Mark 2

Jesus Heals a Paralytic

1 And when he returned to t Capernaum after some days, it was reported that he was at home. 2 And many were gathered together, so that there was no more room, not even at the door. And he was preaching the word to them. 3 u And they came, bringing to him a paralytic carried by four men. 4 And when they could not get near him because of the crowd, v they removed the roof above him, and when they had made an opening, they let down the bed on which the paralytic lay. 5 And when Jesus w saw their faith, he said to the paralytic, "Son, x your sins are forgiven." 6 Now some of the scribes were sitting there, questioning in their hearts, 7 "Why does this man speak like that? y He is blaspheming! z Who can forgive sins but God alone?" 8 And immediately Jesus, a perceiving in his spirit that they thus questioned within themselves, said to them, "Why do you question these things in your hearts? 9 Which is easier, to say to the paralytic, 'Your sins are forgiven,' or to say, 'Rise, take up your bed and walk'? 10 But that you may know that b the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins" - he said to the paralytic - 11 "I say to you, rise, pick up your bed, and go home." 12 And he rose and immediately picked up his bed and went out before them all, so that they were all amazed and c glorified God, saying, "We never saw anything like this!"

Jesus Calls Levi

13 He went out again beside the sea, and d all the crowd was coming to him, and he was teaching them. 14 e And as he passed by, he saw f Levi the son of Alphaeus sitting at the tax booth, and he said to him, "Follow me." And he rose and followed him.

15 And as he reclined at table in his house, many g tax collectors and sinners were reclining with Jesus and his disciples, for there were many who followed him. 16 And h the scribes of 1 the Pharisees, when they saw that he was eating with sinners and tax collectors, said to his disciples, g "Why does he eat 2 with tax collectors and sinners?" 17 And when Jesus heard it, he said to them, "Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick. i I came not to call the righteous, j but sinners."

A Question About Fasting

18 Now k John's disciples and the Pharisees were fasting. And people came and said to him, l "Why do John's disciples and m the disciples of the Pharisees fast, but your disciples do not fast?" 19 And Jesus said to them, n "Can the wedding guests fast while the bridegroom is with them? As long as they have the bridegroom with them, they cannot fast. 20 o The days will come when the bridegroom is taken away from them, and p then they will fast in that day. 21 No one sews a piece of unshrunk cloth on an old garment. If he does, the patch tears away from it, the new from the old, and a worse tear is made. 22 And no one puts new wine into old q wineskins. If he does, the wine will burst the skins - and the wine is destroyed, and so are the skins. But new wine is for fresh wineskins." 3

Jesus Is Lord of the Sabbath

23 r One Sabbath he was going through the grainfields, and as they made their way, his disciples s began to pluck heads of grain. 24 And the Pharisees were saying to him, "Look, t why are they doing u what is not lawful on the Sabbath?" 25 And he said to them, v "Have you never read w what David did, when he was in need and was hungry, he and those who were with him: 26 how he entered the house of God, in the time of x Abiathar the high priest, and ate y the bread of the Presence, which it is not lawful for any but the priests to eat, and also gave it to those who were with him?" 27 And he said to them, z "The Sabbath was made for man, a not man for the Sabbath. 28 So b the Son of Man is lord even of the Sabbath."

