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Jesus Heals a Man With Leprosy
12 While Jesus was in one of the towns , a man came along who was cov ered with leprosy . a When he saw Jesus , he fell with his face to the ground and begged him , “ Lord , if you are will ing , you can make me clean .”
13 Jesus reached out his hand and touched the man . “ I am willing ,” he said . “ Be clean !” And immediately the leprosy left him .
14 Then Jesus ordered him , “ Don ’ t tell anyone , but go , show your self to the priest and offer the sacrifices that Moses commanded for your cleans ing , as a tes ti mo ny to them .”
15 Yet the news about him spread all the more , so that crowds of peo ple came to hear him and to be healed of their sicknesses . 16 But Jesus often withdrew to lonely places and prayed .
Jesus Forgives and Heals a Paralyzed Man
17 One day Jesus was teach ing , and Phari sees and teach ers of the law were sit ting there . They had come from ev ery vil lage of Gal i lee and from Ju dea and Je ru salem . And the pow er of the Lord was with Jesus to heal the sick . 18 Some men came car ry ing a par a lyzed man on a mat and tried to take him into the house to lay him before Jesus . 19 When they could not find a way to do this be cause of the crowd , they went up on the roof and low ered him on his mat through the tiles into the mid dle of the crowd , right in front of Jesus .
20 When Jesus saw their faith , he said , “ Friend , your sins are for giv en .”
21 The Phar i sees and the teach ers of the law be gan think ing to them selves , “ Who is this fellow who speaks blasphemy ? Who can for give sins but God alone ?”
22 Jesus knew what they were think ing and asked , “ Why are you think ing these things in your hearts ? 23 Which is eas i er : to say , ‘ Your sins are for giv en ,’ or to say , ‘ Get up and walk ’? 24 But I want you to know that the Son of Man has au thor i ty on earth to for give sins .” So he said to the par a lyzed man , “ I tell you , get up , take your mat and go home .” 25 Immediately he stood up in front of them , took what he had been ly ing on and went home prais ing God . 26 Everyone was amazed and gave praise to God . They were filled with awe and said , “ We have seen re mark able things to day .”
Jesus Calls Levi and Eats With Sinners
27 Af ter this , Jesus went out and saw a tax col lec tor by the name of Levi sit ting at his tax booth . “ Follow me ,” Jesus said to him , 28 and Levi got up , left ev ery thing and fol lowed him .
29 Then Levi held a great ban quet for Jesus at his house , and a large crowd of tax collectors and others were eating with them . 30 But the Phar i sees and the teach ers of the law who be longed to their sect complained to his dis ci ples , “ Why do you eat and drink with tax col lec tors and sin ners ?”
31 Jesus an swered them , “ It is not the healthy who need a doc tor , but the sick . 32 I have not come to call the righ teous , but sinners to repentance .”
Jesus Questioned About Fasting
33 They said to him , “ John ’ s dis ci ples often fast and pray , and so do the dis ci ples of the Phar i sees , but yours go on eat ing and drinking .”
34 Jesus an swered , “ Can you make the friends of the bride groom fast while he is with them ? 35 But the time will come when the bride groom will be tak en from them ; in those days they will fast .”
36 He told them this par a ble : “ No one tears a piece out of a new gar ment to patch an old one . Other wise , they will have torn the new gar ment , and the patch from the new will not match the old . 37 And no one pours new wine into old wine skins . Other wise , the new wine will burst the skins ; the wine will run out and the wineskins will be ru ined . 38 No , new wine must be poured into new wine skins . 39 And no one af ter drink ing old wine wants the new , for they say , ‘ The old is bet ter .’ ”
Jesus Is Lord of the Sabbath
One Sabbath Jesus was going through
6 the grain fields , and his dis ci ples began to pick some heads of grain , rub them in their hands and eat the ker nels . 2 Some of the Phar i sees asked , “ Why are you do ing what is un law ful on the Sab bath ?”
3 Jesus answered them , “ Have you never read what Da vid did when he and his com pan ions were hun gry ? 4 He en tered the house of God , and tak ing the con secrat ed bread , he ate what is law ful only for priests to eat . And he also gave some to his companions .” 5 Then Jesus said to them , “ The Son of Man is Lord of the Sab bath .”
6 On an oth er Sab bath he went into the syn a gogue and was teach ing , and a man was there whose right hand was shriveled . 7 The Phar i sees and the teach ers of the law were look ing for a rea son to ac cuse Jesus , so they watched him close ly to see if he
a 12 The Greek word traditionally translated leprosy was used for various diseases affecting the skin .