1 Some|strong="G1722" days|strong="G2250" later, when|strong="G2532" Jesus|strong="G1525" came|strong="G1525" back|strong="G3825" to|strong="G1519" Capernaum|strong="G2584", the|strong="G1722" news spread|strong="G1519" that|strong="G3754" he|strong="G2532" was|strong="G1510" in|strong="G1722" a|strong="G2532" house|strong="G3624" there|strong="G2532";
2 and|strong="G2532" so|strong="G2532" many|strong="G4183" people|strong="G4183" collected together|strong="G4863", that|strong="G3588" after|strong="G2532" a|strong="G2532" while|strong="G2980" there|strong="G2532" was|strong="G3588" no|strong="G3371" room|strong="G5562" for|strong="G4314" them|strong="G3588" even|strong="G2532" round|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" door|strong="G2374"; and|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" began to|strong="G4314" tell|strong="G2980" them|strong="G3588" his|strong="G2532" message|strong="G3056".
3 Some people came|strong="G2064", bringing|strong="G5342" to|strong="G4314" him|strong="G2532" a|strong="G2532" paralysed man, who|strong="G2532" was|strong="G2532" being|strong="G2532" carried|strong="G2532" by|strong="G5259" four|strong="G5064" of|strong="G5259" them|strong="G5342".
4 They|strong="G2532" were|strong="G1510" unable|strong="G3361" to|strong="G2532" get|strong="G4374" him|strong="G3588" near to|strong="G2532" Jesus|strong="G1510", because|strong="G1223" of|strong="G1223" the|strong="G2532" crowd|strong="G3793", so|strong="G2532" they|strong="G2532" removed the|strong="G2532" roof|strong="G4721" above|strong="G3699" Jesus|strong="G1510", and|strong="G2532", when|strong="G2532" they|strong="G2532" had|strong="G2532" made an|strong="G2532" opening, they|strong="G2532" let|strong="G5465" down|strong="G5465" the|strong="G2532" mat|strong="G2895" on|strong="G3588" which|strong="G3588" the|strong="G2532" paralysed man|strong="G3361" was|strong="G1510" lying|strong="G2621".
5 When|strong="G2532" Jesus|strong="G2424" saw|strong="G3708" their|strong="G2532" faith|strong="G4102", he|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" man, ‘\+w Child|strong="G5043"\+w*, \+w your|strong="G2532"\+w* sins \+w are|strong="G3588"\+w* forgiven.’
6 But|strong="G1161" some|strong="G5100" of|strong="G2532" the|strong="G1722" teachers of|strong="G2532" the|strong="G1722" Law who|strong="G3588" were|strong="G1510" sitting|strong="G2521" there|strong="G1563" were|strong="G1510" debating in|strong="G1722" their|strong="G2532" minds|strong="G2588",
7 ‘Why|strong="G5101" does|strong="G5101" this|strong="G3778" man|strong="G3778" speak|strong="G2980" like|strong="G3779" this|strong="G3778"? He|strong="G3778" is|strong="G3588" blaspheming! Who|strong="G5101" can|strong="G1410" forgive sins except|strong="G1487" God|strong="G2316"?’
8 Jesus|strong="G2424", at|strong="G1722" once intuitively aware|strong="G1921" that|strong="G3754" they|strong="G2532" were|strong="G3588" debating with|strong="G1722" themselves|strong="G1438" in|strong="G1722" this|strong="G3778" way|strong="G3779", said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G2532" them|strong="G3588", ‘\+w Why|strong="G5101"\+w* \+w are|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w you|strong="G5210"\+w* debating \+w in|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w your|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w minds|strong="G2588"\+w* \+w about|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w this|strong="G3778"\+w*?
