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And again He entered into Capernaum after some days; and it was heard that He was in the house.
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And straightway many were gathered together, insomuch that there was· no longer ·room◦, not even about the door; and He spoke the Word to them.
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And they came to Him, bringing one sick··of··the··palsy, taken··up by four.
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And when they could not come near Him because of the crowd, they unroofed the roof where He was; and having dug··through, they let down the cot on which the sick··of··the··palsy was lying··down.
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And◦ Jesus, seeing◦ their faith, says to the sick··of··the··palsy, Child, thy sins have been forgiven* thee.
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But◦ there were some of the scribes sitting there and reasoning in their hearts,
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Why does He thus speak blasphemies? Who◦ can forgive sins except one, God?
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And Jesus, straightway knowing in His spirit that they so reasoned within themselves, said to them, Why do you reason these things within your hearts?
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What◦ is easier, to say◦ to the sick··of··the··palsy, Thy sins have been forgiven thee, or to say◦, Arise, and take··up thy cot, and walk?
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But◦ that◦ you may know◦ that the Son of Man has authority to forgive sins on the earth (He says to the sick··of··the··palsy),
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To thee I say, Arise, and take··up thy cot, and go◦ to◦ thy house.
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And straightway he arose, and taking··up the cot, came··out before them all, so··that◦ all were··amazed, and glorified God, saying, We never saw◦ it so!
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And He went out again by the sea, and all the crowd came to Him, and He taught them.
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And passing··by◦, He saw◦ Levi the son of Alphaeus sitting at◦ the receipt··of··tribute*, and said to him, Follow Me; and standing··up he followed Him.
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And it came··to··pass, as He reclined◦ in his house, many publicans and sinners also reclined··with◦ Jesus and His disciples, for◦ there were many, and they followed Him.
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And the scribes and Pharisees seeing◦ Him eating◦ with publicans and sinners, said to His disciples, Why is it that He eats◦ and drinks with publicans and sinners?
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And Jesus hearing says to them, They who have··strength have no need of a physician, but they who have an illness. I came not to call the just, but sinners, to◦ repentance.
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And the disciples of John and of the Pharisees were fasting; and they come and say to Him, Why do the disciples of John and of the Pharisees fast, but◦ Thy disciples fast not?
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And Jesus said◦ to them, Can the sons of the bride-chamber fast while the Bridegroom is with them? So long◦ as they have the Bridegroom with them they cannot fast.
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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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And no one sews a piece of unshrunk* fabric on an old garment; otherwise the new piece that··fills··in takes away from the old, and the rip becomes worse.
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And no one puts young wine into old bottles*; otherwise the young wine tears the bottles, and the wine is spilled, and the bottles will perish; but young wine must be put into new bottles.
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And it came··to··pass, that He went through the grain◦ on▵ the Sabbaths; and His disciples began to make their way, plucking the ears◦ of grain.
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And the Pharisees said to Him, Behold, why are they doing on the Sabbaths what is not permitted▵?
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And He said to them, Have you never read what David did, when he had need and hungered, he and they who were with him,
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how he entered into the house of God in▫ the time of Abiathar the chief··priest, and ate the bread which was set··out, which is not permitted▵ to eat except for the priests, and gave also to those who were with◦ him?
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And He said to them, The Sabbath was··made◦ for▫ man, not man for▫ the Sabbath.
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Therefore the Son of Man is Lord also of the Sabbath.
