B.
The ways of carrying out the gospel service
2:1—3:6
1.
Forgiving the sins of the sick
2:1-12
Mark 2
:1
2:1
And 1He entered again into
aCapernaum after
a few days, and it was heard that He was
2at home.
Mark 2
:2
2:2
And many were
agathered together, so that there was no longer room, not even at the door. And He spoke to them the word.
Mark 2
:3
2:3
And they came, bringing to Him a
1aparalytic carried by four men.
Mark 2
:4
2:4
And being unable to bring
him to Him because of the crowd, they
1removed the
aroof where He was. And when they had dug through, they lowered the
2mat on which the paralytic was lying.
Mark 2
:5
2:5
And Jesus, seeing their
1afaith, said to the paralytic,
2Child, your
3sins are
bforgiven.
Mark 2
:6
2:6
But some of the
1scribes were sitting there and reasoning in their hearts,
Mark 2
:7
2:7
Why is this
man speaking this way? He is
ablaspheming! Who can forgive
bsins except One,
1God?
Mark 2
:8
2:8
And aimmediately Jesus,
1bknowing fully in His spirit that they were reasoning this way within themselves, said to them, Why are you reasoning about these things in your hearts?
Mark 2
:9
2:9
Which is
1easier: to say to the paralytic, Your sins are forgiven, or to say, Rise and take up your mat and walk?
Mark 2
:10
2:10
But that you may know that the
aSon of
1Man has authority to forgive sins on earth — He said to the paralytic,
Mark 2
:11
2:11
To you I say,
1Rise,
atake up your mat and go to your house.
Mark 2
:12
2:12
And he
1rose and immediately
2took up the mat and
3went out before
them all, so that they were all
aamazed and
bglorified God, saying, We have never seen
anything like this!
2.
Feasting with sinners
2:13-17
Mark 2
:13
2:13
And He went out again beside the
asea. And all the
bcrowd came to Him, and He
1taught them.
Mark 2
:14
2:14
1And as He passed by, He saw Levi the
son of Alphaeus sitting at the
2atax office, and He said to him, Follow Me. And he rose and
3followed Him.
Mark 2
:15
2:15
And as He reclined
at table in his house, many
atax collectors and sinners were reclining together with Jesus and His disciples, for there were many, and they were following Him.
Mark 2
:16
2:16
And the
1ascribes of the Pharisees, seeing that He ate with sinners and tax collectors, said to His disciples, Why does He eat with tax collectors and sinners?
Mark 2
:17
2:17
And when Jesus heard
this, He said to them, Those who are strong have no need of a
1physician, but those who are ill; I did not
acome to call the
brighteous, but
2sinners.
3.
Causing His followers to be merry without fasting
2:18-22
Mark 2
:18
2:18
1And the
adisciples of John and the Pharisees were
bfasting. And they came and
csaid to Him,
dWhy do the disciples of John and the disciples of the Pharisees fast, but Your disciples do not fast?
Mark 2
:19
2:19
And Jesus said to them, The sons of the bridechamber cannot fast while the
abridegroom is with them, can they? For as long a time as they have the bridegroom with them they cannot fast.
Mark 2
:20
2:20
But adays will come when the bridegroom will be taken away from them, and then they will fast in that day.
Mark 2
:21
2:21
No one sews a patch of unfulled cloth on an old garment; otherwise, that which fills it up pulls away from it, the new from the old, and a worse tear is made.
Mark 2
:22
2:22
And no one puts new wine into
aold wineskins; otherwise, the wine will burst the wineskins, and the wine is ruined as well as the wineskins; but new wine
is put into fresh wineskins.
4.
Caring for His followers' hunger rather than for religion's regulation
2:23-28
Mark 2
:23
2:23
1And He
apassed through the grainfields on the
bSabbath, and His disciples began to go
along, picking the
cears of grain.
Mark 2
:24
2:24
And the
1Pharisees said to Him, Look! Why are they doing on the
aSabbath what is
bnot lawful?
Mark 2
:25
2:25
And He said to them, Have you
anever read what
1bDavid did when he had need and became hungry, he and those with him;
Mark 2
:26
2:26
How he entered into the house of God during the time of
aAbiathar the high priest and ate the
bbread of the presence, which is not lawful
for anyone to
ceat except the priests, and he gave also to those who were with him?
Mark 2
:27
2:27
And He said to them, The
aSabbath came into being for man, and
1not man for the
bSabbath.
Mark 2
:28
2:28
So then the
aSon of Man is
1Lord even of the Sabbath.
