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1 And again He entered into Capernaum after some days, and it was reported that He was in the house. 2 And immediately many were gathered together, so that there was no room to receive them, no, not even around the door. And He preached the word to them. 3 And they came to Him, bringing a paralytic who was carried by four men. 4 And when they could not come near to Him because of the crowd, they uncovered the roof where He was. And when they had broken it up, 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 But there were some of the scribes sitting there and reasoning in their hearts, 7 "Why does this man speak blasphemies like this? Who can forgive sins but God alone?" 8 And immediately, when Jesus perceived in His spirit that they so reasoned within themselves, He said to them, "Why do you reason these things in your hearts? 9 Which is easier, to say to the one who is paralyzed, 'Your sins are 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 paralytic— 11 "I say to you, arise, and take up your bed, and go your way to your house." 12 And immediately he arose, took up the bed, and went out before them all, so that they were all amazed and glorified God, saying, "We have never seen anything like this." 13 And He went out again by the seaside. And all the multitude came to Him, and He taught them. 14 And as He passed by, He saw Levi the son of Alphaeus sitting at the tax booth and said to him, "Follow Me." And he arose and followed Him. 15 And it came to pass, as Jesus sat at the table in his house, that many tax collectors and sinners also sat together with Jesus and His disciples, for there were many, and they followed Him. 16 And when the scribes and Pharisees saw Him eating with tax collectors and sinners, they said to His disciples, "How is it that He eats and drinks with tax collectors and sinners?" 17 When Jesus heard it, He said to them, "Those who are healthy have no need of the physician, but those who are sick. I came to call not the righteous but sinners to repentance." 18 And the disciples of John and of the Pharisees were fasting. And they came and said to Him, "Why do the disciples of John and of the Pharisees fast, but Your disciples do not fast?" 19 And Jesus said to them, "Can the children of the bridechamber 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 shall be taken away from them, and then they shall fast in those days." 21 "Also, no man sews a piece of new cloth on an old garment. Otherwise the new piece that filled it up takes away from the old, and the tear is made worse. 22 And no man puts new wine into old bottles. Otherwise the new wine bursts 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 grainfields on the Sabbath day, and as they went, His disciples began to pluck the heads of grain. 24 And the Pharisees said to Him, "Behold, why do they do what is not lawful on the Sabbath day?" 25 And He said to them, "Have you never read what David did, when he had need and was hungry, he and those who were with him, 26 how he went into the house of God in the days of Abiathar the high priest and ate the showbread, which is not lawful for anyone to eat but the priests, and also gave it 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 Therefore, the Son of Man is Lord also of the Sabbath."