King James Version

1 And having entered again into Capernaum after some days, it was heard that he is in a house. 2 And many were gathered together so that there was no longer room, not even by the door, and he spoke the word to them. 3 And they come bringing to him a paralyzed man being carried by four. 4 And when they could not bring him to him because of the crowd, they removed the roof where he was, and after digging through, they let down the mat on which the paralytic was lying. 5 And seeing their faith, Jesus said to the paralytic, "Son, your sins are forgiven." 6 And there were some of the scribes sitting there and reasoning in their hearts. 7 Why does this man speak like this? He blasphemes; who can forgive sins except one, God? 8 And immediately perceiving in his spirit that they thus reasoned within themselves, he said to them, "Why do you reason these things in your hearts?" 9 What is easier to say to the paralytic: "Your sins are forgiven," or to say, "Rise, take up your bed and walk?" 10 But in order that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins—he says to the paralytic: 11 I say to you, rise, take up your bed and go to your house. 12 And he arose, and immediately taking up the bed, went out in front of everyone, so that they were all amazed and glorified God, saying that, “We have never seen anything like this.” 13 And he went out again by the sea, and all the crowd was coming to him, and he taught them. 14 And passing by, he saw Levi the son of Alphaeus sitting at the tax booth, and he said to him, "Follow me." And rising up, he followed him. 15 And it happens that he lay down in his house, and many tax collectors and sinners were reclining with Jesus and his disciples, for they were many and followed him. 16 And the scribes of the Pharisees, seeing that he eats with the sinners and tax collectors, said to his disciples, "Why does he eat with the tax collectors and sinners?" 17 And hearing this, Jesus says to them, "Those who are strong do not need a physician, but those who are ill; I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners." 18 And the disciples of John and the Pharisees were fasting. And they come and say to him: Why do the disciples of John and the disciples of the Pharisees fast, but your disciples do not fast? 19 And Jesus said to them, "Can the sons of the bridegroom fast while the bridegroom is with them? As long as they have the bridegroom with them, they cannot fast." 20 But the days will come when the bridegroom is taken away from them, and then they will fast in that day. 21 No one sews a patch of unshrunk cloth onto an old garment; otherwise, the new fills up from the old, and a worse tear is made. 22 And no one puts new wine into old wineskins; otherwise, the wine will burst the skins, and the wine is lost and the skins. But new wine must be put into fresh wineskins. 23 And it happened that he was passing through the grain fields on the Sabbath, and his disciples began to make their way, picking the heads of grain. 24 And the Pharisees said to him, "Look what they are doing on the Sabbath that is not lawful?" 25 And he says to them: "Have you never read what David did when he had need and he and those with him were hungry?" 26 How did he enter the house of God during the time of Abiathar the high priest and eat the showbread, which is not lawful to eat except for the priests, and give it also to those who were with him? 27 And he said to them, "The Sabbath was made for man, and not man for the Sabbath." 28 So the Son of Man is lord even of the Sabbath.