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Chapter 2 |
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1 | And again he entered into Capernaum
after some days; and it was noised that he was in the house. |
| 2 | And
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. |
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And they come unto him, bringing one sick of the palsy, which
was borne of four. |
| 4 | And when they could not come nigh unto him
for the press, they uncovered the roof where he was: and when they had broken
it up, they let down the bed wherein the sick of the palsy lay. |
| 5 | When
Jesus saw their faith, he said unto the sick of the palsy, Son, thy sins be
forgiven thee. |
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6 | But there was certain of the scribes sitting there,
and reasoning in their hearts, |
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7 | Why doth this man thus speak
blasphemies? who can forgive sins but God only? |
| 8 | And
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?
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| 9 | 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? |
| 10 | But
that ye may know that the Son of man hath power on earth to forgive sins, (he
saith to the sick of the palsy,) |
| 11 | I say unto thee, Arise, and
take up thy bed, and go thy way into thine house. |
| 12 | And
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. |
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multitude resorted unto him, and he taught them. |
| 14 | And as he
passed by, he saw Levi the son of Alphaeus sitting at the receipt of custom,
and said unto him, Follow me. And he arose and followed him. |
| 15 | And
it came to pass, that, as Jesus sat at meat in his house, many publicans and
sinners sat also together with Jesus and his disciples: for there were many,
and they followed him. |
| 16 | And when the scribes and Pharisees saw him
eat with publicans and sinners, they said unto his disciples, How is it that he
eateth and drinketh with publicans and sinners? |
| 17 | When 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. |
| 18 | And 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? |
| 19 | And
Jesus said unto them, Can the children of the bridechamber fast, while the
bridegroom is with them? as long as they have the bridegroom with them, they
cannot fast. |
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20 | But the days will come, when the bridegroom shall
be taken away from them, and then shall they fast in those days. |
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No 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 rent is made worse.
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| 22 | And no man putteth new wine into old bottles: else the new wine doth
burst the bottles, and the wine is spilled, and the bottles will be marred: but
new wine must be put into new bottles. |
| 23 | And it came to pass, that he
went through the corn fields on the sabbath day; and his disciples began, as
they went, to pluck the ears of corn. |
| 24 | And the Pharisees said unto
him, Behold, why do they on the sabbath day that which is not lawful?
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| 25 | And he said unto them, Have ye never read what David did, when he had
need, and was an hungred, he, and they that were with him? |
| 26 | How he
went into the house of God in the days of Abiathar the high priest, and did eat
the shewbread, which is not lawful to eat but for the priests, and gave also to
them which were with him? |
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27 | And he said unto them, The sabbath was
made for man, and not man for the sabbath: |
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28 | Therefore the Son of
man is Lord also of the sabbath. |
