¹ And again he entered into Capernaum after some days; and it was noised that he was in the house. ² And immediately many were gathered together, so much that there was no room to receive them, no, not so much as about the door: and he preached the word to them. ³ And they come to him, bringing one sick of the palsy, which was borne of four. ⁴ And when they could not come near to him for the press, they uncovered the roof where he was: and when they had broken it up, they let down the bed in which+ the sick of the palsy lay. ⁵ When Jesus saw their faith, he said to the sick of the palsy, Son, your sins be forgiven you. ⁶ But there were certain of the scribes sitting there, and reasoning in their hearts, ⁷ Why does this man so speak blasphemies? who can forgive sins but God only? ⁸ And immediately when Jesus perceived in his spirit that they so reasoned within themselves, he said to them, Why reason you these things in your hearts? ⁹ Whether is it easier to say to the sick of the palsy, Thy sins be forgiven you; or to say, Arise, and take up your bed, and walk? ¹⁰ But that you may know that the Son of man has power on earth to forgive sins, (he said to the sick of the palsy ,) ¹¹ I say to you, Arise, and take up your bed, and go your way into your house. ¹² And immediately he arose, took up the bed, and went forward before them all; so much that they were all amazed, and glorified God, saying, We never saw it on this fashion. ¹³ And he went forward again by the sea side; and all the multitude resorted to him, and he taught them. ¹⁴ And as he passed by, he saw Levi the son of Alphaeus sitting at the receipt of custom, and said to him, Follow me. And he arose and followed him. ¹⁵ And it came to pass, that, as Jesus sat at meat in his house, many publicans and sinners sat also together with Jesus and his disciples: for there were many, and they followed him. ¹⁶ And when the scribes and Pharisees saw him eat with publicans and sinners, they said to his disciples, How is it that he eats and drinks with publicans and sinners? ¹⁷ When Jesus heard it, he said to them, Those are whole have no need of the physician, but those are sick: I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance. ¹⁸ And the disciples of John and of the Pharisees used to fast: and they come and say to him, Why do+ the disciples of John and of the Pharisees fast, but your disciples fast not? ¹⁹ And Jesus said to them, Can the children 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 will be taken away from them, and then will they fast in those days. ²¹ No man also sews a piece of new cloth on an old garment: else the new piece that filled it up takes away from the old, and the rent is made worse. ²² And no man puts new wine into old bottles: else the new wine does burst the bottles, and the wine is spilled, and the bottles will be marred: but new wine must be put into new bottles. ²³ And it came to pass, that he went through the corn fields on the sabbath day; and his disciples began, as they went+ , to pluck the ears of corn. ²⁴ And the Pharisees said to him, See, why do they on the sabbath day that which is not lawful? ²⁵ And he said to them, Have you never read what David did, when he had need, and was a hungred, he, and those were with him? ²⁶ How he went into the house of God in the days of Abiathar the high priest, and did eat the showbread+ , which is not lawful to eat but for the priests, and gave also to them which were with him? ²⁷ And he said to them, The sabbath was made for man, and not man for the sabbath: ²⁸ Therefore the Son of man is Lord also of the sabbath.