9 \+w Which|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w is|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w easier|strong="G2123"\+w*? – \+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w say|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* paralysed \+w man|strong="G5101"\+w*, “\+w Your|strong="G2532"\+w* sins \+w are|strong="G1510"\+w* forgiven”? \+w Or|strong="G2228"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w say|strong="G3004"\+w* “\+w Get|strong="G1453"\+w* \+w up|strong="G1453"\+w*, \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w take|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w up|strong="G1453"\+w* \+w your|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w mat|strong="G2895"\+w*, \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w walk|strong="G4043"\+w*”?
10 \+w But|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w so|strong="G2443"\+w* \+w you|strong="G3754"\+w* \+w may|strong="G2443"\+w* \+w know|strong="G1492"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3754"\+w* \+w the|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w Son|strong="G5207"\+w* \+w of|strong="G5207"\+w* \+w Man|strong="G5207"\+w* \+w has|strong="G2192"\+w* \+w power|strong="G1849"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2443"\+w* forgive sins \+w on|strong="G1909"\+w* \+w earth|strong="G1093"\+w*’ – here he|strong="G1161" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G2443" the|strong="G1161" paralysed man|strong="G5207" –
11 ‘\+w To|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w you|strong="G4771"\+w* \+w I|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w say|strong="G3004"\+w*, \+w Get|strong="G1453"\+w* \+w up|strong="G1453"\+w*, \+w take|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w up|strong="G1453"\+w* \+w your|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w mat|strong="G2895"\+w*, \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* return \+w to|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w your|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w home|strong="G3624"\+w*.’
12 The|strong="G2532" man|strong="G3956" got|strong="G1453" up|strong="G1453", and|strong="G2532" immediately|strong="G2112" took|strong="G2532" up|strong="G1453" his|strong="G3956" mat|strong="G2895", and|strong="G2532" went|strong="G1831" out|strong="G1831" before|strong="G1715" them|strong="G3588" all|strong="G3956"; at|strong="G2316" which|strong="G3588" they|strong="G2532" were|strong="G3588" amazed|strong="G1839", and|strong="G2532", as|strong="G2532" they|strong="G2532" praised|strong="G1392" God|strong="G2316", they|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004", ‘We|strong="G3754" have|strong="G2532" never|strong="G3763" seen|strong="G3708" anything|strong="G3956" like|strong="G3779" this|strong="G3588"!’
13 Jesus|strong="G1831" went|strong="G1831" out|strong="G1831" again|strong="G3825" to|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" sea|strong="G2281"; and|strong="G2532" all|strong="G3956" the|strong="G2532" people|strong="G3793" came|strong="G2064" to|strong="G1519" him|strong="G3588", and|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" taught|strong="G1321" them|strong="G3588".
14 As|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" went|strong="G2532" along|strong="G2532", he|strong="G2532" saw|strong="G3708" Levi|strong="G3018", the|strong="G2532" son of|strong="G2532" Alphaeus, sitting|strong="G2521" in|strong="G1909" the|strong="G2532" tax|strong="G5058" office, and|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G2532" him|strong="G3588", ‘Follow \+w me|strong="G1473"\+w*.’ Levi|strong="G3018" got up|strong="G2532" and|strong="G2532" followed him|strong="G3588".
15 Later on|strong="G1722" he|strong="G2532" was|strong="G1510" in|strong="G1722" his|strong="G1722" house|strong="G3614" having|strong="G2532" dinner|strong="G4873", and|strong="G2532" a|strong="G1096" number of|strong="G2532" tax|strong="G5057" collectors|strong="G5057" and|strong="G2532" outcasts took|strong="G1096" their|strong="G2532" places at|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" table|strong="G4873" with|strong="G1722" Jesus|strong="G2424" and|strong="G2532" his|strong="G1722" disciples|strong="G3101"; for|strong="G1063" many|strong="G4183" of|strong="G2532" them|strong="G3588" were|strong="G1510" following|strong="G1722" him|strong="G3588".
