of the palsy lay. 5When Jesus saw their faith, He said unto the sick of the palsy, Son, thy sins be forgiven thee. 6But there were certain of the scribes sitting there, and reasoning in their hearts, 7Why doth this Man thus speak blasphemies? Who can forgive sins but God only? 8And immediately, when Jesus perceived in His spirit that they so reasoned within themselves, He said unto them, Why reason ye these things in your hearts? 9Which {Whether} is it easier to say to the sick of the palsy, Thy sins be forgiven thee; or to say, Arise, and take up thy bed, and walk? 10But that ye may know that the Son of man hath authority {power} on earth to forgive sins, (He saith to the sick of the palsy), 11I say unto thee, Arise, and take up thy bed, and go thy way into thine house. 12And immediately he arose, took up the bed, and went forth before them all; insomuch that they were all amazed, and glorified God, saying, We never saw it on this fashion.

13And He went forth again by the seaside; and all the multitude resorted unto Him, and He taught them. 14And as He passed by, He saw Levi, the son of Alphaeus, sitting at the tax office {receipt of custom}, and said unto him, Follow Me. And he arose and followed Him. 15And it came to pass that, as Jesus was eating {sat at food {meat}} in his house, many tax collectors {publicans} and sinners sat also together with Jesus and His disciples; for there were many, and they followed Him. 16And when the scribes and Pharisees saw Him eat with tax collectors {publicans} and sinners, they said unto His disciples, How is it that He eateth and drinketh with tax collectors {publicans} and sinners? 17When Jesus heard it, He saith unto them, They that are whole have no need of the physician, but they that are sick. I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.

18And the disciples of John and of the Pharisees used to fast; and they come and say unto Him, Why do the disciples of John and of the Pharisees fast, but Thy disciples fast not? 19And Jesus said unto them, Can the children of the bride-chamber fast, while the Bridegroom is with them? As long as they have the Bridegroom with them, they cannot fast. 20But the days will come, when the Bridegroom shall be taken away from them, and then shall they fast in those days. 21No man {also} seweth a piece of new cloth on an old garment, else the new piece that filled it up taketh away from the old, and the tear {rent} is made worse. 22And no man putteth new wine into old wineskins {bottles}, else the new wine doth burst the wineskins {bottles}, and the wine is spilled, and the wineskins {bottles} will be marred; but new wine must be put into new wineskins {bottles}.

23And it came to pass, that He went through the grain {corn} fields on the sabbath day; and his disciples began, as they went, to pluck the ears of grain {corn}. 24And the Pharisees said unto Him, Behold, why do they on the sabbath day that which is not lawful? 25And He said unto them, Have ye never read what David did, when he had need, and was hungry {an hungred}, he, and they that were with him; 26How he went into the house of God in the days of Abiathar, the high priest, and did eat the showbread, which is not lawful to eat but for the priests, and gave also to them who were with him? 27And He said unto them, The sabbath was made for man, and not man for the sabbath. 28Therefore, the Son of man is Lord also of the sabbath.