AND again He entered Capernaum after some days, and it was heard that He was in the house.

2 Immediately many gathered together, so that there was no longer room to recieve them, not even near the door. And He preached the word to them.

3 Then they came to Him, bringing a paralytic who was carried by four men.

4 And when they could not  come near Him because of the crowd, they uncovered the roof where He was. So when they had broken through, they let down the bed on which the paralytic was lying.

5 When Jesus saw their faith, He said to the paralytic, "Son, your sins are forgiven."

6 And some of scribes were sitting there and reasoning in their hearts,

7 Why does this Man speak blasphemies like this? Who can forgive sins but God alone?"

8 But immediately, when Jesus perceived in His spirit that they reasoned thus within themselves, He said to them, "Why do you reason about these things in your hearts?

9 "Which is easier, to say to the paralytic, ' Your sins are forgiven you,' or to say,' Arise, 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 paralytic,

11 "I say to you, arise, take up your bed, and go to your house."

12 Immediately he arose, took up your bed, and went out in the presence of them all, so that all were amazed and glorified God, saying, "We never saw anything like this!"

13 Then He went out again by the sea; and all the multitude came to Him, and taught them.

14 AS he passsed by, He saw Levi the son of Alphaeus sitting at the tax office. And He said to him, "Follow Me." So he arose and followed Him.

15 Now it happened, as He was dinning in Levi's house, that many tax colectors ans sinners also sat together with Jesus and His disciples; for there were many, and they followed Him.

16 And when the scribes and Parisees  saw Him eating with the tax collectors and sinnes, they said to His disciples; "How is it that He eats and drinks with taxcollectors and sinners?"

17 When Jesus heard it, He said to them," Those who are well have no need of a physicians, but those who are sick. I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners, to repentance."

18 The disciple were fasting. Then they came and said to Him, "Why do the disciple of John and of the Pharisees sees fast, but Your disciples do not fast?"

19 And Jesus said to them, "Can the friends of the bridegroom fast while the bridegroom is with them? As long as they have the bridgegroom with them they cannot fast.

20 "But the days will not come when the bridgroom is with them? and then they will fast in those days.

21 "No one sews a piece of unshrunken cloth on an old garment; or else the new piece pulls away from the old, and tear is made worse.

22" And no one puts new wine into old wineskins; or else the new wine bursts the wineskins are ruined. But new wine must be out into new wineskins."

23 Now it happened that He went through the grainfields on the Sabbath; and as they went His disciples began to pluck the heads of grain.

24 And the Pharises said to Him, "Look, why do they do what is not lawful on the Sabath?"

25 But He said to them, "Have you never read what David did when he was in need in hungry, he and those with him:

26 "How he went into the house of God in the days of Abiather the high priest, and ate the showbread, which is  not lawful to eat except for the priests, and also gave some to those who were with them?"

27 An He said to them, " The Sabbath was made for man, and not man for the Sabbath.

28 "Therefoe the Son of Man is also Lord of the Sabbath." MARK 2