16 When|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" teachers of|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" Law belonging to|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" party of|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" Pharisees|strong="G5330" saw|strong="G3708" that|strong="G3754" he|strong="G2532" was|strong="G3588" eating|strong="G2068" in|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" company of|strong="G2532" such|strong="G3588" people|strong="G2068", they|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G2532" his|strong="G3708" disciples|strong="G3101", ‘Why|strong="G3754" does|strong="G2068" he|strong="G2532" eat|strong="G2068" with|strong="G3326" the|strong="G2532" tax|strong="G5057" collectors|strong="G5057" and|strong="G2532" outcasts?’
17 Hearing this|strong="G3588", Jesus|strong="G2424" said|strong="G3004", ‘\+w It|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w is|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w not|strong="G3756"\+w* \+w those|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w who|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w are|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w healthy|strong="G2480"\+w* \+w who|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w need|strong="G5532"\+w* \+w a|strong="G2192"\+w* doctor, \+w but|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w those|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w who|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w are|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w ill|strong="G2192"\+w*. \+w I|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w did|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w not|strong="G3756"\+w* \+w come|strong="G2064"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w call|strong="G2564"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* religious, \+w but|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* outcast.’
18 Now|strong="G1161" John|strong="G2491"’s disciples|strong="G3101" and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" Pharisees|strong="G5330" were|strong="G1510" fasting|strong="G3522", and|strong="G2532" people|strong="G1510" came|strong="G2064" and|strong="G2532" asked|strong="G3004" Jesus|strong="G3004", ‘Why|strong="G5101" is|strong="G1510" it|strong="G2532" that|strong="G3588" John|strong="G2491"’s disciples|strong="G3101" and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" disciples|strong="G3101" of|strong="G1223" the|strong="G2532" Pharisees|strong="G5330" fast|strong="G3522", while|strong="G1161" yours|strong="G4674" do|strong="G5101" not|strong="G3756"?’
19 Jesus|strong="G2424" answered|strong="G3004", ‘\+w Can|strong="G1410"\+w* \+w the|strong="G1722"\+w* groom’\+w s|strong="G2192"\+w* friends \+w fast|strong="G3522"\+w*, \+w while|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w the|strong="G1722"\+w* groom \+w is|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w with|strong="G3326"\+w* \+w them|strong="G3588"\+w*? \+w As|strong="G3745"\+w* \+w long|strong="G5550"\+w* \+w as|strong="G3745"\+w* \+w they|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w have|strong="G2192"\+w* \+w the|strong="G1722"\+w* groom \+w with|strong="G3326"\+w* \+w them|strong="G3588"\+w*, \+w they|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w cannot|strong="G1410"\+w* \+w fast|strong="G3522"\+w*.
20 \+w But|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w the|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w days|strong="G2250"\+w* \+w will|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w come|strong="G2064"\+w*, \+w when|strong="G3752"\+w* \+w the|strong="G1722"\+w* groom \+w will|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w be|strong="G2532"\+w* taken away \+w from|strong="G2064"\+w* \+w them|strong="G3588"\+w*, \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w they|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w will|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w fast|strong="G3522"\+w* \+w then|strong="G2532"\+w* – \+w when|strong="G3752"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w day|strong="G2250"\+w* \+w comes|strong="G2064"\+w*.’
21 ‘\+w No|strong="G3762"\+w* \+w one|strong="G3762"\+w* \+w ever|strong="G3762"\+w* \+w sews|strong="G1976"\+w* \+w a|strong="G1096"\+w* \+w piece|strong="G1915"\+w* \+w of|strong="G2532"\+w* unshrunk \+w cloth|strong="G4470"\+w* \+w on|strong="G1909"\+w* \+w an|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w old|strong="G3820"\+w* \+w garment|strong="G2440"\+w*; \+w if|strong="G1487"\+w* \+w they|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w do|strong="G1096"\+w*, \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w patch|strong="G1915"\+w* tears away \+w from|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w it|strong="G2532"\+w* – \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w new|strong="G2537"\+w* \+w from|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w old|strong="G3820"\+w* – \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w a|strong="G1096"\+w* \+w worse|strong="G5501"\+w* \+w tear|strong="G4978"\+w* \+w is|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w made|strong="G1096"\+w*.
