1 A few dayslater Jesus went to Capernaum again, and the people heard that he was at home.
2 Immediately many were gathered together, so that there was no longer any room, not even at the door, and he was speaking the word to them.
3 Then some people came to him, bringing a paralytic carried by four men.
4 Since they were not able tocome near Jesus because of the crowd, they uncovered the roof where he was. After digging through it, they let down the mat on which the paralytic was lying.
5 When Jesus saw their faith, he said to the paralytic,
6 Now some of the scribes were sitting there and questioning in their hearts:
7 “Why does this manspeak such blasphemies? Who can forgive sins but God alone?”
8 Immediately Jesus knew in his spirit that they were discussing these questions among themselves, so he said to them,
10 —he said to the paralytic—
12 So the manimmediately rose, picked up his mat, and went out in front of them all, so that they were all amazed and began glorifying God, saying, “We have never seen anything like this!”
13 Once again Jesus went out by the sea. The entire crowd came to him, and he taught them.
14 As he was walking along, he saw Levi the son of Alphaeus sitting at the tax booth. Jesus said to him,so Levi rose and followed him.
15 Later, as Jesus was reclining at the table in Levi's house, many tax collectors and sinners reclined with him and his disciples, for there were many who followed him.
16 When the scribesand the Pharisees saw Jesus eating withtax collectors and sinners, they said to his disciples, “Why is he eatingand drinking with tax collectors and sinners?”
17 When Jesus heard this, he said to them,
18 Now the disciples of John andthe disciples of the Pharisees were fasting. So some people came and said to Jesus, “Why is it that the disciples of John and the disciples of the Pharisees fast, but yoʋr disciples do not fast?”
19 Jesus said to them,
23 On the Sabbath Jesus was going through the grainfields, and his disciples began to make their way, plucking heads of grain.
24 So the Pharisees said to him, “Behold, why are they doing what is not lawful to do on the Sabbath?”
25 He said to them,
27 Then he said to them,