(A few) days later - (Jesus) went back to ... ... Capernaum. And when (the people) heard that He was vvv home ,
- they gathered in such large Numbers - that (there was) no more room , not even - outside the door , - (as Jesus) spoke the word to them.
Then a paralytic vvv was brought to Him , carried by four (men).
Since vvv they were unable to get to (Jesus) through the crowd , they uncovered the roof above Him ... , - made an opening , (and) lowered the paralytic on - (his) mat.
When - Jesus saw their - faith , He said to the paralytic , “ Son , your - sins are forgiven. ”
But some of the scribes were sitting there and thinking in their - hearts ,
“ Why {does} this (man) speak like this ? He is blaspheming ! Who can forgive sins but ... - God alone ? ”
- - At once Jesus knew in His spirit that they were thinking this way within themselves. “ Why are you thinking these things in your - hearts ? ” He asked ....
“ Which is easier : to say - to a paralytic , ‘ Your - sins are forgiven , ’ or to say , ‘ Get up , - pick up your - mat , and walk ’?
But so that you may know that the Son - of Man has authority on - earth to forgive sins... ” He said to the paralytic ,
“ I tell you , get up , pick up your - mat , and go vvv vvv vvv home. ”
And immediately (the man) got up - , picked up (his) mat , (and) walked out in front of them all. As a result , they were all astounded and glorified - God , saying , - “ vvv We have never seen anything like this ! ”
(Once) again (Jesus) went out beside the sea. - All the people came to Him , and He taught them (there).
- As He was walking along , He saw Levi (son) - of Alphaeus sitting at the tax booth. “ Follow Me , ” - He told him , and (Levi) got up (and) followed Him.
While - (Jesus) was dining at (Levi’s) - house , - many tax collectors and sinners were eating with - (Him) and His - disciples — for there were many - who followed Him.
When the scribes who (were) Pharisees saw (Jesus) eating with - vvv vvv (these people) , they asked ... His disciples , “ Why {does} He eat with - tax collectors and sinners ? ”
(On) - hearing this , Jesus told them - , “ (It is) not the healthy (who) need a doctor , but the sick .... vvv I have not come to call the righteous , but sinners. ”
Now - John -’s disciples and the Pharisees were often fasting. So (people) came to (Jesus) and asked , “ Why ... don’t - Your - disciples fast (like) John -’s - disciples and vvv (those) of the Pharisees - ? ”
- - Jesus replied - , “ How can the guests of the bridegroom - fast ... while - (He) is with them ? As long as ... vvv vvv (He is) with them , vvv they cannot fast.
But the time will come when the bridegroom will be taken from them ; - then ... ... ... ... they will fast.
No one sews a patch of unshrunk cloth on an old garment. If he does ... ... , the (new) piece will pull away - - from (the) old - - , and a worse tear will result.
And no one pours new wine into old wineskins. If he does ... ... , the wine will burst the skins , and (both) the wine and the wineskins will be ruined. Instead , new wine (is poured) into new wineskins.”
vvv vvv One - Sabbath (Jesus) was passing through the grainfields , and His - disciples began to pick the heads of grain (as) they walked along ....
(So) the Pharisees said to Him , “ Look , why are they doing what vvv is unlawful on the Sabbath ? ”
(Jesus) replied ... , “ vvv Have you never read what David did when he and his companions ... ... were hungry and - in need ?
During the high priesthood of Abiathar , - he entered ... the house - of God and ate the consecrated bread ... ... , which vvv was lawful - only ... for the priests. And he gave (some) to his companions ... ... ... as well. ”
Then (Jesus) declared - , “ The Sabbath was made for - man , - not - man for the Sabbath.