  1. Cross References
    Matthew 9:1
    And getting into a boat he crossed over and came to his own city.
  2. Cross References
    Mark 2:3 - 12
    And they came, bringing to him a paralytic carried by four men.
    Matthew 9:2 - 8
    And behold, some people brought to him a paralytic, lying on a bed. And when Jesus saw their faith, he said to the paralytic, "Take heart, my son; your sins are forgiven.
    Luke 5:18 - 26
    And behold, some men were bringing on a bed a man who was paralyzed, and they were seeking to bring him in and lay him before Jesus.
  3. Cross References
    Mark 2:3 - 12
    And they came, bringing to him a paralytic carried by four men.
    Matthew 9:2 - 8
    And behold, some people brought to him a paralytic, lying on a bed. And when Jesus saw their faith, he said to the paralytic, "Take heart, my son; your sins are forgiven.
    Luke 5:17 - 26
    On one of those days, as he was teaching, Pharisees and teachers of the law were sitting there, who had come from every village of Galilee and Judea and from Jerusalem. And the power of the Lord was with him to heal.
  4. Cross References
    Luke 5:19
    But finding no way to bring him in, because of the crowd, they went up on the roof and let him down with his bed through the tiles into the midst before Jesus.
  5. Cross References
    Mark 10:52
    And Jesus said to him, "Go your way; your faith...
    Matthew 8:10
    When Jesus heard this, he marveled and said to ...
    Matthew 8:13
    And to the centurion Jesus said, "Go; let it be...
    Matthew 9:22
    Jesus turned, and seeing her he said, "Take hea...
    Matthew 9:29
    Then he touched their eyes, saying, "According ...
    Matthew 15:28
    Then Jesus answered her, "O woman, great is you...
    Luke 7:9
    When Jesus heard these things, he marveled at h...
    Luke 7:50
    And he said to the woman, "Your faith has saved...
    Luke 17:19
    And he said to him, "Rise and go your way; your...
    Luke 18:42
    And Jesus said to him, "Recover your sight; you...
    Acts 3:16
    And his name - by faith in his name - has made ...
    Acts 14:9
    He listened to Paul speaking. And Paul, looking...
    James 5:15
    And the prayer of faith will save the one who i...
  6. Cross References
    Luke 7:48
    And he said to her, "Your sins are forgiven.
    John 5:14
    Afterward Jesus found him in the temple and said to him, "See, you are well! Sin no more, that nothing worse may happen to you.
  7. Cross References
    Mark 14:64
    You have heard his blasphemy. What is your decision?" And they all condemned him as deserving death.
    John 10:36
    Do you say of him whom the Father consecrated and sent into the world, 'You are blaspheming,' because I said, 'I am the Son of God'?
  8. Cross References
    Psalms 32:5
    I acknowledged my sin to you, and I did not cover my iniquity; I said, "I will confess my transgressions to the Lord," and you forgave the iniquity of my sin. Selah
    Isaiah 43:25
    I, I am he who blots out your transgressions for my own sake, and I will not remember your sins.
  9. Cross References
    John 2:25
    And needed no one to bear witness about man, for he himself knew what was in man.
  10. Cross References
    Mark 2:28
    So the Son of Man is lord even of the Sabbath.
  11. Cross References
    Luke 7:16
    Fear seized them all, and they glorified God, saying, "A great prophet has arisen among us!" and "God has visited his people!
  12. Cross References
    Mark 1:45
    But he went out and began to talk freely about it, and to spread the news, so that Jesus could no longer openly enter a town, but was out in desolate places, and people were coming to him from every quarter.
  13. Cross References
    Mark 2:14 - 22
    And as he passed by, he saw Levi the son of Alphaeus sitting at the tax booth, and he said to him, "Follow me." And he rose and followed him.
    Matthew 9:9 - 17
    As Jesus passed on from there, he saw a man called Matthew sitting at the tax booth, and he said to him, "Follow me." And he rose and followed him.
    Luke 5:27 - 38
    After this he went out and saw a tax collector named Levi, sitting at the tax booth. And he said to him, "Follow me.
  14. Cross References
    Matthew 9:9
    As Jesus passed on from there, he saw a man called Matthew sitting at the tax booth, and he said to him, "Follow me." And he rose and followed him.
  15. Cross References
    Mark 2:14 - 22
    And as he passed by, he saw Levi the son of Alphaeus sitting at the tax booth, and he said to him, "Follow me." And he rose and followed him.
    Matthew 9:9 - 17
    As Jesus passed on from there, he saw a man called Matthew sitting at the tax booth, and he said to him, "Follow me." And he rose and followed him.
    Luke 5:27 - 39
    After this he went out and saw a tax collector named Levi, sitting at the tax booth. And he said to him, "Follow me.
  16. Cross References
    Matthew 11:19
    The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, 'Look at him! A glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!' Yet wisdom is justified by her deeds.
    Luke 15:2
    And the Pharisees and the scribes grumbled, saying, "This man receives sinners and eats with them.
  17. Cross References
    Acts 4:5
    On the next day their rulers and elders and scribes gathered together in Jerusalem.
    Acts 23:9
    Then a great clamor arose, and some of the scribes of the Pharisees' party stood up and contended sharply, "We find nothing wrong in this man. What if a spirit or an angel spoke to him?
  18. Cross References
    Mark 2:15
    And as he reclined at table in his house, many tax collectors and sinners were reclining with Jesus and his disciples, for there were many who followed him.
  19. Cross References
    Luke 15:7
