Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Mark 2

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Mark 2 . 1 , Christ followed by multitudes , Mark 2 . 3 , heals one sick of the palsy; Mark 2 . 13 , calls Matthew from the receipt of custom; Mark 2 . 15 , eats with Publicans and sinners; Mark 2 . 18 , excuses his disciples for not fasting; Mark 2 . 23 , and for plucking the ears of corn on the sabbath day.

Mark 2:1

A few days later Jesus went back to Capernaum. And when the people heard that He was home,

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Mark 2:2

they gathered in such large numbers that there was no more room, not even outside the door, as Jesus spoke the word to them.

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Mark 2:3

Then a paralytic was brought to Him, carried by four men.

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Mark 2:4

Since 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.

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Mark 2:5

When Jesus saw their faith, He said to the paralytic, “Son, your sins are forgiven.”

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The Jews believed that not only death but all disease was the consequence of sin. "There is no death without sin , nor any chastisement without iniquity;" and that "no diseased person could be healed of his disease till his sins were blotted out." Our Lord , therefore , as usual , appeals to their received opinions , and asserts his high dignity , by first forgiving the sins , and then healing the body of the paralytic

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Mark 2:6

But some of the scribes were sitting there and thinking in their hearts,

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Mark 2:7

“Why does this man speak like this? He is blaspheming! Who can forgive sins but God alone?”

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Mark 2:8

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.

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Mark 2:9

“Which is easier: to say to a paralytic, ‘Your sins are forgiven,’ or to say, ‘Get up, pick up your mat, and walk’?

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Mark 2:10

But so that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins...” He said to the paralytic,

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Mark 2:11

“I tell you, get up, pick up your mat, and go home.”

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Mark 2:12

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, “We have never seen anything like this!”

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Mark 2:13

Once again Jesus went out beside the sea. All the people came to Him, and He taught them there.

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Mark 2:14

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.

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receipt of custom or , place where the custom was received

Mark 2:15

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.

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Mark 2:16

When the scribes who were Pharisees saw Jesus eating with these people, they asked His disciples, “Why does He eat with tax collectors and sinners?”

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Mark 2:17

On hearing this, Jesus told them, “It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners.”

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Mark 2:18

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 those of the Pharisees?”

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Mark 2:19

Jesus replied, “How can the guests of the bridegroom fast while He is with them? As long as He is with them, they cannot fast.

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Mark 2:20

But the time will come when the bridegroom will be taken from them; then they will fast.

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Mark 2:21

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.

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Mark 2:22

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.”

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Mark 2:23

One Sabbath Jesus was passing through the grainfields, and His disciples began to pick the heads of grain as they walked along.

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Mark 2:24

So the Pharisees said to Him, “Look, why are they doing what is unlawful on the Sabbath?”

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Mark 2:25

Jesus replied, “Have you never read what David did when he and his companions were hungry and in need?

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Mark 2:26

During the high priesthood of Abiathar, he entered the house of God and ate the consecrated bread, which was lawful only for the priests. And he gave some to his companions as well.”

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It appears from the passage referred to here , that Ahimelech was then high priest at Nob; and from other passages , that Abiathar was his son. Various conjectures have been formed in order to solve this difficulty; and some , instead of untying , have cut the knot , by pronouncing it an interpolation. The most probable opinion seems to be , that both father and son had two names , the father being also called Abiathar; and this appears almost certain from

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Mark 2:27

Then Jesus declared, “The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath.

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Mark 2:28

Therefore, the Son of Man is Lord even of the Sabbath.”

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The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge is the classical cross-reference layer — centuries of catchword parallels beneath the site’s quotations, allusions, and echoes. Every reference above also flows into the wider web of connections.

In the wider web9 threads
Intertextuality Pairs
Quotations Mark 2:25-26 → 1 Samuel 21:1-6
Allusions Mark 2:10 → Daniel 7:13-14, Mark 2:28 → Daniel 7:13-14, Mark 2:7 → Isaiah 43:25
Trajectories
Son of Man (Danielic Figure and Divine Judge), Table of Showbread (Christ the Bread of Life)
Longitudinal Themes
Rest
Chiasms
Shaped Mark 02:01–03:06, Mark 02:01–13
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