Mark 2
1 And, entering again into Capernaum, after some days, it was heard say—He is in a house;
And Jesus again entered into Capernaum, after some days. And when they heard that he was in the house,
2 and many were gathered together, so that no longer was there room even in the approaches to the door, —and he began speaking unto them the word;
many were assembled, so that the house could not contain them, not even before the door. And he held discourse with them.
3 and they come, bearing unto him a paralytic, upborne by four, —
And they came to him and brought to him a paralytic, borne between four persons.
4 and, not being able to get near him by reason of the multitude, they uncovered the roof where he was, and, having broken it up, they began letting down the couch whereon the paralytic was lying;
And as they could not come near him on account of the crowd, they ascended to the roof, and removed the covering of the place where Jesus was, and let down the bed on which the paralytic lay.
5 and, Jesus, seeing their faith, saith unto the paralytic—Child! forgiven are thy sins!
And when Jesus saw their faith, he said to the paralytic: My son, thy sins are forgiven thee.
6 Now there were certain of the Scribes there, sitting and deliberating in their hearts, —
And there were some Scribes and Pharisees there, who sat and reasoned in their hearts:
7 Why doth, this, man thus talk? he is speaking profanely! Who can forgive sins, save one, God?
Who is this speaking, blasphemy? Who can forgive sins, except God only?
8 And Jesus, straightway, taking note in his spirit, that [thus] they are deliberating within themselves, saith [unto them]—Why, these things, are ye deliberating in your hearts?
And Jesus knew, in his spirit, that they thus reasoned in themselves; and he said to them: Why reason ye thus in your heart?
9 Which is easier—to say unto the paralytic, Forgiven are thy sins, or to say, Rise, [and] take up thy couch, and be walking?
Which is the easier, to say to a paralytic, Thy sins are forgiven thee? or to say, Arise, take up thy bed, and walk?
10 But, that ye may know that the Son of Man hath authority to be forgiving sins upon the earth, he saith to the paralytic:
But that ye may know that the Son of man hath power on earth to forgive sins, he said to the paralytic,
11 To thee, I say, Rise, take up thy couch, and be going thy way unto thy house.
I say to thee, Arise, take thy bed, and go to thy house.
12 And he arose, and, straightway taking up the couch, went forth before all, —so that all were beside themselves and were glorifying God, [saying]—Thus, we never saw it!
And he arose in that hour, took up his bed, and departed in presence of them all: so that they were all amazed, and praised God, saying: We never saw the like.
13 And he went forth again by the sea, —and all the multitude was coming unto him, and he began teaching them.
And he went again to the sea; and all the multitude came to him, and he taught them.
14 And, passing by, he saw Levi, the son of Alphaeus, sitting over the tax-office, —and saith unto him—Be following me! And, arising, he followed him.
And as he passed along he saw Levi the son of Alpheus sitting among the publicans. And he said to him: Come after me. And he arose and went after him.
15 And it cometh to pass, that he is reclining in his house, and many tax-collectors and sinners were reclining with Jesus and his disciples; for there were many, and they began following him.
And it was so, that as he reclined in his Levi's house, many publicans and sinners reclined with Jesus and with his disciples: for they were many, and they followed him.
16 And the Scribes and Pharisees, seeing that he was eating with the sinners and the tax-collectors, began saying unto his disciples—With the tax-collectors and sinners, is he eating?
And when the Scribes and Pharisees saw that he ate with publicans and with sinners, they said to his disciples: Why doth he eat and drink with publicans and sinners?
17 And, hearing it, Jesus saith unto them—No need, have the strong of a physician, but they who are sick, I came not to call the righteous, but sinners.
When Jesus heard it, he said to them: The healthy need not a physician, but those laboring under disease: I came, not to call the righteous, but sinners.
18 And the disciples of John and the Pharisees were fasting; and they come and say unto him—For what cause, do, the disciples of John and the disciples of the Pharisees, fast, whereas, thy disciples, fast not?
And the disciples of John and of the Pharisees were fasters; and they came and said to him: Why are the disciples of John and of the Pharisees fasters, and thy disciples fast not?
19 And Jesus said unto them—Is it possible for the sons of the bridechamber, while the bridegroom is with them, to be fasting? So long as they have the bridegroom with them, it is impossible, to fast.
Jesus said to them: Can the guests of the nuptial chamber fast so long as the bridegroom is with them? No.
20 But there will come days, when the bridegroom shall be taken from them, and, then, they will fast, in that day.
But the days will come, when the bridegroom will be taken from them, and then they will fast, in that day.
21 No one, seweth a patch of unshrunk cloth upon an old mantle, —otherwise, at least, the shrinking teareth away from it—the new from the old—and, a worse rent is made.
No one taketh a patch of new cloth and seweth it upon an old garment, lest the supplemental new should take from the old, and the rent become the greater.
22 And, no one, poureth new wine into fold skins, —otherwise, at least, the wine will burst the skins, and the wine is lost, and, the skins. [But new wine is for unused skins.]
And no one putteth new wine into old sacks, lest the wine burst the sacks, and the sacks be spoiled, and the wine spilled; but they put new wine into new sacks.
23 And it came to pass, that he, on the Sabbath, was passing through the cornfields, and his disciples began to be going forward, plucking the ears of corn.
And it was so, that as Jesus on a sabbath walked in the tillage grounds, his disciples walked and plucked the ears.
24 And, the Pharisees, were saying, —See! why are they doing, on the Sabbath, what is not allowed?
And the Pharisees said to him: See, how on the sabbath, they do that which is not lawful?
25 And he saith unto them—Have ye never read what David did, when he had need and hungered, —he, and they who were with him:
Jesus said to them: Have ye never read what David did, when he had need and was hungry, he and his attendants?
26 [how] he entered into the house of God, while Abiathar was High-priest, and, the presence-bread, did eat, —which it is not allowed to eat, save unto the priests, —and gave, unto them also who were with him?
How he entered the house of God, when Abiathar was high priest, and ate the bread of the Lord's table, which it was not lawful for any but priests to eat, and gave it also to those with him?
27 And he was saying unto them—The Sabbath, for man, was made, and not, man, for, the Sabbath:
And he said to them: The sabbath was made on man's account, and not man for the sake of the sabbath.
28 So that the Son of Man is, Lord, even of the Sabbath.
Therefore also the Son of man is lord of the sabbath.