    Just so, I tell you, there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous persons who need no repentance.
    John 9:39
    Jesus said, "For judgment I came into this world, that those who do not see may see, and those who see may become blind.
  20. Cross References
    1 Timothy 1:15
    The saying is trustworthy and deserving of full acceptance, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am the foremost.
  21. Cross References
    Matthew 11:2
    Now when John heard in prison about the deeds o...
    Matthew 14:12
    And his disciples came and took the body and bu...
    Luke 11:1
    Now Jesus was praying in a certain place, and w...
    John 1:35
    The next day again John was standing with two o...
    John 3:25
    Now a discussion arose between some of John's d...
    John 4:1
    Now when Jesus learned that the Pharisees had h...
    Acts 18:25
    He had been instructed in the way of the Lord. ...
    Acts 19:3
    And he said, "Into what then were you baptized?...
  22. Cross References
    Mark 7:5
    And the Pharisees and the scribes asked him, "Why do your disciples not walk according to the tradition of the elders, but eat with defiled hands?
  23. Cross References
    Luke 18:12
    I fast twice a week; I give tithes of all that I get.
  24. Cross References
    John 3:29
    The one who has the bride is the bridegroom. The friend of the bridegroom, who stands and hears him, rejoices greatly at the bridegroom's voice. Therefore this joy of mine is now complete.
  25. Cross References
    Luke 17:22
    And he said to the disciples, "The days are coming when you will desire to see one of the days of the Son of Man, and you will not see it.
  26. Cross References
    John 16:20
    Truly, truly, I say to you, you will weep and lament, but the world will rejoice. You will be sorrowful, but your sorrow will turn into joy.
  27. Cross References
    Joshua 9:4
    They on their part acted with cunning and went and made ready provisions and took worn-out sacks for their donkeys, and wineskins, worn-out and torn and mended.
  28. Cross References
    Mark 2:23 - 28
    One Sabbath he was going through the grainfields, and as they made their way, his disciples began to pluck heads of grain.
    Matthew 12:1 - 8
    At that time Jesus went through the grainfields on the Sabbath. His disciples were hungry, and they began to pluck heads of grain and to eat.
    Luke 6:1 - 5
    On a Sabbath, while he was going through the grainfields, his disciples plucked and ate some heads of grain, rubbing them in their hands.
  29. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 23:25
    If you go into your neighbor's standing grain, you may pluck the ears with your hand, but you shall not put a sickle to your neighbor's standing grain.
  30. Cross References
    Mark 2:23 - 28
    One Sabbath he was going through the grainfields, and as they made their way, his disciples began to pluck heads of grain.
    Matthew 12:1 - 8
    At that time Jesus went through the grainfields on the Sabbath. His disciples were hungry, and they began to pluck heads of grain and to eat.
    Luke 6:1 - 5
    On a Sabbath, while he was going through the grainfields, his disciples plucked and ate some heads of grain, rubbing them in their hands.
  31. Cross References
    Matthew 9:11
    And when the Pharisees saw this, they said to his disciples, "Why does your teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?
  32. Cross References
    Exodus 20:9 - 11
    Six days you shall labor, and do all your work.
  33. Cross References
    Matthew 21:16
    And they said to him, "Do you hear what these are saying?" And Jesus said to them, "Yes; have you never read, "'Out of the mouth of infants and nursing babies you have prepared praise'?
  34. Cross References
    1 Samuel 21:1 - 6
    Then David came to Nob to Ahimelech the priest. And Ahimelech came to meet David trembling and said to him, "Why are you alone, and no one with you?
  35. Cross References
    1 Chronicles 24:6
    And the scribe Shemaiah, the son of Nethanel, a Levite, recorded them in the presence of the king and the princes and Zadok the priest and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar and the heads of the fathers' houses of the priests and of the Levites, one father's house being chosen for Eleazar and one chosen for Ithamar.
    1 Samuel 21:1
    Then David came to Nob to Ahimelech the priest. And Ahimelech came to meet David trembling and said to him, "Why are you alone, and no one with you?
    2 Samuel 8:17
    And Zadok the son of Ahitub and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar were priests, and Seraiah was secretary.
  36. Cross References
    Exodus 25:30
    And you shall set the bread of the Presence on the table before me regularly.
    Leviticus 24:5 - 9
    You shall take fine flour and bake twelve loaves from it; two tenths of an ephah shall be in each loaf.
  37. Cross References
    Exodus 23:12
    Six days you shall do your work, but on the seventh day you shall rest; that your ox and your donkey may have rest, and the son of your servant woman, and the alien, may be refreshed.
    Deuteronomy 5:14
    But the seventh day is a Sabbath to the Lord your God. On it you shall not do any work, you or your son or your daughter or your male servant or your female servant, or your ox or your donkey or any of your livestock, or the sojourner who is within your gates, that your male servant and your female servant may rest as well as you.
  38. Cross References
    Colossians 2:16
    Therefore let no one pass judgment on you in questions of food and drink, or with regard to a festival or a new moon or a Sabbath.
  39. Cross References
    Mark 2:10
    But 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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