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The Paralytic Healed |
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Mark 2:1
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When He had come back to Capernaum several days
afterward, it was heard that He was at home. |
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Mark 2:2
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And many were gathered together, so that there
was no longer room, not even near the door; and He was speaking the word to them. |
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Mark 2:3
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And they *came,
bringing to Him a paralytic, carried by four men. |
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Mark 2:4
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Being unable to get to Him because of the crowd,
they removed the roof above Him; and when they had dug an opening, they let down
the pallet on which the paralytic was lying. |
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Mark 2:5
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And Jesus seeing their faith *said
to the paralytic, "Son, your sins are forgiven." |
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Mark 2:6
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But some of the scribes were sitting there and
reasoning in their hearts, |
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Mark 2:7
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"Why does this man speak that way? He is blaspheming;
who can forgive sins but God alone?" |
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Mark 2:8
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Immediately Jesus, aware in His spirit that
they were reasoning that way within themselves, *said
to them, "Why are you reasoning about these things in your
hearts? |
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Mark 2:9
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Which is easier, to say
to the paralytic, 'Your sins are forgiven'; or to say, 'Get up, and pick up your
pallet and walk'? |
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Mark 2:10
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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
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"I say to you, get up,
pick up your pallet and go home." |
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Mark 2:12
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And he got up and immediately picked up the
pallet and went out in the sight of everyone, so that they were all amazed and
were glorifying God, saying, "We have never seen anything like this." |
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Mark 2:13
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And He went out again by the seashore; and all
the people were coming to Him, and He was teaching them. |
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Levi (Matthew) Called |
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Mark 2:14
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As He passed by, He saw Levi the son of Alphaeus
sitting in the tax booth, and He *said
to him, "Follow Me!" And he got up and followed Him. |
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Mark 2:15
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And it *happened
that He was reclining at the table in his house, and many tax collectors and sinners
were dining with Jesus and His disciples; for there were many of them, and they
were following Him. |
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Mark 2:16
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When the scribes of the Pharisees saw that He
was eating with the sinners and tax collectors, they said to His disciples, "Why
is He eating and drinking with tax collectors and sinners?" |
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Mark 2:17
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And hearing this, Jesus *said
to them, "It is not those who are healthy who need a physician,
but those who are sick; I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners." |
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Mark 2:18
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John's disciples and the Pharisees were fasting;
and they *came
and *said
to Him, "Why do John's disciples and the disciples of the Pharisees fast, but
Your disciples do not fast?" |
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Mark 2:19
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And Jesus said to them,
"While the bridegroom is with them, the attendants of the bridegroom cannot fast,
can they? So long as they have the bridegroom with them, they cannot fast. |
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Mark 2:20
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But the days will come
when the bridegroom is taken away from them, and then they will fast in that day. |
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Mark 2:21
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"No one sews a patch of
unshrunk cloth on an old garment; otherwise the patch pulls away from it, the
new from the old, and a worse tear results. |
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Mark 2:22
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No one puts new wine into
old wineskins; otherwise the wine will burst the skins, and the wine is lost and
the skins as well; but one puts new wine into fresh wineskins." |
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Question of the Sabbath |
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Mark 2:23
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And it happened that He was passing through
the grainfields on the Sabbath, and His disciples began to make their way along
while picking the heads of grain. |
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Mark 2:24
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The Pharisees were saying to Him, "Look, why
are they doing what is not lawful on the Sabbath?" |
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Mark 2:25
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And He *said
to them, "Have you never read what David did when he was
in need and he and his companions became hungry; |
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Mark 2:26
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how he entered the house
of God in the time of Abiathar the high priest, and ate the consecrated bread,
which is not lawful for anyone to eat except the priests, and he also gave it
to those who were with him?" |
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Mark 2:27
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Jesus said to them, "The
Sabbath was made for man, and not man for the Sabbath. |
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Mark 2:28
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So the Son of Man is Lord
even of the Sabbath." |
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