1 And after some days, he again entered into Capernaum.
2 And it was heard that he was in the house. And so many gathered that there was no room left, not even at the door. And he spoke the word to them.
3 And they came to him, bringing a paralytic, who was being carried by four men.
4 And when they were not able to present him to him because of the crowd, they uncovered the roof where he was. And opening it, they lowered down the stretcher on which the paralytic was lying.
5 Then, when Jesus had seen their faith, he said to the paralytic, “Son, your sins are forgiven you.”
6 But some of the scribes were sitting in that place and thinking in their hearts:
7 “Why is this man speaking in this way? He is blaspheming. Who can forgive sins, but God alone?”
8 At once, Jesus, realizing in his spirit that they were thinking this within themselves, said to them: “Why are you thinking these things in your hearts?
9 Which is easier, to say to the paralytic, ‘Your sins are forgiven you,’ or to say, ‘Rise up, take up your stretcher, and walk?’
10 But so that you may know that the Son of man has authority on earth to forgive sins,” he said to the paralytic:
11 “I say to you: Rise up, take up your stretcher, and go into your house.”
12 And immediately he got up, and lifting up his stretcher, he went away in the sight of them all, so that they all wondered. And they honored God, by saying, “We have never seen anything like this.”
13 And he departed again to the sea. And the entire crowd came to him, and he taught them.
14 And as he was passing by, he saw Levi of Alphaeus, sitting at the customs office. And he said to him, “Follow me.” And rising up, he followed him.
15 And it happened that, as he sat at table in his house, many tax collectors and sinners sat at table together with Jesus and his disciples. For those who followed him were many.
16 And the scribes and the Pharisees, seeing that he ate with tax collectors and sinners, said to his disciples, “Why does your Teacher eat and drink with tax collectors and sinners?”
17 Jesus, having heard this, said to them: “The healthy have no need of a doctor, but those who have maladies do. For I came not to call the just, but sinners.”
18 And the disciples of John, and the Pharisees, were fasting. And they arrived 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: “How can the sons of the wedding fast while the groom is still with them? During whatever time they have the groom with them, they are not able to fast.
20 But the days will arrive when the groom will be taken away from them, and then they shall fast, in those days.
21 No one sews a patch of new cloth onto an old garment. Otherwise, the new addition pulls away from the old, and the tear becomes worse.
22 And no one puts new wine into old wineskins. Otherwise, the wine will burst the wineskins, and the wine will pour out, and the wineskins will be lost. Instead, new wine must be put into new wineskins.”
23 And again, while the Lord was walking through the ripe grain on the Sabbath, his disciples, as they advanced, began to separate the ears of grains.
24 But the Pharisees said to him, “Behold, why are they doing what is not lawful on the Sabbaths?”
25 And he said to them: “Have you never read what David did, when he had need and was hungry, both he and those who were with him?
26 How he went into the house of God, under the high priest Abiathar, and ate the bread of the Presence, which it was not lawful to eat, except for the priests, and how he 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 And so, the Son of man is Lord, even of the Sabbath.”
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St. Mark 2 presents several narratives that emphasize the authority of Jesus as the Son of God. In the first episode, Jesus heals a paralytic saying that his sins were forgiven, which causes indignation between the scribes present. Then Jesus calls Levi to follow him, and dinner at his house with other publicans and sinners. Once again, the Pharisees question the conduct of Jesus. He responds by saying that he came to call sinners to repentance and not the righteous. Finally, Jesus is questioned by the Pharisees about fasting, and responds with a metaphor about the impossibility of putting a new patch in old dress.
Romans 3:23: "For all have sinned and deprived are of the glory of God." This verse emphasizes the universal condition of sin. Jesus offered physical healing to the paralytic, but before that, he said that his sins were forgiven. This indicates that physical healing is only a manifestation of spiritual healing that everyone needs.
Isaiah 42:6: "I, the Lord, called you in righteousness, and I will take you by the hand, and keep you, and I will give you by the covenant of the people, and to the light of the Gentiles." Jesus calls Levi to follow him and dinner with sinners and publicans. This represents the inclusion of all kinds of people in their message of salvation.
Luke 5:31: "And Jesus, answering, said unto them, They do not need medical attention, but the sick." This passage reinforces Jesus' response to the Pharisees about why He eats with publicans and sinners. He came to call sinners to repentance, not the righteous.
Colossians 2:23: "Which actually have some appearance of wisdom, voluntary devotion, humility, and in the discipline of the body, but they are nothing but for the satisfaction of the flesh." This passage recalls the metaphor of Jesus over the new patch in old dress. He is showing that fasting, as a religious practice, can be ineffective when practiced superficially without a true connection with God.
Matthew 12:8: "For the Son of man until the Sabbath is Lord." This verse reinforces the authority of Jesus as the Son of God. He uses this authority to forgive sins, cure the paralytic and question the surface religious practice of the Pharisees.
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