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    Mark 2

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    A packed house acquires a skylight: four men, finding the door useless, remove part of the roof and lower a paralytic into the middle of Jesus’ teaching.

    A roof opened from abovevv. 1–12

    Jesus returns to Capernaum, and the house fills so completely that even the doorway is occupied. Four men bring a paralytic, then solve the crowd by uncovering the roof and lowering him down. Jesus first forgives the man’s sins, which makes the scribes think their objection in silence; Jesus answers the thoughts themselves, and then tells the paralytic to rise. He does, carrying away the mat that had carried him, while the crowd declares that it has never seen anything like it.

    Levi’s tablevv. 13–17

    Beside the sea, Jesus teaches the people, then sees Levi son of Alphaeus at the tax booth and calls him. Levi gets up and follows. At Levi’s house, tax collectors and sinners eat with Jesus and His disciples, provoking the scribes who are Pharisees to ask why such company is at the table. Jesus answers with a doctor and the sick, and says that He has come to call sinners.

    New wine, grain, and the Sabbathvv. 18–28

    Questions about fasting lead Jesus to speak of wedding guests, an absent bridegroom, an unshrunk patch, and new wine in new wineskins. Then, on a Sabbath in the grainfields, His disciples pick heads of grain and the Pharisees object. Jesus answers with David, who ate consecrated bread when hungry and gave some to his companions, before declaring that the Sabbath was made for man and that the Son of Man is Lord even of it.

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    1. Mark 2:1A few days later Jesus went back to Capernaum. And when the people heard that He was home,

    2. Mark 2:2they gathered in such large numbers that there was no more room, not even outside the door, as Jesus spoke the word to them.

    3. Mark 2:3Then a paralytic was brought to Him, carried by four men.

    4. Mark 2:4Since they were unable to get to Jesus through the crowd, they uncovered the roof above Him, made an opening, and lowered the paralytic on his mat.

    5. Mark 2:5When Jesus saw their faith, He said to the paralytic, “Son, your sins are forgiven.”

    6. Mark 2:6But some of the scribes were sitting there and thinking in their hearts,

    7. Mark 2:7“Why does this man speak like this? He is blaspheming! Who can forgive sins but God alone?”

    8. Mark 2:8At once Jesus knew in His spirit that they were thinking this way within themselves. “Why are you thinking these things in your hearts?” He asked.

    9. Mark 2:9“Which is easier: to say to a paralytic, ‘Your sins are forgiven,’ or to say, ‘Get up, pick up your mat, and walk’?

    10. Mark 2:10But so that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins...” He said to the paralytic,

    11. Mark 2:11“I tell you, get up, pick up your mat, and go home.”

    12. Mark 2:12And immediately the man got up, picked up his mat, and walked out in front of them all. As a result, they were all astounded and glorified God, saying, “We have never seen anything like this!”

    13. Mark 2:13Once again Jesus went out beside the sea. All the people came to Him, and He taught them there.

    14. Mark 2:14As He was walking along, He saw Levi son of Alphaeus sitting at the tax booth. “Follow Me,” He told him, and Levi got up and followed Him.

    15. Mark 2:15While Jesus was dining at Levi’s house, many tax collectors and sinners were eating with Him and His disciples—for there were many who followed Him.

    16. Mark 2:16When the scribes who were Pharisees saw Jesus eating with these people, they asked His disciples, “Why does He eat with tax collectors and sinners?”

    17. Mark 2:17On hearing this, Jesus told them, “It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners.”

    18. Mark 2:18Now John’s disciples and the Pharisees were often fasting. So people came to Jesus and asked, “Why don’t Your disciples fast like John’s disciples and those of the Pharisees?”

    19. Mark 2:19Jesus replied, “How can the guests of the bridegroom fast while He is with them? As long as He is with them, they cannot fast.

    20. Mark 2:20But the time will come when the bridegroom will be taken from them; then they will fast.

    21. Mark 2:21No one sews a patch of unshrunk cloth on an old garment. If he does, the new piece will pull away from the old, and a worse tear will result.

    22. Mark 2:22And no one pours new wine into old wineskins. If he does, the wine will burst the skins, and both the wine and the wineskins will be ruined. Instead, new wine is poured into new wineskins.”

    23. Mark 2:23One Sabbath Jesus was passing through the grainfields, and His disciples began to pick the heads of grain as they walked along.

    24. Mark 2:24So the Pharisees said to Him, “Look, why are they doing what is unlawful on the Sabbath?”

    25. Mark 2:25Jesus replied, “Have you never read what David did when he and his companions were hungry and in need?

    26. Mark 2:26During the high priesthood of Abiathar, he entered the house of God and ate the consecrated bread, which was lawful only for the priests. And he gave some to his companions as well.”

    27. Mark 2:27Then Jesus declared, “The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath.

    28. Mark 2:28Therefore, the Son of Man is Lord even of the Sabbath.”

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    Where this is echoed

    Readers' own connections, from OpenBible's crowd-voted cross-references — agreement about relevance, and not scholarly confidence. 272 passages were voted onto 28 verses of this chapter; the 16 shown lead on votes, and each is listed at the verse it was voted onto most strongly.

    • 17Luke 15:7I tell you that in the same way there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous ones who do not need to repent.
    • 17Matthew 9:12–13On hearing this, Jesus said, “It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick.
    • 17Luke 19:10For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.”
    • 251 Samuel 21:3–6Now then, what do you have on hand? Give me five loaves of bread, or whatever can be found.”
    • 17Luke 5:31–32Jesus answered, “It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick.
    • 171 Timothy 1:15–16This is a trustworthy saying, worthy of full acceptance: Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am the worst.
    • 27Colossians 2:16Therefore let no one judge you by what you eat or drink, or with regard to a feast, a New Moon, or a Sabbath.
    • 17Titus 3:3–7For at one time we too were foolish, disobedient, misled, and enslaved to all sorts of desires and pleasures—living in malice and envy, being hated and hating one another.
    • 27Luke 6:9Then Jesus said to them, “I ask you, which is lawful on the Sabbath: to do good or to do evil, to save life or to destroy it?”
    • 5Matthew 9:2Just then some men brought to Him a paralytic lying on a mat. When Jesus saw their faith, He said to the paralytic, “Take courage, son; your sins are forgiven.”
    • 27Deuteronomy 5:14but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the LORD your God, on which you must not do any work—neither you, nor your son or daughter, nor your manservant or maidservant, nor your ox or donkey or any of your livestock, nor the foreigner within your gates, so that your manservant and maidservant may rest as you do.
    • 17Romans 5:6–8For at just the right time, while we were still powerless, Christ died for the ungodly.
    • 5James 5:15And the prayer offered in faith will restore the one who is sick. The Lord will raise him up. If he has sinned, he will be forgiven.
    • 17Isaiah 55:7Let the wicked man forsake his way and the unrighteous man his thoughts; let him return to the LORD, that He may have compassion, and to our God, for He will freely pardon.
    • 27Ezekiel 20:12I also gave them My Sabbaths as a sign between us, so that they would know that I am the LORD who sanctifies them.
    • 7Isaiah 43:25I, yes I, am He who blots out your transgressions for My own sake and remembers your sins no more.

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