22 \+w And|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w no|strong="G3762"\+w* \+w one|strong="G3762"\+w* \+w ever|strong="G1519"\+w* puts \+w new|strong="G2537"\+w* \+w wine|strong="G3631"\+w* \+w into|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w old|strong="G3820"\+w* wine-skins; \+w if|strong="G1487"\+w* \+w they|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w do|strong="G2532"\+w*, \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w wine|strong="G3631"\+w* \+w will|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w burst|strong="G4486"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* skins, \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w both|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w wine|strong="G3631"\+w* \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* skins \+w are|strong="G3588"\+w* lost. \+w But|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w new|strong="G2537"\+w* \+w wine|strong="G3631"\+w* \+w is|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w put|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w into|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w fresh|strong="G2537"\+w* skins.’
23 One|strong="G3588" Sabbath|strong="G4521", as|strong="G1722" Jesus|strong="G2532" was|strong="G1096" walking through|strong="G1223" the|strong="G1722" cornfields, his|strong="G1223" disciples|strong="G3101" began|strong="G1096" to|strong="G2532" pick|strong="G5089" the|strong="G1722" ears of|strong="G1223" wheat as|strong="G1722" they|strong="G2532" went|strong="G2532" along|strong="G2532".
24 ‘Look|strong="G3708"!’ the|strong="G2532" Pharisees|strong="G5330" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G2532" him|strong="G3588", ‘why|strong="G5101" are|strong="G3588" they|strong="G2532" doing|strong="G4160" what|strong="G5101" is|strong="G3588" not|strong="G3756" allowed on|strong="G4160" the|strong="G2532" Sabbath|strong="G4521"?’
25 ‘\+w Have|strong="G2192"\+w* \+w you|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w never|strong="G3763"\+w* read,’ answered|strong="G3004" Jesus|strong="G3004", ‘\+w what|strong="G5101"\+w* \+w David|strong="G1138"\+w* \+w did|strong="G4160"\+w* \+w when|strong="G3753"\+w* \+w he|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w was|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w in|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w need|strong="G5532"\+w* \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w hungry|strong="G3983"\+w*, \+w he|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w his|strong="G4160"\+w* \+w companions|strong="G3588"\+w* –
26 \+w how|strong="G4459"\+w* \+w he|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w went|strong="G1525"\+w* \+w into|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w house|strong="G3624"\+w* \+w of|strong="G2316"\+w* \+w God|strong="G2316"\+w*, \+w in|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w time|strong="G1909"\+w* \+w of|strong="G2316"\+w* Abiathar \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w high|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w priest|strong="G2409"\+w*, \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w ate|strong="G2068"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w consecrated|strong="G4286"\+w* bread, \+w which|strong="G3739"\+w* \+w only|strong="G1487"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w priests|strong="G2409"\+w* \+w are|strong="G1510"\+w* allowed \+w to|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w eat|strong="G2068"\+w*, \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w gave|strong="G1325"\+w* \+w some|strong="G3739"\+w* \+w to|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w his|strong="G1519"\+w* comrades \+w as|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w well|strong="G2532"\+w*?’
27 Then|strong="G2532" Jesus|strong="G3004" added, ‘\+w The|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w Sabbath|strong="G4521"\+w* \+w was|strong="G1096"\+w* \+w made|strong="G1096"\+w* \+w for|strong="G1223"\+w* \+w people|strong="G3004"\+w*, \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w not|strong="G3756"\+w* \+w people|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w for|strong="G1223"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w Sabbath|strong="G4521"\+w*;
28 \+w so|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w Son|strong="G5207"\+w* \+w of|strong="G5207"\+w* \+w Man|strong="G5207"\+w* \+w is|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w lord|strong="G2962"\+w* \+w even|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w of|strong="G5207"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w Sabbath|strong="G4521"\+w*.’